Airmid’s Almanac

In this episode we celebrate the many aspects of queer Nature both within and outside of humanity. We begin with a passage from Mica's book Poet, Prophet, Fox: The Tale of Sinnach the Seer and from there discuss queer ancestors, the dilemmas of being seen, the honored social roles given to genderqueer people in traditional societies, transgender plant life, intersex flowers, non-binary childrearing, and more.

Here are some resources we discuss in this episode:

Mica's book Poet, Prophet, Fox: The Tale of Sinnach the Seer by M.Z. McDonnell

How Trees Complicate Our Understanding Of Gender

Striped Maples Can Change Sex Repeatedly

Queer Times, Queer Assemblages

Transgender Creeks and the Three Figures of Power in Late Liberalism

Radical Dharma by Rev. angel Kyodo williams and Lama Rod Owens

King Yaa

A map of gender-diverse cultures around the world

Trans and Non-Binary Identities from Mesopotamia to Ancient Rome

She/He/They/Me by Robyn Ryle - a book about gender diversity around the world

Towards the Queerest Insurrection

Shooglet

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Kenzie, Rue, and Mica reflect upon part 1 of their discussion on decolonial healing and dive deeper into the topics of white guilt, shame and its origins in European history and religions, ancestral trauma, and solidarity. Dog snores and chickadee gossip are invoked.

Here are some resources and organizations to learn more from & give to:

Whose Lands do you live on?

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change by Sherri Mitchell

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust

Protect Amah Mutsun Sacred Grounds from Proposed Quarry

Honor the Earth - movement to protect the land and water against the Line 3 tar sands pipeline in Minnesota.

UNIST'OT'EN | INVASION

Tiny House Warriors | secwepemculecw

Ulluilsc/A Voice for the Voiceless Camp | Facebook

California Kitchen | Facebook

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In part one of this two-part discussion, Rue, Kenzie, and Mica talk about how they, as queer settlers, each engage in the work of decolonial healing. They begin by telling the story of the Seal Hunter and the Selkie, a traditional Scottish tale of repairing relations between nations when one nation has violently harmed the other. Afterward, they discuss settler colonialism, decolonization, decolonial practices, healing from whiteness and white supremacy, white guilt and shame, reclaiming pre-colonial European spiritualities and practices, animism, solidarity and liberation, sovereignty, and more.

Here are a few resources on these topics (more will be shared in part two):

TED Talk by Nikki Sanchez

Four levels of denial: https://decolonialfutures.net/4denials/

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change by Sherri Mitchell

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust

Honor the Earth - movement to protect the land and water against the Line 3 tar sands pipeline in Minnesota.

Indigenous Peoples Power Project

UNIST'OT'EN | INVASION

Tiny House Warriors | secwepemculecw

Ulluilsc/A Voice for the Voiceless Camp | Facebook

California Kitchen | Facebook

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A podcast hosted by queer settlers navigating decolonial healing through herbal medicine and myth, queerness and magic, astrology and ancestral connection.

We begin with a recitation of the ancient Irish myth of Airmid and Miach. Next we (Rue, Kenzie, and Mica) each discuss how this myth has impacted our lives, how it inspires the work we do in the world, and how it highlights several topics we will dive into more deeply in future episodes.

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