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A Witch Is...

A Witch Is...

By: 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.Jayne Steer, Bell Woolley, Emilie Biggar Performing Arts Stand-up Shows
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  • Using A Cauldron (with Bahaa Dabbagh)
    Oct 17 2025

    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/


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    36 mins
  • Old (with Nicky Barry)
    Oct 17 2025

    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/


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    53 mins
  • Angry (with Sherele Moody)
    Apr 24 2025

    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



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    44 mins
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