Ysha 🔮 Activist Witch (she/they)

@activistwitch.co.uk

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Fat queer non-binary autistic witch of colour. Egyptian, Born in Italy, living in Wales Intersectionality Educator, Speaker, Artist. Anti-capitalist Pro Community Activistwitch.co.uk 📺 YouTube.com/@ActivistWitch #WitchesForPalestine 🇵🇸🍉

A screenshot of YouTube studio app for the channel ScintillaePod with total subscriber number at 1000
Collage tarot card for VIII - Strength depicting a red haired woman gently opening the mouth of a lion
Picture of Andy Biersack from Vogue Italia 2016, the text reads: I've had my brain working on an essay in the background for about a year, about how Beauty is considered Female capital and so what happens when supposedly Cis het/bi men happen to carry it. There's a lot to talk about how fangirls especially in music drive the industry with their purchase and attention power (thanks @hannahrose__) but how the industry denigrates them (cause: misogyny) and how a derivative of that misogyny impacts the aforementioned men. I'm thinking Bowie, I'm thinking Prince and yep, the background of this post. Hopefully I manage to stop thinking and start writing/filming soon. If you have any ideas or opinions about it feel free to DM me.
Picture of a non-binary femme person with glasses next to a dandelion in the sun
A picture of a video editing project with the title "conclusions: who's winning an dwhos losing?" With a picture of Iranian diaspora monarchist holding pictures of trump netanyahu and Reza palavi together with American, Israeli e monarchist Iran flags
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A collage with a man without eyes, another pair of sad eyes where his should be, a handshake between men and a fatiscent cottage under which a human figure is buried. Cutout tree trunks on the left. The word DIE cut out as the only word in the entire artwork
🗓️ WHEN: Tuesday 13th January 2026, 5-7PM 📍 WHERE: @porterscardiff theatre (downstairs, there's a wheelchair accessible lift ♿) ❓WHAT: an in person meetup to get to know our local activist witches 🦉WHO: @activist.witch & @branwenneverwere Hosting and holding space 🃏HOW: bring your tarot deck, your current crochet project, your zines, anything you'd like to share your knowledge of and talk about with other people or just work on while we all share space together.
If i haven't shared much since before the holidays it's because for weeks now I've felt like this must have been what Italy was like at the beginning of 1940. I don't understand how we got on the verge of wwiii and let that happen. I thought principles of kindness and decency were obvious but now I realise they were pushed through the sitcom media of the 90s because bullies need idealistic people to just punch. And we never punched back because we thought we knew better about decency. Robert Zemeckis claimed bif tannen, the bully in back to the future, was based on Trump. Well if that wasn't accurate. And then some.
Picture of the magical hours tarot deck by Fabiana Belmonte and Cecilia lattari by us games which uses images that are ai generated from mid journey as stock to rework in their collage
Screenshot of a Goodreads 2025 books featuring: Naomi wolf - the beauty myth Kelly-Ann Maddox - Rebel Witch Almanacco delle tradizioni popolari Andy Biersack - they don't need to understand Pagan portals - the temple priestesses of antiquity Hoodoo almanac 2025 The re-enchantment of the west vol 1 and 2 Andrew Dennis Biersack - the first Vampire Mikel Jollett - Hollywood park Talia Bhatt - trans rad fen Pagan portals - sabrina
A picture of a collage art piece about wealth inequality and homelessness, with the title of a substack essay that reads "I have a master's degree. I was 'a gifted child', I also live in absolute poverty in the 6th richest country in the world" Scintillae activistwitch.substack.com
A white woman with a head veil in a church with the writing: woke up catholic, trad, not obese, pro life, America first, anti feminist. Life is good
A collage style card with a picture on the side of two non-binary trans people. At the top it reads Memberships in scrapbook collage letters, then a list of perks for pricing tiers £5 £14 and £25
Yearly livejournal email marking the blog birthday. This was for 22 years
A screenshot of the yearly livejournal email that reads: "you got a new achievement! Blog's birthday.nwere together for 22 years now! Thank you!"
