Re-Feminist History (aka Bitchstory)

  Right now, on both sides of the Atlantic and around the world, hard-won rights that many of us assumed were permanent are being chipped away — piece by piece, law by law, funding cut by funding cut. This isn’t “politics as usual.” This is a rollback — not just of policies, but of bodily autonomy, economic freedom, healthcare access, and legal equality — and it’s happening at a pace and scale that should make anyone who cares about equality sit up and pay attention. 1. Reproductive Rights Under Assault Abortion and reproductive autonomy are under direct attack in multiple arenas — not just in courtrooms, but in everyday access to healthcare. In the United States, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, access to abortion care became uneven and fragile. But what many people still don’t fully grasp is how far the erosion has spread: Provisions that funded reproductive healthcare services — not just abortion, but cancer screenings, STI testing, contraception, and preven...

Catch up on podcast episodes!  Bitchstory Join Patreon and get weekly  Bitchscopes  & more!   When people talk about the “origins of Christmas,” they usually point to a mash-up of men: emperors, popes, kings, saints, and bearded mythic figures who allegedly decided how the holiday should look. But Christmas — like most cultural traditions — didn’t survive because of decrees. It survived because women carried it. They sang it. They told the stories. They baked the rituals into family life. They kept the light going when the official narratives shifted, collapsed, or outright lied. Here are some of the other women and feminine figures responsible for the Christmas traditions we still practice — even if their names didn’t make the greeting cards. Saint Lucia: The Girl Who Brought the Light In Scandinavia, Christmas doesn’t start with Santa. It starts with a girl in a crown of candles. Saint Lucia (or Saint Lucy) is celebrated on December 13th, during the darkest par...

Catch up on podcast episodes!  Bitchstory Join Patreon and get weekly  Bitchscopes  & more!   This week's podcast is about the women who built the Christmas we know and love.   Every December, the world slows down and tells the same story. Lights twinkle. Choirs swell. A bearded man in a red suit becomes the unquestioned CEO of joy. And we’re meant to believe Christmas has always looked like this — cozy, sentimental, male-led, and powered by “tradition.” It hasn’t. Behind the tinsel and nostalgia are women — real women — whose courage, labor, creativity, and quiet rebellion shaped Christmas as we know it. Women whose names were erased, softened, or replaced by men with better PR. This week on Bitchstory , we’re reclaiming Christmas for the girls, by telling the stories of four women who built the holiday — whether history bothered to credit them or not. Harriet Martineau: The Woman Who Invented Christmas Vibes Before the 19th century, Christmas ...

This week has been a blur of sage walls, new polish displays, and hauling furniture around like a Capricorn with something to prove. I’ve been getting the salon ready for its little Apothekelly corner — a space for charms, intentions, and the kind of handmade magic you can literally clip to your bag on the way out the door.  Since I didn’t have time to write something deep or historical or full of feminist fire, I thought I’d share a tiny piece of what’s been lighting me up lately: custom charm work. If you’ve been following along, you already know that Apothekelly is where I pour the parts of myself that are equal parts witch, artist, and emotional problem-solver. Every charm I make is basically a usable spell — a small, intentional piece designed with someone’s energy, season, or story in mind. And lately? People have been asking me to make charms for new jobs, new beginnings, grief, protection, confidence boosts, birthdays, breakups, and “I don’t know why, I just know I need ...

Join the BitchScopes Blanket Fort at Patreon.com/Bitchscopes.   Tier 1 is only $5 and Tier 2 is $ 11.  Welcome to December!  For each Full and New Moon, Tier 2 of my Patreon receives a ritual and sign by sign moon scopes.  This Full Moon ritual feels so good to me, (maybe because I'm a Gemini rising) that I wanted to share it for free.  This is a great way to wrap up a pretty difficult year.  As someone on social media said "2025 was like being awake for surgery". I agree! So let's do some releasing!  The Full Moon is on Thursday December 4th, so start working on this now.  Mantra for the Full Moon: “I am allowed to update the narrative.” Theme: “The Honest Remix” This Full Moon is a broadcast check. Words you’ve spoken, stories you’ve told, identities you’ve narrated — Gemini wants the remix, not the rerun. With Sag Sun on the other side, the axis is: information vs. meaning, data vs. belief. Full Moon Ritual: “The Honest Remix” Pick one story yo...

  The Radium Girls didn’t just change labor laws. They exposed a blueprint — one that every modern worker still needs to understand: Corporate power does not regulate itself. And HR is not your friend. Let’s get into it. The Radium Girls Weren’t a One-Off — They Were the Pattern When the women at U.S. Radium got sick, the company didn’t say, “Oh my god, we messed up, let’s fix this.” They said the women were hysterical. Then they said it wasn’t the paint. Then (my favorite historical insult) they blamed the women’s morality and said they probably had syphilis. This is the corporate playbook in 1917. It is also the corporate playbook in 2025. Deny. Delay. Discredit. Distract. Let the clock run out. Settle if you have to. But above all — protect the bottom line. The Radium Girls forced the government’s hand. They made it undeniable that America needed something stronger than corporate promises and PR flattery. Enter: external accountability. OSHA Exist...