The Fat Feminist Witch

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Episode 106 - COVEN with Laura Hokstad Feb 17, 2024

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Thank you so much everyone for joining me today on the Fat Feminist Witch Podcast. This week I have a really exciting DOUBLE FEATURE! I had a privilege to interview two of the stars of the new documentary about modern witches COVEN, which premiered last month on CBC.

In this episode I'm talking with Laura Hokstad, a tarot reader and witch who is searching for a way to connect with others, and herself, through witchcraft. She visits some local covens and priestesses, each who have their own ways of bringing other witches together, and then she leaves Canada to explore ancestors in her past who are part of some of the biggest events in the history of witch trials.

There is a transcription available for this episode, which you can download at the following link:

Laura Transcript

Find out more about COVEN by visiting covendoc.com

Find Laura at Storm Crow Manor's Tarot Thursdays to get a tarot card reading!

Storm Crow Manor

Watch Laura talk about the entertaining ways tarot cards are used in some of your favourite horror films with her series TERROR TAROT on Rue Morgue's YouTube Channel!

Terror Tarot

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As always, the opening track is Back to the 90s by Douglas Mulvey!

Episode 105 - COVEN with Andra Zlatescu Feb 17, 2024

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Thank you so much everyone for joining me today on the Fat Feminist Witch Podcast. This week I have a really exciting DOUBLE FEATURE! I had the pleasure of interviewing two of the stars of a new documentary about modern witchcraft called COVEN.

This episode features Andra Zlatescu, a witch and musician who helps introduce the audience of the film to some local covens and teachers, before traveling to Romania to explore her Romani and Romanian roots and how they inspire her magical practice.

Andra's band WILLOW SWITCH just released their first full length album of beautiful, ethereal folk music which you can listne to on spotify at the following link.

Willow Switch

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As always, the opening track is Back to the 90s by Douglas Mulvey!

Episode 104 - Dark Night of the Soul Feb 05, 2024

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Hello my witchy friends, and thank you for tuning in to my first episode of 2024! Today I'm talking about darkness, dark goddesses, and death-centered witchcraft. I know, off to a cheery start!

Here are some great books to help you research dark goddesses and magic:

Hekate by Courtney Weber (Amazon CA or US)

The Glam Witch by Michael Herkes (Amazon CA or US)

Blood Sex Magic by Bri Luna (Amazon CA or US | Click to read my review!)

Of Blood and Bones by Kate Freuler (Amazon CA or US | Click to read my review!)

Dark Goddess Magick by C. Ara Campbell (Amazon CA or US)

Morbid Magic by Tomás Prower (Amazon CA or US)

The music heard in the background while I'm thanking my Patreon supporters is Lost With You by Nu Alkemi$t. (license code: COCUXZOLPNS7JR7C)

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As always, the opening track is Back to the 90s by Douglas Mulvey!

Episode 103 - Grim Grinning Grimoires! Oct 31, 2023

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Happy Halloween my witchy friends!

In this year's halloween special I'm talking about real and fictional books bound in human skin, and the origins of grimoires and other historical spell books.

Megan Rosenbloom, the author of Dark Archives, is also a death-positive activist and one of the founders of the Order of the Good Death, which seeks to make death a little easier on those of us who will have to face it some day. They have a ton of resources and books on death around the world, in different cultures, and throughout history. https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/ If you want to learn more about the anthropodermic books covered in Dark Archives visit https://anthropodermicbooks.org. Finally, I highly recommend reading Dark Archives, which you can get from Amazon.ca or Amazon.com!

Get Grimoires: A History of Magic Books by Owen Davies from Amazon.ca or Amazon.com

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Get stickers, mugs, journals, and t-shirts up to size 5X on my TeePublic store! The ink witch you see in the album artwork for this episode can be found at the following link: Burning the Midnight Ink

As always, the opening track is Back to the 90s by Douglas Mulvey!

Episode 102 - American Whimsigothic Oct 18, 2023

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Hello again my witchy friends! In this episode of The Fat Feminist Witch we are talking about whimsigothic fashion and design and how and why fashion can signal the arrival of witches in society... and how they can use it to make magic and communicate with each other.

If you want real vintage plus size clothes that match a whimsigothic or just cool magical aesthetic, check out Bad Moon Vintage at http://shopbadmoon.com and http://instagram.com/shopbadmoon

A special shout out to 3 of my Patreon supporters - Adriane, Carmen, and Dolores! Thank you so much for your encouragement and support! Become a patron at http://patreon.com/thefatfeministwitch

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As always, the opening track is Back to the 90s by Douglas Mulvey!

