Does Religious Freedom Extend to Child Endangerment? It’s Not as Simple as It Seems
There must be some middle ground—not between right and wrong, but between different understandings of what constitutes abuse.
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Satanists Take Aim at School Spanking
There’s a connection between hitting children and cultural identity. Growing up in Austin, Texas, I…
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Satanists Infiltrate a Ritual Abuse Conference in Oakland: Your Guide to What Happened and Why
In April, a group of Satanists infiltrated a conference for people who believe they’re the…
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Satanic Temple Protests Pseudoscientific Therapies for Satanic Abuse and Witchcraft
If you happened to walk past San Francisco’s Parc 55 hotel this past weekend, you…
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From The Virgin Mary to a Housewife in Queens: Inside The Seer of Bayside
Every June 18 for more than 25 years, Veronica Lueken—a Catholic housewife from Bayside, Queens—gathered…
Read MoreThis Year in Satanism
2014 was the year of the Satanist. In December 2013, The Satanic Temple announced plans…
Read MoreAnother Slender Man Attack?
This weekend, a second attack by a knife-wielding teenage girl was attributed to the online Slender Man mythos. While the attack could…
Read More‘Slender Man’ Murder Attempt Wasn’t Media or Madness
This Internet is abuzz with speculation about a bizarre attempted murder in which two 12-year-old…
Read MoreKeep These Satanists Out of Congress!
When Republicans turn Satanic Panic on their own.
Read MoreThe Two Mythologies Behind True Detective Come Crashing Down in Finale
A struggle between two modern and intertwined mythologies of evil, True Detective ultimately fell back on the easiest of formulas.
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