Setting aside the commercial endorsements (it's the ad—you can see it here—that gets the award, not the product), this year's Golden Broomstick Award for Best Pagan Commercial goes to...
Scene: Ancient Rome. Outside the Colosseum, two swordswomen are sparring.
(Lively swordplay.)
Fighter 1: (puts up sword and grimaces)
Fighter 2: Had enough?
Fighter 1: (rubbing elbow) No, arthritis.
Fighter 2: (slides product down sword blade toward Fighter 1 and flips it to her) Here...new (product name).
Fighter 1: (takes product, applies to elbow) Full prescription strength...reduces inflammation...thank the gods!
The new Ghostbusters film is released. The world goes crazy for Pokémon. And writer LeSean Thomas talks about the importance of POC characters in fiction. It's Airy Monday, our weekly segment on magic and religion in popular culture! All this and more for the Pagan News Beagle!
We take a look at novels that helped popularize Paganism. The history of Abrahamic religions' flirtation with magic is examined. And one writer explains what the popular series The Legend of Korra taught her about self-worth. It's Airy Monday, our weekly segment of magic and religion in pop culture! All this and more for the Pagan News Beagle!
Steven Posch
When Leto gave birth to Apollo (and his twin Artemis) on the island of Delos, she did so bracing against the trunk of a date palm.
That's why we eat d...
Anthony Gresham
Last year I made Pfeffernusse cookies instead of date bars. They were good, but I really missed the date bars. I placed one in the crotch of the per...
Anthony Gresham
It's taken me a while to finish writing this, but I accept your challenge to write a new myth of my own. Here goes:Narfi & NariI write of Narfi and N...
