Somehow Miami, a city known for its superficial gloss and duck-face Instagram selfies, ranked only 15th in the world in hashtags where a city name is accompanied by the words ‘street art.’

Jenna Balfe trespassed on the Miami Circle in downtown to make an offering to the prehistoric Tequesta site.

For far too long, Miami’s mystical community, with its roots in Santería and voodoo, has been overshadowed by The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina or the crystal shops of the Northeast offering discounts on psychic readings in October. Unlike Disney’s Halloweentown, it’s not foggy or cold here, the leaves don’t change colors…

When Jessica Weiss was laid off from her job earlier this year, the local journalist contemplated the kind of reporting she wanted to do next. Women were coming forward under #MeToo. Politics were dividing the nation. “I knew I wanted to do something intentionally connective,” Weiss tells New Times, “something about women and for women, something that would make us feel more connected to one another.”

If you buy into the witch cliche s—pointy hats, flying broomsticks— Miami might seem an awfully sunny place to headquarter a coven compared to, say, the rainy and foggy Pacific Northwest. But to be a witch is to be misunderstood. They bear the ridicule of storybook stereotypes, are feared for their…

For society to function, humans obey a set of laws (i.e., thou shalt not kill). But if you drive in Miami long enough, you’ll witness the disintegration of the moral fabric that’s supposed to hold us all together.

Strange stares in the break room. Uncomfortable small talk by the printer. A boss who insists on hugging you. For far too long, women have grown accustomed to awkward and distracting interactions at work, especially in a city such as Miami, which can at times seem like the unofficial capital of catcalling, leering, and sexual innuendo. “At Starbucks, older men are constantly hitting on you,” sighs Aileen Lavin, a Miami mom who works in real estate. “I was tired of going to networking events and feeling uncomfortable.”