“The image of a woman suffering because of a man’s violence is, unfortunately, a timeless one. Practical Magic’s 19th birthday took place only two weeks after the Harvey Weinstein stories broke, and just a day after #MeToo rose to mainstream prominence. It’s relevant on its 20th birthday, too, with Brett Kavanaugh recently sworn onto the Supreme Court. The anniversary falls so shortly after women all over the country watched Christine Blasey Ford testify in front of Congress, already so sure of her own annihilation, forced to relive her trauma decades after the fact in an act of public violence. A community rose up for Blasey Ford around her testimony. That testimony and the conversation around it were a stark real-world reminder that we all live next to survivors of abuse every day, that the process of healing is a rough road, and that our moments of trauma still live in us, intruders in our lives.”
Bonus: Nicole and Sandra reunite at the 2018 Oscars:
I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO MUCH. You guys have no idea. It changed my life.
It was while watching this movie that I first thought to myself, “Hey you know what? I wanna be a witch.”
I practically know it by heart and I still can’t rewatch it enough. I used to watch it as a matter of course as background sound during the early days of my serious practice. At one of the lowest times in my life, I cast a spell based on Amas Veritas and I firmly believe it led me to my true love. We just celebrated our second wedding anniversary.
This is the movie I turn to when I need inspiration and nothing else is working. When I can’t remember how to witch. When I can’t remember how to be strong. When I can’t remember how to focus on the positive in the midst of grief or pain or sadness. This movie is there for me. It is visual comfort food, friendly and familiar and safe.
Dama Cherepaha 