A Witch Is...

Jayne Steer, Bell Woolley, Emilie Biggar
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Intersectional feminist podcast retelling her-stories with incredible guests each time. Hosted by Jayne Steer, Emilie Biggar and Bell Woolley. 🔮 Record at Humdinger Studios, Naarm.

Episodes

  1. Using A Cauldron (with Bahaa Dabbagh)

    10/17/2025

    Using A Cauldron (with Bahaa Dabbagh)

    In this episode, Jayne and Emilie sit down with refugee Bahaa Dabbagh, to uncover how cooking for the masses using a cauldron became linked to witchcraft. From the trans-atlantic slave trade to the streets of gaza, food security has always been used as a weapon. Bahaa's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hahawithbaha/ Sources: https://www.wfp.org/stories/un-barred-using-hunger-and-starvation-weapons-war https://www.museum.dp.ua/en/cauldron-scythian-time-iv-century-b-c/ https://www.hercircle.in/engage/food/food-trends/exploring-the-lavish-feasts-of-indian-royalty-a-journey-through-culinary-extravagance-6232.html Credit: The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia Original Author: Theodor de Bry after John White Created: 1590 Medium: Printed hand-colored engraving Publisher: The Mariners' Museum https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0379073814005349 https://simplysouperlicious.com/everyone-cauldron-anthropological/ https://www.concern.net/news/hunger-as-a-weapon-of-war-timeline https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/2/how-british-colonial-policy-killed-100-million-indians https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/news/vietnam-war-led-to-decades-of-hunger https://www.wfp.org/publications/hunger-hotspots-fao-wfp-early-warnings-acute-food-insecurity https://www.wfp.org/publications/hunger-hotspots-fao-wfp-early-warnings-acute-food-insecurity https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vandana-Shiva https://www.instagram.com/asmamahmood3/reel/DHd5WLkstCM/?locale=es&hl=bn https://foodtank.com/news/2013/05/food-hero-series-ruth-oniango-kenyas-voice-for-nutrition/

    36 min
  2. Old (with Nicky Barry)

    10/17/2025

    Old (with Nicky Barry)

    In this episode of A Witch Is... Emilie Biggar and Jayne Steer sit with Nicky Barry and discuss ageism in the arts. Other topics include an inspiring Samoan woman in power, Baba Yaga and the rising homeless population of older women. Nicky Barry's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barrymeplease/ Sources: https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/samoa-sexism/105035564 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/travel/flight-attendant-stewardess-sexism.html Guthrie, Juniper (2024) "Drowned Maidens and Mother Earth: The Roots of Sexism in Russian Folklore Studies," The Corinthian: Vol. 21, Article 4.Available at: https://kb.gcsu.edu/thecorinthian/vol21/iss1/4 https://style.nine.com.au/latest/freeze-frame-kylie-minogue-gold-hotpants-spinning-around/cd43fa0f-2539-4835-bf31-d7a9e87120e2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinster https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=uclf https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/journey-into-witchcraft-beliefs/

    53 min
  3. Angry (with Sherele Moody)

    04/24/2025

    Angry (with Sherele Moody)

    This week we are joined by a living legend, Sherele Moody, the creator of Australia Femicide Watch and the Red Heart Campaign. We dive into the alarming femicide statistics plaguing Australia and the origin of female centred hatred, the Malleus Maleficarium. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Malleus-maleficarum https://www.npr.org/2021/09/28/1040911313/anita-hill-belonging-sexual-harassment-conversation https://youtu.be/4oPnd911FcM?si=0DqEgCOas8XJUU47

    44 min
  4. Dancing (with Diana Nguyen)

    04/04/2025

    Dancing (with Diana Nguyen)

