{"id":11927,"date":"2016-07-02T00:42:58","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T07:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=11927"},"modified":"2016-07-02T00:42:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T07:42:58","slug":"witch-degentrification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2016\/07\/02\/witch-degentrification\/","title":{"rendered":"Witch Degentrification"},"content":{"rendered":"

     Wanting to keep urban s**tholes at urban s**tholes is the epitome of “Social Justice”, especially for pasty White people.\u00a0 Invoking witchcraft<\/a> to invoke a “protective spell” over that urban s**thole, though, brings it to the next level of craziness:<\/p>\n

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“It might take a divine intervention to slow the spread of gentrification and rise of new ‘luxury’ apartments through Logan Square. In the meantime, a trio of performers collectively called WITCH plan to address the Northwest Side neighborhood’s changing face in their own way: by putting a ‘hex’ and ‘protective spell’ on the area.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Worst LARP ever!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

     Of course, they aren’t even real<\/em> witches, just a bunch of poseur cosplayers:<\/p>\n

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“But is it performance art, social justice, a literal pagan ritual, or something else? Chiara Galimberti, 34, says it’s a mix of art and protest.<\/p>\n

“‘We think of it in the art realm,’ she said, but the group also envisions elements of social justice playing a part in it, she told Chicagoist.<\/p>\n

“‘We are calling them actions because it brings a level of seriousness and attention to the social justice aspects,’ Jessica Caponigro, 31 added. ‘We’re not sitting around playing dress up.'”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     Would some real<\/em> witches please<\/em> hex these Social Justice Warriors?<\/p>\n

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