The most merciless and widespread European witch hunts occurred in the 16th and 17th centuries, and are presumably a thing of the past. Author and feminist historian Silvia Federici is working to keep those memories alive—because only by examining the parallels between history and the present can we prevent that level of brutality from being unleashed again.
Author: Dani Burlison
Dani Burlison is the author of Dendrophilia and Other Social Taboos: True Stories, and the “Lady Parts” zine series, which will be published as an anthology called All of Me: Love, Anger and the Female Body in 2019. Her writing can also be found at Yes! Magazine, Earth Island Journal, KQED Arts, The Rumpus, WIRED, Hip Mama Magazine, Portland Review, Shareable, Tahoma Literary Review and Prick of the Spindle, among others. Find her @DaniBurlison.