While watching American Horror Story season 6 with my roommate, we watched the antichrist uses their own blood to very sensually draw a pentagram on their body and the floor to communicate with Satan. This made us laugh hysterically since the antichrist was actually drawing a symbol to invoke positive energy, similar to how some Christians cross themselves.
Paganism is a complex religion to define in a single sentence, as it is more 300 religions in a trench coat pretending to be one religion. Most modern pagans borrow Gods and Goddesses to worship from a plethora of ancient pantheons, but…
Real-life and media representation of people doing actions that challenge their racial or gender stereotypes changes children’s belief in their own abilities and makes adults less prejudice
Psychological research has shown that everyone is prejudice in some way. We all have a subconscious that learned how the world worked through our own experiences, parents, communities, cultures, and countries. When we get behind the Ferrari at a red light instead of the minivan because we stereotype people with Ferraris drive faster than owners of minivans, that's prejudice. Most people are more likely to cross the street if a stereotypical biker man is walking towards them, than if someone who looks like Ted Bundy is.
Cultural, or systemic, prejudice are stereotypes that are common among a specific culture. …
Cameron Koso
Mental Health Freelance Writer| Psychology Student| Collector of Random Facts|
