BONUS EP: Sarah Lyons, Activist Witch (Witch Wave Plus Re-release)
The Witch Wave30 Jun 2022

BONUS EP: Sarah Lyons, Activist Witch (Witch Wave Plus Re-release)

BONUS EPISODE: This was originally released as a Witch Wave Plus episode for our Patreon backers on May 11, 2022. In light of recent current events re: Roe v. Wade being overturned, we are taking it out from behind the paywall and releasing it to everyone in hopes that it will offer some inspiration and activation.

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Sarah Lyons is a writer, activist, filmmaker, and witch based in New York City. Her writing and herself have appeared in Teen Vogue, Vice, and The CW show Mysteries Decoded. Her first book, Revolutionary Witchcraft: A Guide to Magical Activism was published in 2019, and her second book How to Study Magic will be out in October of 2022 from Running Press.

On this episode she shares her initial thoughts about the impending overturn of Roe v. Wade, how to incorporate witchcraft into our political actions, and lessons of the witch that can help us build a freer, brighter future.

Content warning: this episode is a heavy one full of topics such as abortion, rape, surveillance, fascism, and more, so listen if / when you have the capacity for it.

Further reading

Planned Parenthood Action Fund

National Network of Abortion Funds

Weight limit for emergency contraception - Planned Parenthood

Pew Research Center: The majority of Americans support abortion

Catholic women and contraception statistics (not abortion as Pam misstated)

"The Religious Right and the Abortion myth" in Politico

Tor browser

Brave browser

ProtonMail

Signal app

ACT UP (The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power)

Zapatistas

Standing Rock

Haitian Revolution

"The Feminist History of Spiritualism" by Pam in Ms. Magazine (Waking the Witch excerpt)

National Bail Fund Network

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