Witch covens on screen: How film and TV are using witchcraft to explore female solidarity in an era of backlash

The more evocative of these cliques take on a witchy edge, forming their makeshift girl worlds into covens where ritual takes precedence over reason.

These covens can offer what the world will not: strength.

In a country that's increasingly hostile to women and our autonomy—piling on the loss of reproductive rights, the rise of violence against women, the backlash against the #MeToo movement, and the disinvestment in women in the entertainment industry just as a start—its films are highlighting those seeking safety in numbers.