Matilda Lockwood
@matildalockwood.bsky.social
Historical fiction author & illustrator. Writing, sketching, baking, tending hens, and swimming cold waters. | When Witches Can’t Cast
🌿 1758: healer called “witch”
🧺 1898: girl erased in a Magdalene laundry
🖋 2025: fresh ink narrows women’s rights
The pattern’s older than we think. I wrote more about it here:
www.matildalockwoodwrites.com/blog/witches...
#HistFic #WomenInHistory #MagdaleneLaundries #StorytellingAsResistance
🧺 1898: girl erased in a Magdalene laundry
🖋 2025: fresh ink narrows women’s rights
The pattern’s older than we think. I wrote more about it here:
www.matildalockwoodwrites.com/blog/witches...
#HistFic #WomenInHistory #MagdaleneLaundries #StorytellingAsResistance
Witches, Women, and Magdalene Houses: Reclaiming Power Through Fiction — Matilda Lockwood Writes
Content warning: institutional abuse, forced adoption, religious coercion.
www.matildalockwoodwrites.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🌿 1758: healer called “witch”
🧺 1898: girl erased in a Magdalene laundry
🖋 2025: fresh ink narrows women’s rights
The pattern’s older than we think. I wrote more about it here:
www.matildalockwoodwrites.com/blog/witches...
#HistFic #WomenInHistory #MagdaleneLaundries #StorytellingAsResistance
🧺 1898: girl erased in a Magdalene laundry
🖋 2025: fresh ink narrows women’s rights
The pattern’s older than we think. I wrote more about it here:
www.matildalockwoodwrites.com/blog/witches...
#HistFic #WomenInHistory #MagdaleneLaundries #StorytellingAsResistance