Episode 101 - This Barbie is a Witch! Aug 11, 2023

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Hello again witches, seekers, and friends! Today's episode of The Fat Feminist Witch is brought to you by the letter B for BARBIE! I am talking about the movie, doll magic, making poppets and voodoo dolls, and what Barbie means to me as a former "Barbie Girl".

Get The Voodoo Doll Spellbook: A Compendium of Ancient and Contemporary Spells and Rituals by Denise Alvarado at Amazon CA or Amazon US!

Read my recent blog post all about pink colour magic! Shades of Magic: Extra-Spectral Magenta

Visit Of Crafts & Curios on YouTube to find really great tutorials on using plastic fashion dolls as poppets and devotional items! https://www.youtube.com/c/OfCraftsCurios

A special shout out to 3 of my lovely Patreon supporters - Ember R, Emily M, and Christina Z! Thank you so much for your support and encouragement! Become a Patron at ⁠patreon.com/thefatfeministwitch⁠

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Get stickers, mugs, journals, and t-shirts up to size 5X on my TeePublic store! From August 11th to 13th you can get up to 35% off everything in the store!

As always, the opening track is Back to the 90s by Douglas Mulvey!

Episode 100 - Emotional Wisdom Part 2 Jun 21, 2023

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HELLO AGAIN MY WITCHY FRIENDS!

It's the summer solstice and I am so pleased to celebrate that with episode 100 of The Fat Feminist Witch Podcast, which is (hopefully) back for good! In this episode a share a difficult experience I had last month, re-introduce myself and share a bit about who I am, talk about the magic of Honeysuckle and Lemon Jade, and tell you all how happy I am to be alive! Unfortunately, this episode has to come with a trigger warning for mentions of attempted suicide and drug overdose, so please keep yourself safe and also don't judge me for the tears haha!

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As always, the opening track is Back to the 90s by Douglas Mulvey!

Episode 99 - The End Dec 31, 2022

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After 7 amazing, wonderful, magical years ranting, raving, and wand-waving as The Fat Feminist Witch, I have decided to hang up my pointed hat and shift my focus toward my health and independence. In my final episode I talk about what the show, and all of you, have meant to me over the years. I cry a little bit, just a heads up.

Thank you for listening, sharing, commenting, supporting, blurbing, writing, laughing, and connecting with me. I hope that we find ourselves on the same witchy path again in the future.
My website, https://thefatfeministwitch.wordpress.com will stay up, as will the podcast here on Anchor, but no new episodes will be released. The patreon page is shutting down, but the private facebook group will be available for those who are already members. I will continue to use twitter in the same non-professional way I have been using it for years, haha!

I have been compiling episodes into themed playlists on Spotify and you can find them all, along with playlists I made for specific episodes and witchy purposes, at the following link.
https://open.spotify.com/folder/47d561a1b54ebe92

I hope you all have a Happy New Year's eve, and year, and a fabulous and magical future. I love you!

Episode 98 - Big Fat Feminist Halloween Special 2022 Nov 11, 2022

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Hello again witches, seekers, and friends - and thank you for tuning in to The Fat Feminist Witch Podcast! This is technically my Halloween episode, but for many reasons I had to put it off and put it out on November 11th, which happens to be the podcast's birthday! Yay!

In this episode I wax poetic about the most infamous, scary, and charismatic figure in all of halloween lore-- the Devil. Why does the devil intrigue us, how does he get to us, and what is his place in modern witchcraft and society? I also talk about one of my favourite musicians of all time, Robert Johnson, and those of you who listen via spotify can tune in this weekend for the B-SIDE to this episode that features some of his music.

My website URL has changed! It's now thefatfeministwitch.CA!

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As always the opening and closing track is Back To The 90s (Douglas Mulvey AKA D-REX) / CC BY 4.0)

Episode 97 - Kitchen Witchin' with Sarah Robinson Jul 30, 2022

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Hello again witches, seekers, and friends - and thank you for tuning in to The Fat Feminist Witch Podcast! Today I'm joined by Sarah Robinson to talk about her new book of magical stories and folklore called KITCHEN WITCH! We talk about magic made in the kitchen, the history of magical food and kitchen witch practices, and of course, the role of women in the history of witches in the kitchen! I also talk about my new book the SPELL JAR BOOK FOR BEGINNERS which is out now!

Connect with Sarah online:
https://sentiayoga.com/

https://www.instagram.com/yogaforwitches/

https://www.instagram.com/SENTIAYOGA/

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