"Growing up in the '90s, the concept of "Black girl magic" didn't exist. Not as a mindset, and certainly not as a representation in pop culture," I wrote in a recent op-ed about the impact "Twitches" had on Black girls growing up. "When Halloween came around and my peers were watching Marnie Piper unearth her Cromwell gifts, I wondered what little magic Black girls from New Jersey could possess. I found it difficult to picture — the whole wand and magic combo. Even pretending to cast spells felt unnatural and discouraged in my church-every-Sunday Christian household." That was until, "Twitches." The film changed how I dreamed and now on the 20th anniversary of the film, I want to say, thank you. "For the first time, I could visualize myself in possession of the kind of power that could take me to another dimension." |
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