Sara McCarroll          

The figure of the witch in both historical and contemporary forms is a signifier of persistent systems of violence against women. To be outed as a witch is to be othered as a dangerous threat to normative society. They are viewed as an extreme symbol of defiance to what is considered conventional, traditional, and safe. Today, many defiant persons may find themselves turned into witches and thus deemed to be acceptable targets of social violence. "Era of the Witch" utilises the confrontational medium of collage to critique this enduring mechanism.

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