A picture of a laptop screen open on an audio editor
A super queer campy colourful tarot deck by Federico salis published by lo scarabeo
A picture of Kate Hudson as Penny Lane in the 2000 film "Almost Famous" by Cameron Crowe with the title "Cis, White, and Dainty"
I can't imagine the level of coddling I would have been given had I been born cis, white, and dainty. And I know because I so very much wanted to be those things and I myself have associated those characteristics with good qualities because society says so, that I myself will coddle cis white and dainty people while they literally deny my experience of marginalisation because I'm not cis, not white, and not dainty. The irony is absolutely not lost on me. I was raised on Manga. There's no people who look like me in manga. And one wonders why I have body dysmorphia uh? At least I'm finally writing the essay on the matter I've been putting off for 4 years... Picture of Mikako from Gokinjo Monogatari by Ai Yazawa, who like most managakas, draws tall lanky svelte characters.
Galaxy background with a picture of Ysha and Raven from Activist Witch framed. it reads: monthly memberships ko-fi.com/activistwitch Perks include: End credits Discord access Video polls Monthly audios Possible book clubs Possible spell/rituals PDFs Monthly livestream Access to "forbidden videos" In red at the bottom in all capitals it reads: note: no knowledge resource will ever be kept behind paywall. These are just extras! Full text: KO-FI MEMBERSHIPS ARE HERE! If you ever wanted to join a Patreon-like system and support us, now you can! Perks include: - Discord server access - Video Credits - Video Polls - Monthly Audio Podcast/Offering - Possible Spells/Rituals in PDF and Book Clubs (when spoons allow) - Monthly 2 hour livestream - Occasional "forbidden videos" i can't post on youtube (like the one you got reels from last week but couldn't post in full about white supremacist witches) NOTE: my moral and ethical stance is to NEVER PUT BEHIND A PAYWALL any sort of education resource like you find in my video essays. These are perks to thank people who can help us survive as disabled broke witches in late stage capitalism, but that's what they are, extra perks. If you can afford it safely and would like to help: thank you. If you can't, don't worry, nothing changes and we will still both share the educational content, sources and essays that we have always shared publicly, for everyone to access. Supporting us on ko-fi simply helps us survive a bit more safely within the cost of living crisis, and therefore gives us a chance to keep working and researching to bring you free knowledge without having to live in constant high levels of anxiety. PS: It took me TWO years to accept this was an option worth having and worth bringing to those who would like to help, because i have an awful relationship with money under capitalism, but having made sure this is extra value without exploiting my own work and value, here it finally is.
Dr Angela Puca replying to criticism about her support for Harry Potter (public knowledge, she makes posts in merch about it) saying: "I do not support Rowling anti trans agenda, I teach gender theory and LGBT+ activism at university (a provable lie). Engaging with harry potter does not automatically translate into support for the author." It's followed by two screenshots of articles titled "jk Rowling vows to spend her fortune dismantling rights for transgender women" and "harry potter profits funding anti trans organisation as jk Rowling launches women's fund". There's a commentary by myself saying "Angela lives in her own white cos little world, how nice must that be..."
Fuck your islamophobia! I filmed a video last week just after the Solitary Witches essay. I filmed it as a reaction because we found a video of a white witch on YouTube who was shocked conservatives would go after people like her with the book "Pagan Threat". This person said, unironically, repeatedly, that conservatives should "go after Muslims instead", and that the reason we should stop "bomb the middle east is because Muslims cannot integrate with white culture and they will just do crime and r*pe". So we shouldn't make them "escape" to europe. I'm not paraphrasing. A white cis het woman who claims to be a peaceful witch and pagan said that. I thought deconstructing and showing you their racism and yt supremacy would have been educational but I was yet again reminded that if I showed how frustrated and angry, how she made me want to scream, in that state, I'd be the "angry Arab person" that people like her would use to prove their point because fake respectability politics always find a stick to beat people like me with. So no, no video tomorrow. But I'll soon write a substack with her quotes, and hopefully I won't be tone policed as much in written form. But this is the kind of thought I need to have. All the time. And it's exhausting
Collage flyer that advertises In Perso Tarot Readings in Cardiff, Wales, with Activist Witch. Queer, Decolonised, Intersectional Witchcraft and Tarot. Dates are: 20th October - spit and sawdust indie market 6-10pm 30th October - the queer emporium Halloween market 7-9pm 31st October Spit and Sawdust Halloween Rager Party 6-10pm
Picture of Sara Ahmed and Durre Shahwar of Paned o Ge at Queer Emporium in Cardiff, South Wales, during the book tour for No is not a lonely Utterance
Cover of the book "pagan threat" by Lucas Miles. Foreword by Charlie Kirk
Cover of a book titled Pagan Threat by Lucas Miles. Foreword by Charlie Kirk
background of some apples from a tree. Caption reads: Raven is preparing a video essay. I'm trying to do low spoons work so here's an idea: ask away. About witchcraft, about activism, about Italy. I'll try to answer as many as possible for this Sunday's video. Ask a queer disabled activist witch:
An infographic describing the paradox of tolerance theory by Karl Popper
The jezebel article where allegedly Etsy witches were hired to curse Charlie Kirk with a Tumblr caption reading "issuing a broad apology to Etsy witches, now that magic is real apparently"
Screenshot of a Jezebel article titled "we paid some Etsy witches to curse Charlie Kirk" with the addendum "editor's note: this story was published on September 8. Jezebel condemns the shooting of Charlie Kirk in the strongest possible terms. We do not endorse, encourage, or excuse political violence of any kind" Best Etsy Review ever.
