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Jason Pitzl-Waters on Nov 14th 2005 at 6:54 pm Neopaganism

Will The “Sex And The City” Set Go Pagan?

The Toledo Blade has an examination of the “Chick Lit” genre. In the article it is pointed out that one major growth area is the paranormal.

“Paranormal chick lit, featuring young women encountering ghosts, vampires, and extraterrestrials, is hot, Kennedy added. Red Dress Ink will publish The Girl’s Guide to Witchcraft next fall.”

Will this be a magic(k) primer for those hooked on books like “Dating Can Be Deadly”? A book which features a “psychically talented” receptionist who solves occult crimes and works on finding the man of her dreams.

Perhaps more interesting is that this means modern Paganism and Witchcraft isn’t just a growth market for teens or radical environmentalists. That much-coveted young, urban, working-woman “Sex and the City” demographic seems to want a little more magic in their lives.

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2 responses so far

  • Spicy Cauldron

    I think this is a gothic literature revival of sorts and that’s welcome – certainly an improvement over most chick lit fare. Remember, when the likes of ‘Melmoth the Wanderer’, ‘Northanger Abbey’ and ‘Frankenstein’ were first written they were often read by ‘young ladies’ – indeed Jane Austin wrote Northanger Abbey as a spoof in response to the hysterical reactions of many of her female peers when reading such books. ‘Frankenstein’ was a response to growing concerns at the time about man playing God and today we have increasing fears over GM food and technology dehumanising us, so it’s not surprising to see both a revival in pagan and gothic interest. x

  • Morgaine

    There are always waves of resurgent interest in magick among young people in general and women in particular. The current wave of ghosts and goblins featured on TV are pretty pathetic, so they aren’t learning anything worth knowing, and are, in fact, getting a lot a patriarchal bullshit mixed in with the good stuff. I want the Sex and the City crowd to stay far away from me, and far away from magick. I hate that whole vibe. Shallow and indiscriminate do not equal liberated. Let them stick with their manolos and bulemia and leave us alone.