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There is no one traditional way.

Every culture, every region, every time period, every family lineage did magic differently.

The "you must do it this way or you're not a real witch" crowd? They're gatekeeping based on their own narrow experience or the one book they read.

Celtic witchcraft isn't more "authentic" than kitchen witchcraft.

Wicca isn't the default (it was literally invented in the 1950s).

You don't need to work with deities.

You don't need an altar.

You don't need to celebrate the sabbats.

You don't need to memorize correspondences.

You don't need to buy expensive tools.

You don't need to call yourself a witch if that word doesn't fit.

You need intention. That's it.

The rest is personal preference, cultural connection, aesthetic choices, or what makes your brain feel like magic is happening.

All valid. None required.

If your practice works for you, harms no one, and doesn't appropriate closed practices, you're doing it right.

There is no witch police. There is no cosmic authority checking if you're doing it "correctly."

Magic is older than any tradition trying to claim ownership of it.

Do what works. Ignore what doesn't.

End rant.

They want to dump trans men on their own the same way cis gays did to all trans people.

I refuse to have it. I refuse to turn on my trans brothers. I will shout it over and over from the roof tops that we need to stick together now more than ever. The discourse between fems and mascs is just about the most stupid shit you can possibly do under a fascist regime THAT WANTS YOU FUCKING DEAD.

Don't be a fucking idiot. Touch some grass. Testosterone is not some magical poison that turns you into an evil misogynist. Trans men have experiences with misogyny before they transition. Teansandrophobia is real. Trans men are real men. Testosterone should be free and handed out at your local pharmacy like napkins at McDonald's.

And the best part is that you too can believe all this and still be completely valid as a woman. Recognizing the rights of trans men to exist and be happy and support them in doing so does not invalidate my feminism nor my own identity.