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cult, a specific complex of beliefs, rites, and ceremonies associated with some particular person or object, which is maintained by a social group. A cult is often considered as having magical significance. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| also jumped on the anti-Wiccan bandwagon, likening the faith to "Satanists and cultists. Today's terrorism scare is a moral panic--just like the 1950s fear of "creeping communism;' the 1960s reaction against rock and roll, the 1970s belief that cultists were spiriting away our children, the 1980s anxiety that no child was safe in a daycare center, and the 1990s fear that violent video games were inaugurating a youth crime epidemic. Whedon's work expands from the requisite male fan base to include female cultists because, as he notes, ``The woman who is kicking the boo-tay is always going to be an obsession of mine. |
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