Suddenly, the Fringe is Mainstream
I mean, look around. A Witch on SciFi. Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. Harry Potter. A Wrinkle in Time. Gay marriage. The Lord of The Rings. There are Witches on soap operas. Soap operas! The Goddess is alive, and magic is available on about fifteen percent of your cable channels at any given moment. We have, I think, fallen right through the Looking Glass.

We— meaning human and planetary rights activists of all stripes— are winning. If we weren't winning, they (meaning fascists of various stripes, colors and inclinations) wouldn't be panicking. So get back out there! March, protest, work, play, pray— pick a cause that needs your fire and go give it freely. If you're a U.S. citizen... vote this fall, dammit!

Finally— remember we are not powerless. We do have the power to change the world; we have already changed the world, and we will continue to change the world. When a neat "underground" thing becomes mainstream, it's not a defeat for our side, it's a victory. Yes, it can be a bummer to lose our "outsider" status, but when the causes and lifestyles we believe in and espouse become mainstream they can't be persecuted, ignored, and slandered so easily. In the end, it's a net energy gain for the Fringe; mainstream institutions give us the only energy they understand: fame and fortune. We become powerful. Stronger. More able to move on and create the next new thing. We are Witches, and we change things. Let's get out there and keep doing it!

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