A still of Florence Welch from the music video "Everybody Scream" with the writing: The Empress' New Clothes: on the propaganda effect of entertainment media, the difference between visibility and representation, and the emptiness of Witchcore through Florence and the Machine "Everybody Scream" music video
A still image from Florence and the machine music video for Everybody Scream with the title: aesthetics Vs culture: the quest for signifiers without signified through Florence and the machine "everybody scream" music video. At the bottom there's a the line "ceci n'est pas une sorciere" in a pastiche of René Magritte "the treachery of images"
A flyer promoting a talk about Witches for Palestine hosted by the Haunted Bookshop in Bristol, UK on the 1st September 2025. Get tickets from www.thehauntedbookshop.co.uk/events
Text on background with an ai tarot card: I am doing a video about tarot decks using AI art. If you are a tarot reader and would like to share your opinion, here's your chance. Your answer could be featured in my Sunday video. You can reply with a video too
Screenshot of Instagram profile of hattie_thorn_tarot a self declared indie artist who has published 76 full decks in less than 2 years.
An altar to Venus with a spellwork ongoing, candles burning and tarot cards
A fat curvy femme presenting person in a fitted satin black dress and a red fluffy coat, with red fishnets and doc martens
Witches for Palestine RAGE circle. Saturday 6th September 2025, 8pm BST With Kelly-Ann, Imogen and Ysha (swipe for details)
Glitter Cymru statement: We at Glitter Cymru are outraged and alarmed by the Home Office’s reckless decision to share the personal details of vulnerable asylum seekers with major delivery companies. This gross breach of privacy dramatically increases the risk that anti-asylum seeker groups could identify, target, and harm individuals — including members of our own community. We call on the Home Office to immediately reverse this harmful policy and prioritise the safety, dignity, and human rights of all asylum seekers. This is not just a data issue — it is a matter of life and death.
A collage square canvas with watercolour accents in purple and gold. A non binary person with colourful patterned leggings and sweater smiling, a dog halfway out of the frame with the writing "foolishness shows your ability to wonder"
Two trans non binary witches dressed in black posing in the sun in a park
YouTuber Alwyn Oak joining Raw Eden Beauty which have tiers for "women born female only" aka they are gender critical TERFs
The Sapphic magic tarot spread on a cushion
Screenshot of a skeet from 2023 with a picture of tom sturridge saying: today is a good day to be a Tom sturridge and the sandman fan. Neil gaiman is an abuser. May he be forgotten with all the ways he shouted at us how awful a human being he was through his characters, and we didn't believe him.
a book open with tarot cards above it. the book is "Bringing Race to the Table: Exploring Racism in the Pagan Community"
Screenshot of a post by my choice my voice on Instagram that reads: While no medals will be taken back, the upcoming rules are expected to restrict transgender athletes and those with differences in sex development from competing in the female category. TRANS ATHLETS BELONG SPORTS Coventry emphasized 'fairness' and said the goal is to look ahead, not backwards: "We have to protect the female category - and do it through science and collaboration." Commentary by Activist Witch: Ironically the misogyny on steroids "if Michael Phelps defies genetics it's great, if a woman does it: shame on her she's not a woman) it's the most validating proof they absolutely believe every woman targeted is a woman (cause they literally don't do it to men) but the only valid woman is the dainty one with no sexual development weird enough to ever prevent her fuckability according to patriarchy. Well done.
Lovely: you will be judged by a jury of your peers. Me: what peers? Lovely: two 40 year old women and ten 8 year old girls.