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Witch-Burning Beer and Other Pagan News of Note
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Not new story but a meme worth documenting that is still part of the christian society we fester in.
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Witch Burning Beer ad
Source: Wild Hunt
Author: Jason Pitzl-Waters
Date: 2010.10.16
Top Story: Outrage is spreading across the Internet over The Lost Abbey brewery’s decision to feature a woman being burned at the stake for their “Witch’s Wit” wheat ale.
Detail from the “Witch’s Wit” label.
“First of all, it’s an insult to me as an ordained Pagan minister and long-time practicing witch. If you want to capitalize on the beer’s name in order to sell more brews, at least use a more tasteful image. Hex, I could accept a picture of the stereotypical wart-nosed, green-skinned ugly old hag over this. But to show a buxom woman standing helplessly as the flames engulf her… while a group of onlookers (presumably male monks) surround her gawking at the sight is simply degrading.”
In a widely-forwarded e-mail message about the beer label, Motherpeace Tarot co-creator Vicki Noble calls the image dehumanizing and outside the bounds of good taste.
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