    We sit down with Linkdinfluencer, actress, dancer and all round powerhouse woman, Diana Nguyen to discuss the impact that dancing has had on her life. We discuss the link between a Witches' Sabbath and modern dance classes and explore the discouragement of dancing as a gendered weapon. Diana's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/realdiananguyen/ Sources: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/journey-into-witchcraft-beliefs/ https://www.album-online.com/detail/en/OGY3YzBkMA/virginian-s-manner-dancing-their-religious-festivals-illustration-secotan-indians-alb5411151 https://theconversation.com/from-child-stars-to-lost-theatres-capturing-our-ephemeral-history-of-live-performance-97675 https://www.history.com/news/the-exotic-dancer-who-became-wwis-most-notorious-spyhttps://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/elvis-presley-hound-dog-big-mama-thornton-stole-1376522/ https://elvisbiography.net/2020/02/12/elvis-presley-and-the-black-community-dispelling-the-myths/ https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/sites-of-refuge-connection-creation-resistance-and-loss-the-queer-bar-and-nightclub-in-the-twentieth-century/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49592540 https://www.britannica.com/art/tap-dancehttps://prachataienglish.com/node/9640#1

    48 min
  5. Coloured and Speaking In Tongues (with Aarti Vincent)

    03/11/2025

    Coloured and Speaking In Tongues (with Aarti Vincent)

    We chat with comedian, producer and all around badass Gen XXX legend, Aarti Vincent about the history of discrimination in the context of witchcraft, colonisation and how the British stole a few trillion dollars from India. Aarti has a show coming up called “Gen XXX” with Ankita Ghosh at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival from 8th - 20th April. Get your tickets here! Make sure not to miss our own show, Toil Trouble and Trauma from 7th - 15th April. Limited time you can get 2 for 1 tickets on 13th April, by using the code 13TH. Sources/References ​The Magical Negro and White Salvation in Film, Cerise L. Glenn, Howard University​https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2176&context=honorstheses​https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lakshmi-Bai

    1h 7m
  6. A Shapeshifter (with Marnie Mills)

    02/17/2025

    A Shapeshifter (with Marnie Mills)

    In todays episode we sit down with comedian, improv extraordinaire and all round fashionista, Marnie Mills. Exploring the historical context of Shapeshifting in witchcraft and it's transition into persecution for not conforming to gender binaries. TICKETS TO OUR SHOW ARE NOW AVAILABLE Sources: https://www.academuseducation.co.uk/post/ancient-mesopotamian-transgender-and-non-binary-identities https://andreamariana.com/?p=1082 https://jmcdra.medium.com/the-transition-of-lady-kayura-a-queer-interpretation-of-anubis-from-ronin-warriors-c4f242d121a8 https://www.britannica.com/place/Trois-Freres https://www.litcharts.com/lit/circe/chapter-15#:~:text=At%20this%20point%2C%20Circe%20is,show%20off%20her%20own%20power. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-forgotten-history-of-the-worlds-first-trans-clinic/ https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/religion-context/case-studies/gender/third-gender-and-hijras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Ass https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histories/journey-into-witchcraft-beliefs/ https://publicmedievalist.com/transgender-middle-ages/#:~:text=Having%20to%20ask%20and%20answer,numbers%20are%20increasing%20every%20day. https://lonemedievalist.hcommons.org/women-of-the-middle-ages/eleanor-rykener/ https://www.queerarthistory.com/love-between-women/le-roman-de-silence/ https://www.maronite-institute.org/MARI/JMS/january00/Saint_Marina_the_Monk.htm https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/joan-of-arc-trial.htm#:~:text=True%2C%20she%20was%20burned%20at,that%20of%20wearing%20men's%20clothes. https://www.sbs.com.au/voices/article/lavender-scare-queer-colour-theory-and-monsters-in-the-closet/tnmhtzkbb https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/01/23/trump-administration-moves-reject-transgender-identity-rights

    52 min

  7. 02/11/2025

    Three Women on A Stage

    Welcome to our first episode! Get to know your maiden, mother and crone, Bell Woolley, Emilie Biggar and Jayne Steer. Detailing the trials and tribulations that led to comedy and coming together for our first Melbourne International Comedy Show, Toil, Trouble and Trauma. Recorded at Stupid Old Studios in Brunswick. Shout out to Haus of Dizzy, Hail Lilith and Monique Dudley of Momo Foto. Buy Tickets Now!! April 7 - 15 2025 at Speakeasy Theatre.

    34 min
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Intersectional feminist podcast retelling her-stories with incredible guests each time. Hosted by Jayne Steer, Emilie Biggar and Bell Woolley. 🔮 Record at Humdinger Studios, Naarm.

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    Jayne Steer, Bell Woolley, Emilie Biggar
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  • Episodes
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