{"id":24245,"date":"2021-05-01T01:10:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T05:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/?p=24245"},"modified":"2021-04-29T10:26:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T14:26:36","slug":"witch-popcorn-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2021\/05\/01\/witch-popcorn-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Witch &#038; Popcorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21275\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/witch-Popcorn-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/witch-Popcorn-logo.png 597w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/witch-Popcorn-logo-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/witch-Popcorn-logo-500x330.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><u><b>Review of Little Naz X- Montero<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24246\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/witch-popcorn-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/witch-popcorn-1.png 480w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/witch-popcorn-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Bright Blessings, Film Lovers,<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I\u2019d like to use space in Witch and Popcorn to review a music video this month instead of a film or TV show.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It\u2019s done by an enterprising 22-year-old who was raised by a gospel singer, and self-isolated quite a bit on his teen aged years. Time Magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people for his internet presence in 2019 and he was the first openly gay person to win a Country Music Association Award. He\u2019s been nominated for and won Grammys, and was listed as a 30 Under 30 on the Forbes list.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">While we should expect such a celebrated, and successful artist to be exalted by all, nothing can be farther from the truth in this man\u2019s case.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">His name is Lil Naz X, and the song that ruffled feathers is called Montero, and here is the link where you may watch it if you have not seen it already. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_87631\"  width=\"960\" height=\"540\"  data-origwidth=\"960\" data-origheight=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6swmTBVI83k?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In this video, Naz X, portraying Eve, sings about a toxic relationship where he loses himself in a total piece of trash of a human being. It\u2019s sad, and many of us can relate to such a willingness to swallow such abuse due to being so head over heels for somebody who just doesn\u2019t deserve us.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In the video, the lover is represented as the biblical Satan, and takes advantage of Naz, who is portraying Eve as being seduced by the devil.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Who among us can relate to feeling that we have been used this way? Many of us.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In the video, god chases Eve away in the most terrifying way possible instead of being the supportive father he ought to and helping her heal. When she dies, she is brought to Heaven, but dons her best lingerie and come fuck me boots, and instead slides down the longest stripper pole known to creation to seduce the devil. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She approaches him on his hellish glory, lap dances him until he\u2019s tickled pink- not just red- and promptly breaks his neck to steal his crown- and immediately sprouts wings!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Decried as demonic filth by conservatives, this is celebrated by Pagan, Satanic, goth, the LGBTQ community, and metal fans worldwide. Not only a statement of queer sexuality, this is a testament of the abuse Eve has suffered at the hands of literally everybody.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Wrongly said to have been created from the rib of a human male rather than from the womb of the mother goddess, she is blamed for the fall of man, cursed with lifelong pain, and accused of getting everybody kicked out of Paradise, and worse- sentenced to eventually grow old and die.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Eve is not a filthy, heinous temptress, in this portrayal by Naz. But she was happily minding her own business, living her best life, and these men ruined it for her. Initially suffering, Eve takes charge, discarding her childlike innocence that led her to accept an abusive lover- which her so called loving father failed to protect her from- and she assumes her ultimate form- a woman in the drivers seat of her own life who knows her own beauty. And she knows how to use it to her advantage rather than being taken advantage of. She is no longer at the mercy of any god- she rejected his kingdom, and she\u2019s not at the mercy of any man who would break her heart- she broke his neck!!!!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In a refreshing departure from classical myth, Eve wins- finally after all these years. She wins, and she is basically saying \u201cLife\u2019s a witch and then you fly!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Having earned her wings, taking her crown back, and ascending to her throne as Queen of Everything, Eve is the mother of us all, and a woman not to be contended with.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Naz X redefines both gender roles and women\u2019s roles, seating them at the top of the hierarchy of creation where they belong- the creatrixes who gave birth to the god! Not the pawn used by the god and abused by his devil.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Then there is the reality that not everybody born with a penis is born to wear pants, flat shoes, and go without makeup. Naz unleashes his gender bending queerness in it\u2019s full glory, beautifully smashing stereotypes, and being true to himself. It\u2019s a lot of fun to watch conservatives flip their wigs over this, bundling their panties up so much, the knots have to be cut out! