I find the October half term the most difficult school holiday in terms of entertaining my kids. The weather isn’t great and there are no family visits to look forward to. My money is being saved for Christmas so there’s no budget for buying craft materials. This year much of the UK is in renewed lockdown. We’re somewhat lucky over on the Kent coast to remain in Tier 1. This means we can still sit in cafes with families we… Read more
October 26, 2020
Pagan Parenting: No-Buy Garden Lockdown Challenge
October 26, 2020 By Katie Gerrard
October 24, 2020
Magick Without Spoons
October 24, 2020 By Katie Gerrard
Paganism and magickal practise are a big part of my life. Witchcraft and meditation have helped me through some of the hardest times I’ve lived through. Yet there are days my energy levels are so low engaging with magick takes more inner battery power than I can muster. For those of you unfamiliar with the ‘spoons theory’, it goes like this. A person has a bunch of metaphorical spoons. These spoons they can assign to tasks. A healthy person might… Read more
October 19, 2020
When Is Your Paganism Cultural Appropriation?
October 19, 2020 By Katie Gerrard
It’s hard to unpick what is and isn’t cultural appropriation but as authors and practitioners within paganism it’s time to say “let’s try and do better” Read more
October 16, 2020
The Creative Industries Have Been Eroded And Undervalued For Years
October 16, 2020 By Katie Gerrard
Now the public expects to consume art for free. It’s not their fault, it’s the myth we’ve been fed. Read more
October 12, 2020
Reskilling Isn’t Like Popping To The Hairdresser For A New ‘Do
October 12, 2020 By Katie Gerrard
Fatima’s next job could be in Cyber! I’m sure many people have spoken about this advert. However, as someone who has worked within education, recruitment, and mentoring long term unemployed, I can’t keep quiet on this. Fatima could be reskilled. Fatima I’m sure is an amazing human being who can do whatever her heart wants and her life needs. We all are. People’s resilience, motivation, and drive will continue to impress and delight me until the day I die. But… Read more
October 10, 2020
I’m Schrodigner’s Mad (World Mental Health Day)
October 10, 2020 By Katie Gerrard
It’s World Mental Health Day, here’s my tale of being too mad to be supported by the standard services yet not mad enough for crisis care. Read more
October 9, 2020
Hereditary Witches (Teaching The Next Generation)
October 9, 2020 By Katie Gerrard
My daughter wants to learn witchcraft now, but the ancestors have been waiting since the moment she was born to interact with her, and their time is not linear. Read more
October 7, 2020
We Need To Dance!
October 7, 2020 By Katie Gerrard
In a pandemic world enclosed spaces, sweaty bodies, and uncovered open mouths are some of the most dangerous things you can do. Read more
October 4, 2020
Free Babalon. Let Her Be More Than The Goddess Of Male Entitlement
October 4, 2020 By Katie Gerrard
My Babalon rides the beast. She isn’t a fetishization of the male ideal of tameable sexual power. How did a goddess of sexual empowerment become an excuse to use women? Read more
October 3, 2020
Lockdown Halloween Will Help Me Reconnect With the Spirit of the Festival
October 3, 2020 By Katie Gerrard
Almost daily my eight-year-old asks me what we’re going to do for Halloween this year. With lockdown trick or treating and parties are out. By removing the community fun, in many ways my eight-year-old will finally learn the true spirit of Halloween. Read more
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