After learning some tricks, young magician Aanya Sheth hopes to shatter stereotypes and inspire girls to join the magical world.
As a young girl enchanted by the world of magic, I have always wondered why there are very few female magicians.
Looking back at history, men have dominated the field of magic. In the 1690s, women in Salem, Massachusetts who were accused of performing magic were called witches and then executed. Today in the world of magic, women tend to be the “glamorous assistants” to their male counterparts; they are not the star of the show.
I became passionate about magic in third grade during the height of COVID-19. I learned magic through online classes and YouTube videos, and fell in love with it. The trick that most fascinated me was the “disappearing matchstick” trick because it was easy to perform and everyone was in awe of it.
For my eleventh birthday, I had a magic themed birthday party. We had a magician come and perform for my friends and me. He performed many great tricks, like a gravity-defying glass of water, a transforming card, and many more! Soon it was time for the closing tricks. He called me up to assist him, and my response was, “I would love to assist you now, but later I have three tricks of my own that I would like to show my friends.”