Hexing the Patriarchy: The Revolutionary Aesthetics of W.I.T.C.H.

This chapter explores revolutionary aesthetics and the role of online engagement for the twenty-first-century incarnation of the 1970s radical feminist group W.I.T.C.H. The politics of both groups are radical for their times, although they differ dramatically in terms of representation and focus. The modern W.I.T.C.H. can be seen as an act of socially engaged art, using tropes of the monstrous to challenge patriarchal power.