Alanna Muniz

As the first person to be tried for witchcraft in Ireland, Lady Alice Kyteler faced sorcery and heresy charges a century before the start of the European Witch-Hunt.

Nov 2, 2008 - Alanna Muniz

Amber is a fossilized tree resin that has been fashioned into jewelry for millennia. Today witches harness its vivacious and healing energies in ritual and spell work.

Oct 22, 2008 - Alanna Muniz

The witch hazel (Hemamelis virginiana) plant has for centuries been sought after for its magical, medicinal, and healing properties.

Oct 17, 2008 - Alanna Muniz

Tasseography (Tasseomancy) is the divination practice of reading shapes and patterns in tea leaves (sometimes coffee grounds) in order to foretell one's future.

Oct 8, 2008 - Alanna Muniz

From the mid-seventh through the early fifth century B.C.E., female statues, known today as korai, emerged in Southeastern Europe in Greece and the Cyclades Islands.

Oct 3, 2008 - Alanna Muniz

Since the 1970s, international campaigns and conferences have addressed FGC. A variety of elimination efforts have been proposed, tested, and met with mixed results.

Aug 27, 2008 - Alanna Muniz

Western literature often portrays FGC as a static "tradition," yet FGC is a changing practice, existing in a wide-range of political, historical, and social contexts.

Aug 27, 2008 - Alanna Muniz

Female genital cutting (FGC) resides within a highly controversial and complex terrain marked by diverse discourses, practices, experiences, and elimination efforts.

Aug 27, 2008 - Alanna Muniz

During the early 1900s, women's music clubs proliferated across the United States. In the Pacific Northwest, women established the Seattle Ladies Musical Club in 1891.

Aug 19, 2008 - Alanna Muniz

Motherhood is not just a personal experience; it is also a social institution, where certain ideologies, traditions, and laws influence how a woman should mother.

Aug 15, 2008 - Alanna Muniz