Welcome! I’m Bat Collazo.
I’m a published author, poet, independent scholar, speaker and instructor, artist, and singer. I’m queer, multiracial, and Latin@.
I identify as a witch, Pagan, and Heathen. This has been a lifelong interest, with active research and practice for close to 15 years. My scholarly and spiritual interests are both currently balanced between Norse and Germanic history, culture, and religion (Heathenry) and Northern European traditional fairies. I practice a variety of traditional crafts, like distaff spinning and machine-free tattooing, and I’m interested in homesteading, bushcraft, and simple living. I’m also training in classical singing.
I engage in social justice activism in all facets of my life, including in my art, writing, and spirituality. This means I oppose fascism, authoritarianism, and all forms of abuse and oppression, and I do my best to help work towards freer and healthier communities.
Caring, reciprocal relationships are important to me, and not just with humans. As an animist, I strive to engage with others and Others as complex, real people with agency, deserving of respect. Spiritually, I have formal, oathed commitments to Loki (as of 2017), Robin Goodfellow (as of 2022), and the folkloric Jack (as of 2024), but I have important connections to a wide variety of beings. I especially enjoy connecting with the land and the beloved dead.
I have a Bachelor of Science degree in both gender studies research and writing, Master’s-level coursework in human rights, and a day job in health policy.
Questions? Please contact me.