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When I read, I imagined the characters gathered together in that backyard.

A Magic All My Own

Don’t you all see how fun this is? I wanted to cry out. Instead, I whispered, “Yeah, b-b-books are weird,” and hid Junie B. Jones in my backpack. My classmates treated books the way I sometimes treated Girl Scout girls: with cold, eight-year-old contempt.

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A Grown-A** Woman Reads Harry Potter: The Magic of Death 

So far, Deathly Hallows is, to me, about the divide between the living, the dead, and the living who have seen death. Harry and I are part of an exclusive club: Those under 30 who have experienced death. And when I say “experienced,” I don’t mean “witnessed.” I mean really, really felt it, all the way through.

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Breakfast At Hogwarts

Put on your robes, grab your spell books, and get down to the Great Hall! It’s breakfast time at Hogwarts!

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Shocker: Weight-Loss Programs Don't Work!

So, you know those magic weight loss supplements are bogus. Right?

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They Look Cool In The New Disney Trailer . . . But Were Cinderella's Slippers Really Made Of Glass?

The new live action Cinderella flick boasts some gorg glass slippers . . . possibly because squirrel fur slippers aren't as flashy.

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Love Him Or Hate Him, Meet The Hippest Occultist Of All Time

A religious founder, prolific writer, reported spy and celebrity fixture, Aleister Crowley brought a unique brand of creepiness to the arts scene.

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Swedish Eels May Hold the Key to Life Everlasting

The media seems to be overlooking the implications of two mega-centenarian eels and their obviously magical well.

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Ravishly Mixtape Vol. 13: Gettin' Witchy With J.K.

Bend your knee. It's Rowling's birthday—what better time to cast a few song-spells.

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