Episode 103 – Grim Grinning Grimoires ( Very Fat Feminist Halloween Special 2023!)

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. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6UpyxPGW1yc7aRfLZWVOQV?si=zKJUFB-YSXut8hBcDESsLA Megan Rosenbloom, the author of Dark Archives, is also a death-positive activist and one of the founders of the Order of the Good …

Episode 98 – Very Fat Feminist Halloween/Anniversary Special 2022

The latest episode of The Fat Feminist Witch Podcast is now available wherever you listen to your favourite shows! https://open.spotify.com/episode/25ry7ApcsiGJlyopjAY9Y9?si=nMiZWGayTzq7zLzKcYQdrA 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 …

Episode 94 – ZOMBI – A Very fat feminist halloween Special!

Hello again witches, seekers, and friends - and thank you for tuning in to The Fat Feminist Witch Podcast for my annual Very Fat Feminist Halloween Special!  https://open.spotify.com/episode/29B0P3WezS3JAR9yH1VtoG?si=MZu7KjqjQeantCNrkacohg Every year at Halloween we examine some of the stories, tropes, and stereotypes that have contributed to the image of the Halloween Witch, the ways we celebrate …

Episode 93 – Trick or Treat!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kCeNQlZoX6bN0gWFfw4Sy?si=yHrKiM3GT-ypb1PHT4inUQ Hello again witches, seekers, and friends - and thank you for tuning in to The Fat Feminist Witch Podcast! Today's episode is the first HALLOWEEN episode of 2021! Today I'm talking about Halloween, and trick or treating in particular, as a truly North American folk holiday! Of course it wouldn't be Halloween without a …

Episode 83 – Divining Love on All Hallow’s Eve

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-sipfb-f0cea3 Hello friends and thank you so much for tuning in to the show! For today’s episode, we’re going back to a Victorian Halloween tradition – love divinations and apple magic! You can now get signed & spelled copies of my books Green Witchcraft and The Grimoire Journal on my Storenvy shop - http://thefatfeministwitch.storenvy.com Thank …

Episode 82 – Practical Pumpkin Spice Magic

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2W11bVX1sml7EryBM9jZm8?si=lxkSWTuXSmW2csVexCGQ3A Listen on Podbean   Hey friends and thank you so much for tuning in to the show! Today’s episode is pumpkin spiced and full of practical magic. I’ll be talking about the magical properties of pumpkins and the spice blend we use to flavour them – ie how magical IS your pumpkin spice latte, …

Episode 81 – Moon Magic with Michael Herkes, The Glam Witch!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7tKNB2bDPWXW1O132Nnc3W?si=29TV-9scSBuejhfPv6TnUA Listen on Podbean Hey friends! And thank you so much for joining me today – on this beautiful very first day of October! That’s right, it is, officially, the season of the witch! This year’s Halloween season is especially special because the month of October is bookended by these 2 beautiful full moons. Tonight’s …

Episode 79 – An Episode About You

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7CmkCSFxA9QXrZneHFGGuw Listen on Podbean “This is An Episode About You” said the witch behind the mic. And you were pleased, because you always wanted to hear about yourself on your favourite podcast. Welcome to The Fat Feminist Witch.   Today's Welcome to Nightvale parody/appreciation episode features Night Blooming Cereus and Bloodstone as the Sketchy Herb …

#FatWitchFall Friday Update!

Follow on spotify Every Friday throughout September and October I'll be adding new songs to my Fat Witch Fall playlist on Spotify - Today I've got 9 songs about OMENS and MAGIC and THE APOCALYPSE. Check out the latest episode of the podcast THE OMENS on Spotify while you're at it! Magick Comin' Rorie Kelly …

Episode 58 – The OMENS

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0FY0uLwnLFNUzhIiC38qjO?si=nWgx6sF5SZeo1homx4ewSw https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-38mvw-c4c59b Hello friends and thank you so much for tuning in to episode 58 – THE OMENS. Today we’re talking about Omens - signs and symbols from the universe, synchronicity, and animal messengers. I’ve also got a special Halloween treat since we’re only ONE WEEK AWAY!!! In the tradition of past episodes around Halloween …

