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Holiday Fun with my fellow Scream Queens!

On By Willow CroftIn Friday Friends, Uncategorized12 Comments

I was fortunate enough to spend part of the winter holidays with my fellow Scream Queens during Resurrection Media’s “Dark Days of Christmas Movie Madness” party. The frightfully festive event was kicked off with a “Horror Holiday Ugly Sweater Contest” followed by a trivia quiz about the movie Krampus.

As we settled in for Resurrection Media’s screening of Krampus, I excitedly dug into my Scream Queens’ stocking of terror. 

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Resurrection Media knows no movie experience is complete without a visit to the theatre’s concession stand. They captured this experience by providing a bag of microwaveable popcorn (inside the custom-labeled wrapper) and a selection of vintage candy. 

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I swear, it’s just popcorn. Don’t you trust me? (cackles evilly)

 

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I guess even the wicked get sweets for the holidays!

Resurrection Media was also thoughtful enough to provide us Scream Queens with a delightful self-care package–perfect after all the mischief and mayhem we caused! The wipes will be especially perfect for wiping the blood the popcorn grease from our fingers.

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Thanks to Resurrection Media and their Scream Queens for providing a holiday event that was to die for! 

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Want to join in the deliciously macabre fun? Check out Resurrection Media to learn more about their upcoming projects: https://resurrection-media.com.

The Dark Side is Not So Dark After All: The Need for Satanism in the Twenty-First Century

On By Willow CroftIn Uncategorized6 Comments

Not too long ago, I was doing research for a short story involving demons and the Christianized concept of the devil, and I came across the tenets of the Satanic Temple.

The tenets resonated with me from the first read, especially as I’m entering into middle age, and, after some (non-philosophical) musing, I made the decision to become a member of the Satanic Temple.

The civic-minded nature of the Temple, the respect for others’ rights and freedoms, and, especially the “compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason” (as quoted from their tenets on their website: https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/tenets), which, of course, appealed to my nature as an animal rights activist and tree-hugger environmentalist.

In addition, I think organizations like the Satanic Temple are essential to combat the alarming trends and shifts in the world today (or, a continuance of imperialism and intolerance that is history’s long-standing legacy, but we can engage in that deep philosophical/intellectual conversation some other time) such as Donald Trump’s insane and greedy hate-filled antics, and the widespread climate change and loss of valuable non-human species.

As a card-carrying Satanist now, I decided to submit an essay for a Satanic voices anthology put together by publisher Daniel Cureton at Forty-Two Books, and edited by Faustus Blackbook, and I was very excited to learn it had been accepted for inclusion in this anthology.

Check out the diverse collection of essays, short stories, poems (and a fascinating creative nonfiction piece) to learn more about Satanism today!

Satan Speaks! Contemporary Satanic Voices: https://www.amazon.com/Satan-Speaks-Contemporary-Satanic-Voices/dp/1734006714/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=satan+speaks%21%3A+contemporary+satanic+voice&qid=1583328273&s=books&sr=1-1 )

I also greatly appreciated the review a fellow blogger, Assholes Watching Movies, posted (a blog which I’ve followed for years now) about the movie Hail Satan? Read the review here: https://assholeswatchingmovies.com/2020/02/28/hail-satan/

I’ve included the link for the Satanic Temple, should you wish to learn more about this organization: https://thesatanictemple.com/.

Just for posterity, here’s the link to the form of Satanism that continues to follow in Anton LaVey’s footsteps: https://www.churchofsatan.com/.