fetish

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Ranging in age from toddlers to teens, these girls speak with a moral clarity that cuts through any defense of this country’s carceral fetish.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025

Komfo Anokye was a powerful fetish priest - a person believed to act as a mediator between the spirit and living.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2023

In both films, guns become truly dangerous when they become a fetish: an object worshipped for its supposed power and symbolic meaning.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023

“For Gaetz and others, it’s a fetish to them to have this much power and attention,” Stutzman said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

The Masks appeared demoralized by the destruction of their most powerful fetish.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer