There are a fair few faux feminist statements I hate, but “We are the daughters of the witches you couldn’t burn” is one of them.
Historically inaccurate understanding of both who was persecuted by the witch trials and how those persecuted were typically dealt with? ✅️
Trivialising the torture and live immolation of real actual people by implying they somehow weren't strong or clever enough to avoid being burned at the stake? ✅️
Invoking a legacy that categorically does not belong to them in an attempt to claim an oppression they and their ancestors never faced? ✅️
don't forget "ignoring the complicity of people in your demographic group in the persecution of others- ie white Christian British cunning-women helping with witch hunts against Jewish people, mentally ill people, Romani people, different kinds of Christians then unpopular, indigent people, or even just people they personally didn't like"
FINALLY SOMEBODY PUT IT ALL INTO WORDS.
Witch Hunts Are Never About Witches.














