- 1. Women Have Been Aiding And Abetting Abortion For Centuries. So How And When Did The Witchcraft Narrative Begin?
- (Feminism)
- ... of this particular brand of hysteria, similar accusations - of craven child murder for profit - have been made in recent years, most notably in 2015 when former Texas Governor Rick Perry made (now debunked) ...
- Created on 19 September 2022
- 2. In "Hysterical," Kathy Griffin, Margaret Cho, and Others Discuss the Contradictions of Being a Woman in Comed
- (Movies)
- ... the creation of community, empathy, and healing. The documentary highlights that their emotion, or “hysteria,” or whatever anyone wants to call it, is an asset to being “hysterical” in the comedic sense ...
- Created on 17 March 2021
- 3. This Coming of Age Film, "The More You Ignore Me", Will Make You Fall in Love With "The Smiths" All Over Aga
- (Movies)
- ... at The Smith's concert. But Alice learns that it can all be shared, so long as her mother can still experience the joys of life through her fraught state. The More You Ignore Me taps into the hysteria of ...
- Created on 13 October 2020
- 4. Welcome to WitchTok, The Meeting Place For Gen Z and Millennial Magick
- (Entertainment)
- ... to hex the Sun and other important deities as well. The details are quite hazy, as some sources identify the creator of the hex as one individual. Needless to say, the news caused quite a bit of hysteria ...
- Created on 24 July 2020
- 5. 10 Feminist Horror Flicks To Watch This Summer
- (Movies)
- ... out for a walk when he mysteriously vanishes. What ensues is the family’s spiral into hysteria and proclaimed possession, all the while accusing Thomasin of witchcraft and being responsible for Samuel’s ...
- Created on 26 June 2020
- 6. Elisabeth Moss Plays Legendary Horror Writer Shirley Jackson In This New Thriller
- (Movies)
- ... is particularly terrifying at all. But with eerie music that would spin anyone into hysteria in a matter of minutes and scenes that land somewhere between hypnotic and flat out freaky, it’s like falling ...
- Created on 11 May 2020
- 7. Author Rachel Vorona Cote On "Muchness," Femininity, And Her New Book: BUST Intervie
- (Books)
- ... of a literary historical angle to [analyze] a little bit of the history of hysteria and about the subjugation of women. So specifically the Victorian history – I think is crucial to this conversation. ...
- Created on 27 February 2020
- 8. ‘The Lodge’ Leaves the Audience in Frozen Fear
- (Movies)
- ... go back for work, he leaves his children, Aidan (IT’s Jaeden Martell) and Mia (Lia McHugh) with his new girlfriend, Grace (Riley Keough). Trapped in the lodge by a blizzard, Grace spirals into hysteria ...
- Created on 10 February 2020
- 9. Leave Greta Thunberg Alone!
- (Feminism)
- ... rhetoric, by steering the narrative away from what she’s actually saying and pointing out her passion (or hysteria, depending on who you are), Aspergers, age and looks in an attempt to dismiss her. She ...
- Created on 18 December 2019
- 10. Looking Into The Execution Of Mary, Queen Of Scots
- (General)
- ... the councillors gave in on condition that Mary’s ladies didn’t loudly weep, wail, or generally erupt into female hysteria. And so Mary climbed the stairs of the scaffold, her ladies in tow. As Mary ...
- Created on 03 May 2019
- 11. The Good, The Bad, And The Importance of SCUM Manifesto
- (Books)
- ... the hysteria at a woman threatening to kill men within a culture where men kill women regularly has been so great as to even now distract from the class rage inherent to the book.” As always we live in ...
- Created on 13 March 2019
- 12. The Best Historical Fiction To Curl Up With This Winter
- (Books)
- ... big fans of Victorian crime. The first novel, Kitty Peck and the Music Hall Murders, takes place in 1880 when the city is in the grip of hysteria after a series of mysterious disappearances. There’s ...
- Created on 14 December 2018
- 13. 21 Albums To Hibernate With This Winter: Playlist
- (Music)
- ... “Hysteria,” the beautifully monotonous “Mutinies,” all sent through the looking glass of Vile’s cool, dry wit and warm, easy guitars. Think Neil Young on tour with Blonde Redhead, perhaps. It’s the perfect ...
- Created on 28 November 2018
- 14. The Forgotten Story Of The Woman Who Created Color Film
- (Movies)
- ... she sobbed, photographers snapped away, and soon enough this was all over town: Los Angeles Times article detailing Natalie Kalmus' "hysteria" in court. After the fallout of the trial and amidst the ...
- Created on 15 October 2018
- 15. "Bottle It In" Is Kurt Vile's Version Of A Road Reco
- (Music)
- ... two years in studios across the country, Bottle It In really does feel like a journey: the 60-mph sprawl of “One Trick Ponies,” the bright but claustrophobic “Hysteria,” the beautifully monotonous “Mutinies,” ...
- Created on 11 October 2018
- 16. Aphrodisiacs, Elixirs, And More Dubious Medicines Of The Victorian Era
- (Living)
- ... practically anything, from curing dropsy in children to curing impotence in men and hysteria in women. Some even proclaimed that they could cure a fellow of the desire to engage in that “solitary, melancholy ...
- Created on 29 August 2018
- 17. How The Medical System Is Failing Women With Chronic Illness
- (Living)
- ... explains that the notion of “hysteria,” derived from the Latin root for uterus, dates back to Ancient Egypt. By the turn of the 20th century, "hysteria "was seen as a diagnosable mental disorder, which has ...
- Created on 15 August 2018
- 18. "All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories Of Queer Teens Throughout The Ages" Is A Must-Read Anthology That Spans Genre, Era, and Identit
- (Books)
- ... characters had to identify as queer. What resulted is a wonderful combination: identity discovery at a 1970s roller disco, an eye-opening retelling of Robin Hood, a kiss shared during the Y2K hysteria. ...
- Created on 26 June 2018
- 19. Jameela Jamil Calls Out Emile Hirsch’s White Male Privilege And History Of Abuse
- (Entertainment)
- Jameela Jamil, the actress known for her role on The Good Place, called out Emile Hirsch’s past abusive behavior after it was announced that he would be joining the cast of Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming ...
- Created on 11 June 2018
- 20. Isobel Gowdie Was Tried As A Witch In 1662—And Her Testimony Is Fascinatingly Proto-Feminist
- (Feminism)
- ... hysteria is considered to have influenced the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1660-1662, in which hundreds of women were tortured and executed for supposed diabolism. One of the most famous of their number ...
- Created on 08 June 2018
