Your Art Is A Spell
Season 1 Episode 16
What if shadowbanning isn’t just an algorithmic glitch—but a curse? A silencing spell cast on witches, weirdos, and worldbuilders?
And what if breaking that curse means reclaiming your visibility, your voice, and your magic—one uncensored post at a time?
In this bold and galvanizing solo episode of Your Art Is A Spell, Edgar Fabián Frías invites us deep into the heart of shadowbanning—what it is, who it targets, and how to resist it with spellcraft, strategy, and soul.
Drawing from lived experience as a queer, Indigenous, multidisciplinary artist and educator, Edgar unpacks how the algorithm quietly disappears creators who dare to be too real, too radical, too embodied. From sex workers to activists, witches to fat queer artists—entire communities are vanishing from feeds, silenced without warning.
But we don’t disappear quietly. We haunt.
This isn’t just an episode—it’s a counter-spell. A reminder that your art has power beyond the platform. A call to dream beyond the algorithm.
🎧 Tune in to discover:
🕳️ What shadowbanning really is—and why platforms pretend it doesn’t exist
🧙 Who gets shadowbanned (spoiler: it’s not random)
🌀 How to cast counter-spells: from engagement pods to code-switching captions
📬 Why newsletters and personal websites are magical tools for liberation
🖨️ How zines, flyers, and word-of-mouth keep art alive offline
🕸️ The importance of creative covens and collective amplification
🔥 Why quitting a platform can be an act of radical love—and not disappearance
👻 What it means to become uncensorable, to be the ghost in the machine
This episode is for anyone who’s ever posted something sacred only to watch it vanish. For those who have been told their work is too much, too weird, too honest, too queer. For those still making spells in the shadows.
You are not alone. You are not broken. And your art is still a spell—even when no one clicks "like."
✨ Listen, share, and conjure new pathways of connection—because the algorithm was never meant to hold our magic anyway.
Let this episode be a love letter to your persistence, your wildness, and your refusal to be erased.
Because your art is a spell—and it will outlive every shadowban.
Timestamps
00:00 – Intro: Your Art Is a Spell
What if your most magical post disappears into the void?
00:29 – What Is Shadowbanning?
The algorithm whispers “silencio”—but it’s not your imagination.
00:52 – Shadowbanning = A 21st Century Witch Hunt
How algorithms bury artists, witches, and truth-tellers.
01:18 – Signs You’ve Been Shadowbanned
How to know when your content is being silenced.
01:44 – Who Gets Targeted (and Why)
Witches, queers, educators, activists, and creators pushing against the norm.
02:33 – Shadowbanning Patterns & Real-World Examples
How artists and communities are disproportionately impacted.
03:20 – From Artists to Activists: The Censorship List
Who's on the algorithm's hit list and why it matters.
04:03 – My Shadowban Stories
How my reach plummeted after speaking truth through art.
04:50 – Be Safe, Be Quiet, Be Sellable? Nope.
Refusing the algorithm's demand for palatable content.
05:12 – Counter-Spells for Creators on Instagram
Practical strategies to outsmart shadowbanning.
05:56 – Speaking in Code: How to Say More While Saying Less
Tips inspired by TikTokers, educators, and digital witches.
06:38 – Newsletters: The Unshadowbannable Spell
Why a newsletter is your best magical tool right now.
07:57 – Build Your Own Digital Altar
Creating websites, blogs, and online homes outside of the algorithm.
08:20 – Go Underground: Flyers, Zines & Word of Mouth
Offline magic still works—maybe even better.
08:60 – Find Your Coven: Community Is the Cure
Surround yourself with artists who amplify each other.
09:38 – Name the Shadowban, Break the Silence
Why we must speak out and stay visible.
09:57 – Why I Quiet Quit Instagram
Choosing connection over metrics.
10:36 – Life After the Algorithm
Feeling more seen, more connected—without social media.
11:23 – Witches Thrive in the Shadows
Your magic doesn’t need validation from the feed.
11:47 – Become Uncensorable
Make art for the future. Archive for the collective memory.
12:33 – Keep Casting Spells, Even in Silence
Your magic works whether it goes viral or not.
13:14 – Subscribe & Stay Connected
Get uncensored magic straight to your inbox and podcast feed.
13:35 – We Were Never Meant to Be Quiet
Why shadowbans make us even stronger.
14:17 – Outro: Your Art Is Still a Spell
And it’s already changing the world.
Taylor Lorenz's video
"Someone needs to do it"
https://youtu.be/zXrjlOE9e50?si=vl7-gPWrMRp9hCeC
Watch my video "I Quiet Quit Instragram and It Changed My Life"
https://youtu.be/9sUdAPbIwt0?si=ZmZ2f7Eba2YcOqJ-
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