This month we will be discussing "In defense of witches" by Mona Chollet.. ..
\n"Celebrated feminist writer Mona Chollet explores three types o f women who were accused of witchcraft and the independent woman\, since w idows and celibates were particularly targeted\; the childless woman\, sin ce the time of the hunts marked the end of tolerance for those who claimed to control their fertility\; and the elderly woman\, who has always been an object of at best\, pity\, and at worst\, horror. Examining modern soci ety\, Chollet concludes that these women continue to be harrassed and oppr essed. Rather than being a brief moment in history\, the persecution of wi tches is an example of society&rsquo\;s seemingly eternal misogyny\, while women today are direct descendants to those who were hunted down and kill ed for their thoughts and actions.
\nWith fiery prose and arguments that range from the scholarly to the cultural\, In Defense of Witches seek s to unite the mythic image of the witch with modern women who live their lives on their own terms."
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