Rachel Moseley's 'Glamorous Witchcraft'

In “Glamorous Witchcraft”, writer Rachel Moseley discusses her viewpoints on teenage witches, femininity, and feminism. Witchcraft, in her opinion, has been revealed as something glamorous over the years in the media. Many of the ideas associated with magic are linked with the feminine “allure” that seems to entrance many. There are multiple comparisons between the concept of what magic represents, and what femininity symbolizes. Both are related to power and charm, and are a perfect depiction of glamor in Moseley’s words.
In many popular movies over the last couple decades, the female stars have been part of the trend where they all end up getting a “glamour”, which allows them to more fully identify with their personal power. In the end, all the movies mentioned by Moseley have similarities in the depictions …show more content…
I think Moseley’s theory on the relevance of feminism, femininity, magic, and glamour was pretty convincing, but I think she could have had a convincing argument in less than twenty pages. After a while I got sort of bored reading the endless list of examples supporting her theory. I felt like there was a lot of reference to sexuality and hormones and womanhood, which was interesting but after a while started to make me feel almost nauseous thinking about all those things. I do agree with her though, and felt that she did do a good job supporting her argument, although it was extensive and monotonous. I could agree with her in stereotyping all the witches in the media as mysterious, enticing, and powerful. Her argument on the connection of magic and femininity made that stereotype all the more accurate. Although I do agree with her, in the end I also do not find this topic a very relevant topic to society. I do not understand why some people go through all the trouble of researching and analyzing things that do not necessarily affect