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LA VOISIN: THE WITCH, THE POISONER, AND THE WOMAN WHO TERRIFIED THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV
Now, anybody who knows me knows that I have a fascination with European history, particularly the royal families and the scandalous shit that went on behind palace walls. And let me tell you something: those people were some of the most conniving, murderous, sexually reckless motherfuckers to ever walk the earth. Forget reality television. European…
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Witch Hazel: The Original Unbothered Crone
I have always loved a woman who refuses to behave herself. So let’s talk about one of my favorite ladies. Witch Hazel of Looney Tunes. Long before television started giving us complicated female villains, witches with trauma, misunderstood antiheroines, and women who “lean into their power,” there was this wild-haired, green-skinned, cackling old broad tearing…