Category: Culture
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Matriarchs on My Mind: Cancer Full Moon
Happy Cancer Full Moon! This lunation came in strong. Planets transiting the sign of Cancer often give us an opportunity to dig deeper into our ancestry and family history. For me, this Cancer full moon showed up with many messages from my ancestral matriarchs, and my departed grandmothers and aunties were on my mind extra…
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The Legacy of Whitney Houston
“A people do not throw their geniuses away. And if they are thrown away, it is our duty as artists and as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children and, if necessary, bone by bone” — Alice Walker Whitney Houston was already in recording studios providing backup vocals…
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In Memory of Foremuthaz
Memory & reverence is one of the main ways we invigorate the spirits of those who have walked before us, which also sustains our posterity. The four women discussed in this post, Queen Nanny, Queen Njinga, Queen Mother Yaa Asantewaa, & Nehanda Charwe, were all great African warriors whose energy must be remembered, commemorates, and…
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The Spirit Properties of Cannabis
Happy 420! Today we celebrate the medicinal herb Cannabis, known by many names. Cannabis has been used across centuries in its many forms to promote feelings of euphoria, as an analgesic (pain-killer), topical anesthetic, antibiotic, anti-asthmatic, anti-epileptic, anti-spasmodic, antidepressant, tranquilizer, antitussive (cough reliever), appetite stimulant, oxytocic (eases the process of childbirth), preventative and treatment for…
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Aries Season Transmissions & Spiritual Practice During a Pandemic
Happy Full Moon! A couple weeks ago during the New Moon in Aries, I received a few messages from Spirit that are relevant to not only the current astrological season, but to our current collective circumstance. In this podcast, I share those transmissions and also go over a very easy chakra balancing exercise you can…
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Couvade
Couvade — a term that refers to indigenous ritual acts performed by the male parent during the female parent’s pregnancy and postpartum period in which the male parent is subject to endure characteristics of pregnancy such as abstinence, pain, labor, or discomfort (Gross, 2005). This ritual has been practiced in indigenous nations in Africa, Asia, the…
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Scorpio Season Reflection: How to Stop Giving Your Power Away to Others
Scorpio energy deserves our love for its deep healing potential and it’s ability to show us a crystal clear image of who we really are as well as who we can be. Scorpio is a zodiac archetype that’s characterized by words such as power, authenticity, and regeneration. The phrase associated with Scorpio is “I desire”,…
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The Ongoing Uprising in Haiti & What You Can Do to Help
Haitian political experts are demanding that president Jovenel Moise resign because his administration is being accused of corruption and the mismanagement of government funds. The demand for transparency from the government has resulted in mass unrest and protests that have stopped students from attending school, prevented hospitals from functioning properly, and taken the lives of…
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Original poem: Innanet Hoes & Misogynist Bros
This poem is for all the dudes who sit behind their computer all day and obsess over what women post on the internet.
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Sojourner Truth’s Love Life: What It Tells Us About Enslavement & Black Women’s History
Sojourner Truth was a multi-talented & multi-lingual women’s rights activist, abolitionist, and preacher who escaped slavery with an infant daughter. But, the side of Sojourner Truth rarely mentioned in popularized narratives about black history is her love life and how the lack of bodily autonomy she was subject to affected her ability to experience intimacy.