In this episode, Phaedrus interviews Jessie-Susannah Karnatz (AKA the Money Witch) who helps people “untangle their financial shadows” by masterfully reinterpreting personal finance as an important part of one’s healing process and self-care.
Topics covered include:
- The Money Witch's journey from successful union organizer at the Lusty Lady Peep Show in San Francisco to tax preparer, bookkeeper, author, financial coach, and healing priestess
- Critiques of mainstream personal finance and the societal shame and guilt associated with money
- The importance of acknowledging both personal sovereignty and systemic structures of economic disenfranchisement
- Post-punk baggage and the difference between being poor and being broke
- Unique financial and tax challenges faced by sex workers
- The importance of paying taxes even if you're paid under the table and the source of your income is illegal
- First steps toward empowered decision making when it comes to money
- Making space for feelings that arise when redefining and healing your relationship with personal finance
Special thanks to Jessie-Susannah Karnatz (AKA the Money Witch). Be sure to check out her links here:
https://www.moneywitch.com/
https://www.instagram.com/money.witch
For more insight into personal finance for those who live and work outside of the mainstream, be sure to follow The Money Voyeur:
- Website: moneyvoyeur.com
- Instagram: @moneyvoyeur
- Twitter: @moneyvoyeur
If you have any questions related to the fascinating intersection of kink, money, and sex, be sure to send them to: money.voyeur@gmail.com