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The time of living by other people\u2019s rules for women and LGBTQ people has come to an end, and heroes like Lil Naz X are keeping it moving forward. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Be aware there is profanity, and if this offends you, I can\u2019t help it. We\u2019ve all heard these words before, and like The Pogues had to use profanity to express what they had to in Farirytale of New York, Naz X uses just the right words to get the point across. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Oh, not enough can be said about how great this video is. The talented Lil Naz X is an artist to watch, and one we are blessed to have.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Highly Recommended!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Happy Viewing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i>Blessed Be!<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>***<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>About the Author:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20795\" src=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Saoirse.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Saoirse.png 360w, https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Saoirse-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Saoirse<\/b> is a practicing witch, and initiated Wiccan of an Eclectic Tradition. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A recovered Catholic, she was raised to believe in heaven and hell, that there is only one god, and only one way to believe. As she approached her late 20\u2019s, little things started to show her this was all wrong. She was most inspired by the saying \u201cGod is too big to fit into one religion\u201d and after a heated exchange with the then associate pastor of the last Xtian church she attended, she finally realized she was in no way Xtian, and decided to move on to see where she could find her spiritual home.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Her homecoming to her Path was after many years of being called to The Old Ways and the Goddess, and happened in Phoenix, Arizona. She really did rise from her own ashes!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Upon returning to Ohio, she thought Chaos Magic was the answer, and soon discovered it was actually Wicca. She was blessed with a marvelous mentor, Lord Shadow, and started a Magical Discussion Group at local Metaphysical Shop Fly By Night. The group was later dubbed A Gathering of Paths. For a few years, this group met, discussed, did rituals, fellowship, and volunteering together, and even marched as a Pagan group with members of other groups at the local gay Pride Parade for eight years. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All the while, she continued studying with her mentor, and is still studying for Third Degree, making it to Second Degree thus far.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She is a gifted tarot reader, spellworker, teacher, and was even a resident Witch at a Westerville place dubbed The Parlor for a time. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Aside from her magical practice, she is a crocheter, beader, painter, and a good cook. She has been a clown and children\u2019s entertainer, a Nursing Home Activities Professional, a Cavern Tour Guide, a Retail Cashier, and a reader in local shops. Her college degree is a BA in English Writing. She tried her hand at both singing and playing bagpipes, and\u2026well\u2026let\u2019s just say her gifts lie elsewhere! She loves gardening, reading, antiques, time with friends and soul kin, and lots and lots of glorious color bedecking her small home!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">On the encouragement of a loved one several years back, she searched for a publication to write for, and is right at home at PaganPagesOrg.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">She is currently residing in Central Ohio with her husband, and furbabies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Saoirse can be contacted at <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u><a href=\"mailto:actpipe@yahoo.com\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">actpipe@yahoo.com<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Review of Little Naz X- Montero Bright Blessings, Film Lovers, I\u2019d like to use space in Witch and Popcorn to review a music video this month instead of a film or TV show. It\u2019s done by an enterprising 22-year-old who was raised by a gospel singer, and self-isolated quite a bit on his teen aged years. Time Magazine named him one of the 25 most influential people for his internet presence in 2019 and he was the first openly gay person to win a Country Music Association Award. He\u2019s been nominated for and won Grammys, and was listed as a 30 Under 30 on the Forbes list. While we should expect such a celebrated, and successful artist to be exalted by all, nothing can be farther from the truth in this man\u2019s case. His name is Lil Naz X, and the song that ruffled feathers is called Montero, and here is the link where you may watch it if you have not seen it already. &nbsp; &nbsp; In this video, Naz X, portraying Eve, sings about a toxic relationship where he loses himself in a total piece of trash of a human being. It\u2019s sad, and many of us can relate to such a willingness to swallow such abuse due to being so head over heels for somebody who just doesn\u2019t deserve us. In the video, the lover is represented as the biblical Satan, and takes advantage of Naz, who is portraying Eve as being seduced by the devil. Who among us can relate to feeling that we have been used this way? Many of us. In the video, god chases Eve away in the most terrifying way possible instead of being the supportive father