celticnoodle
I'm so tired of the the constant male robed Druid/Wizard look. Harry Potter did some damage defining the look of a male magic user for pop culture!
Worse, men are branded everything under the sun except witch. We are priests, occultists, magicians, wizards, mages, sorcerers, warlocks, and whitelighters. We are Gandalf, Merlin, Dumbledore. But we can never be witches, because women have been locked into the automatic association. Harry Potter himself is rarely/never called a witch. But women aren't the problem; it's that to call a man a witch associates him with something so largely female in pop culture that he risks being seen as effeminate, weak, gay, whatever. That reinforces the macho stereotype that women should stick to being that, and leave proper men to be the opposite. It's a disservice to both when they avoid depicting men as such.
Also, male magic users don't call on the Goddess or female deities. They summon demons in books of black magic, or ancient gods from before time. They walk an ambiguous line between good and evil and always risk falling into evil darkness. They are Constantine and the Supernatural boys. They can't be happy and jovial, casting magic and being in tune with Nature or Mother Earth. They rarely use their magic to heal or inspire but are more than happy to use it to manipulate.
I've been fighting this silly macho stereotype my whole life and am happy that a fun witchy deck has started disrupting the norm.
You know, Aeric, I never really thought about this, and glad you did post it here, because I agree with you 100%.
I haven't rec'd my deck yet--should be in before Valentines Day though and I am very excited about getting it! I can't wait.