Episode 56 – Ma’at and the Weighing of Your Heart

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-k85wi-c1f07d Hey friends and thank you so much for tuning in to episode 56 all about the ancient Egyptian ideals of Ma’at, death rituals, and what happens to our souls in the afterlife. Welcome to October! It’s Halloween season, y’all! Every year in October I pick some element of the archetype of the Halloween witch …

Very Fat Feminist Halloween Special vol. 3 #HowRealWitchesDo

Happy Halloween, Witches! Thanks for tuning in to this year's Very Fat Feminist Halloween Special in which we discuss the stereotypes and archetypes associated with witches that always seem to pop up at Halloween. Unfortunately, my episode ran long, and the file got a little too big for my already generous bandwidth limit on Podbean! …

#HowRealWitchesDo: Witchcraft Without a Filter (Updated!)

Every October we're inundated with images of the stereotypical HALLOWEEN WITCH- pointy black hat, green skin, riding a broom, the works. Many witches embrace this caricature as a sister witch, and others think she's offensive, frightening, and garish. That's why every October I pick a facet of popular witchcraft and examine its effect on our …

A Very Fat Feminist Halloween Special! Vol. 2

Happy Halloween friends! Are you excited? I am! This is my most favourite holiday of the year!  It’s a time of magick and mystery and monsters. It’s a time when anyone can be whomever or whatever they want and embrace that identity for one incredible night. Plus… candy. Last year for Halloween I talked about …

Book Review of Shadows: The Weiser Book of Occult Detectives Edited by Judika Illes

🔮🔮🔮🔮🔮/5! The Weiser Book of Occult Detectives: 13 Stories of Supernatural Sleuthing is a compilation of vintage occult detective stories, written by masters of the genre including Arthur Conan Doyle, Algernon Blackwood, Dion Fortune, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, and Helena Blavatsky. Occult detectives explore paranormal mysteries or use their own supernatural gifts to solve crimes. …

🚨 IT’S OFFICIALLY HALLO-WEEK Y’ALL🚨

🚨 You read it right, witches, Halloween is officially ONE WEEK AWAY. All week I'll be sharing very witchy Halloween content on the blog and in a new podcast episode! 🚨 To get started, check out some of my previously spooooooky content on the Podcast and Blog: Episode 2 - Witchy Wandering "Hello again and welcome to …

#WitchReads Weekly – October 1st!

Aaaah! October! It's a new month and I've got some new, awesome witch reads on the go right now, including a little bit of fiction. I've also got a winner of Crystals, Plain & Simple! at the bottom of this post so scroll down if you entered! When I started this blog I knew books would …

One Witch’s Opinion: Every single version of “I Put a Spell on You” is the best song ever

I'm sure it comes as no surprise to anyone that my favourite song in the history of songs is "I Put a Spell on You". I am fortunate to live in a reality where I can't even remember the first time I heard the song, it was just always there. Every halloween every version available …

A Very Fat Feminist Halloween Special!

Listen to A Very Fat Feminist Halloween Special on Spotify!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Tonight is Halloween, AKA the greatest day ever! In this very special and spooky episode of the podcast I'm talking about some of the super fun myths and legends associated with the Halloweeniest version of the witch! I cover why brooms fly, green …

Sketchy Herbs & Magic Rocks: Eye of Newt & Emerald

Happy Halloween, Witches! In a very special Halloween edition of Sketchy Herbs & Magic Rocks we're covering the witchiest herb around and the crystal that powered an entire magical city! Eye of Newt "Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog, adder's fork and blind worm's sting, lizard's leg …

Eye of Newt, Flying Ointments, Nose Twitches & Frog Princes: Part 1

Pointy hats, black cats, toads, frogs, creepy potions and flying brooms have dominated our views of witches for hundreds of years. The witch is such an interesting piece of myth that new legends and standards are being invented all the time. Purple eyes, green skin, twitching noses and flying vacuum cleaners have all become recognizable …