This post originally appeared in The Circle newsletter on September 24, 2024
I’ve had some folks reach out lately that are excited about The Coworking Coven re-opening and it being a “place for women to connect” and I want to make one thing clear:
The Coworking Coven is for witches.
And witch does not automatically equal woman. Or, gods forbid, “female(s).”
If you disagree with your whole chest… you’re not going to like The Coworking Coven.
Look, I get it. Growing up, the witches I saw on the screen were predominantly depicted as as women—whether as awful hags or gorgeous women. And in books, a witch that wasn’t a woman was always referred to as… something else. Even in books on magic! It was as if a distinction had to be made. Maybe you experienced the same thing.
That doesn’t make it correct. Or true.
To restrict the identity of witches to include only women is to exclude the magic and vibrancy of so many people in this world. And that feels awfully bleak. And limited. And… un-magical.
“Witch” is not a gendered term at The Fiery Well.
I’ve done a poor job in making this clarification in my content and marketing. This is a mistake I want to apologize for and correct going forward. When I say witch… I mean witch: a practitioner of magic.
So, when I say witch and you only hear “women and females” I invite you to expand your horizons. Or stay away.