Reproductive Rites: The Real-Life Witches and Witch Hunts in the Centuries-Long Fight for Abortion - Softcover

Thomas, Sophie Saint

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762485299 ISBN 13: 9780762485291

Publisher: Running Press Adult, 2024

Synopsis

A provocative exploration of the witches-and witch hunts-in the untold history of abortion, from the days of Socrates through the Salem Witch Trials and the 1980s Satanic Panic, all the way to our fraught post-Roe present, from journalist Sophie Saint Thomas.

For millennia, across cultures and continents, women and people who experience pregnancy, as well as midwives and those who assist them, have been persecuted as witches (whether they actually practiced the craft or not). In this dauntless, voice-driven reassessment of that history, journalist Sophie Saint Thomas follows the tangled threads of witches and reproductive rights through the ages.

Through it all, she maintains an intersectional eye toward the communities most affected by reproductive oppression (including Native Americans, enslaved Black women, and trans people) and a scathing exposure of the hypocrisy of anti-choice crusaders (from the eugenicist Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey to the astrology-loving Republican Nancy Reagan). With heart, humor, and deeply researched insights, Reproductive Rites brings a new level of context to the urgency of our present moment as we fight for our rights in a post-Roe v. Wade America.

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About the Author

Sophie Saint Thomas is a writer and practicing witch based in New York City and originally from the US Virgin Islands. She is the author of books including Weed Witch, Finding Your Higher Self, Sex Witch, and Glamour Witch. She has been published in GQ, Playboy, VICE, Cosmopolitan, Forbes, Allure, Glamour, Marie Claire, and more.

Edition details

• Publisher: Running Press Adult
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762485299
• ISBN 13: 9780762485291
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288