he ought to and helping her heal. When she dies, she is brought to Heaven, but dons her best lingerie and come fuck me boots, and instead slides down the longest stripper pole known to creation to seduce the devil. She approaches him on his hellish glory, lap dances him until he\u2019s tickled pink- not just red- and promptly breaks his neck to steal his crown- and immediately sprouts wings! Decried as demonic filth by conservatives, this is celebrated by Pagan, Satanic, goth, the LGBTQ community, and metal fans worldwide. Not only a statement of queer sexuality, this is a testament of the abuse Eve has suffered at the hands of literally everybody. Wrongly said to have been created from the rib of a human male rather than from the womb of the mother goddess, she is blamed for the fall of man, cursed with lifelong pain, and accused of getting everybody kicked out of Paradise, and worse- sentenced to eventually grow old and die. Eve is not a filthy, heinous temptress, in this portrayal by Naz. But she was happily minding her own business, living her best life, and these men ruined it for her. Initially suffering, Eve takes charge, discarding her childlike innocence that led her to accept an abusive lover- which her so called loving father failed to protect her from- and she assumes her ultimate form- a woman in the drivers seat of her own life who knows her own beauty. And she knows how to use it to her advantage rather than being taken advantage of. She is no longer at the mercy of any god- she rejected his kingdom, and she\u2019s not at the mercy of any man who would break her heart- she broke his neck!!!!! In a refreshing departure from classical myth, Eve wins- finally after all these years. She wins, and she is basically saying \u201cLife\u2019s a witch and then you fly!\u201d Having earned her wings, taking her crown back, and ascending to her throne as Queen of Everything, Eve is the mother of us all, and a woman not to be contended with. Naz X redefines both gender roles and women\u2019s roles, seating them at the top of the hierarchy of creation where they belong- the creatrixes who gave birth to the god! Not the pawn used by the god and abused by his devil. Then there is the reality that not everybody born with a penis is born to wear pants, flat shoes, and go without makeup. Naz unleashes his gender bending queerness in it\u2019s full glory, beautifully smashing stereotypes, and being true to himself. It\u2019s a lot of fun to watch conservatives flip their wigs over this, bundling their panties up so much, the knots have to be cut out! The time of living by other people\u2019s rules for women and LGBTQ people has come to an end, and heroes like Lil Naz X are keeping it moving forward. Be aware there is profanity, and if this offends you, I can\u2019t help it. We\u2019ve all heard these words before, and like The Pogues had to use profanity to express what they had to in Farirytale of New York, Naz X uses just the right words to get the point across. Oh, not enough can be said about how great this video is. The talented Lil Naz X is an artist to watch, and one we are blessed to have. Highly Recommended! Happy Viewing. Blessed Be! *** About the Author: Saoirse is a practicing witch, and initiated Wiccan of an Eclectic Tradition. A recovered Catholic, she was raised to believe in heaven and hell, that there is only one god, and only one way to believe. As she approached her late 20\u2019s, little things started to show her this was all wrong. She was most inspired by the saying \u201cGod is too big to fit into one religion\u201d and after a heated exchange with the then associate pastor of the last Xtian church she attended, she finally realized she was in no way Xtian, and decided to move on to see where she could find her spiritual home. Her homecoming to her Path was after many years of being called to The Old Ways and the Goddess, and happened in Phoenix, Arizona. She really did rise from her own ashes! Upon returning to Ohio, she thought Chaos Magic was the answer, and soon discovered it was actually Wicca. She was blessed with a marvelous mentor, Lord Shadow, and started a Magical Discussion Group at local Metaphysical Shop Fly By Night. The group was later dubbed A Gathering of Paths. For a few years, this group met, discussed, did rituals, fellowship, and volunteering together, and even marched as a Pagan group with members of other groups at the local gay Pride Parade for eight years. All the while, she continued studying with her mentor, and is still studying for Third Degree, making it to Second Degree thus far. She is a gifted tarot reader, spellworker, teacher, and was even a resident Witch at a Westerville place dubbed The Parlor for a time. Aside from her magical practice, she is a crocheter, beader, painter, and a good cook. She has been a clown and children\u2019s entertainer, a Nursing Home Activities Professional, a Cavern Tour Guide, a Retail Cashier, and a reader in local shops. Her college degree is a BA in English Writing. She tried her hand at both singing and playing bagpipes, and\u2026well\u2026let\u2019s just say her gifts lie elsewhere! She loves gardening, reading, antiques, time with friends and soul kin, and lots and lots of glorious color bedecking her small home! On the encouragement of a loved one several years back, she searched for a publication to write for, and is right at home at PaganPagesOrg. She is currently residing in Central Ohio with her husband, and furbabies. Saoirse can be contacted at actpipe@yahoo.com. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":211,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10004],"tags":[13040,13039,13041,13037,13038,10409,10075,10066],"class_list":["post-24245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-monthly-columns","tag-devil","tag-eve","tag-lgbqt","tag-little-naz-x","tag-montero","tag-music","tag-review","tag-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24247,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24245\/revisions\/24247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}