Affirmations for healing our ancestors and ourselves.

In episode 3 I share an audio essay - “Radical Means Getting to the Root” - about why patriarchy is a lie from hell that must be unlearned and dismantled if our species is to survive. I touch on Melissa Harris-Perry’s Crooked Room Theory and the discombobulating reality the room creates.

Plus the tools and imagination needed for learning and remembering what we actually need.

I also talk joy, grace, collaborating with folks who see/value you, and what matters way more than the academy’s fickle validation.

The Purple & Green segment comes from the Oracle that is Sista Docta Alexis Pauline Gumbs. And I share details about my new 8-week course “The Room: Afrofuturism as a Path to Our Retroactive Healing” dropping this September. More info visit: https://www.saramakeba.com/new-page

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Links mentioned in episode:

‎Our Mothers' Gardens: "Love and Be Loved": In the Garden With Sara Makeba Daise on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-and-be-loved-in-the-garden-with-sara-makeba-daise/id1500072607?i=1000523758982

Pleasure & Presence: Non-linear Time and Non-Monogamy | ThaGalRei Blog (thatgalrei.com)https://thatgalrei.com/pleasure-presence-non-linear-time-and-non-monogamy/

Root Magic Educator's Guide

https://www.walden.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/RootMagicEducatorsGuide.pdf

Witches for Mars by Eden Royce

https://www.drabblecast.org/2019/04/20/drabblecast-404-witches-for-mars-2/

Be Here Now: The South is a Portal Rootwork Journal

https://www.rootworkjournal.org/daise

Saltwata Vibes: Sankofa Seeds from Geechee Roots (working title) - https://southerndocumentaryfund.org/saltwata-vibes-sankofa-seeds-from-geechee-roots-working-title/

In episode 2, I interview decades-long friends Natalie Daise, Jan Spencer & Barbara Edwards. These are Black women elders who shape me in real-time. We talk The South (of course), magic, Black migration, healing, trill grandmothers, self-love, unlearning the BS, and claiming our power*

*Content Warning for lynching and sexual assault.

Links for Sara Edwards, Midwife

https://anchor.fm/the-educatedbirther

https://mysaraedwards.weebly.com/

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I also share tributes to, and honor Nikeeta A.T. Slade, new Ancestor, and co-host of QueerWOC Podcast.

Links:

Remembering Nikeeta Slade | Howie Hawkins for our Future

https://howiehawkins.us/remembering-nikeeta-slade/

QueerWOC Ep. 58: Wellness & Wack Democrats (Comin' for Kamala)

https://soundcloud.com/queerwoc/wellandwack

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The Purple & Green segment is inspired by the magic Black woman conversation, and the brilliant words of Alexis DeVeaux from Soul Talk: The New Spirituality of African American Women by Akasha Gloria Hull

This episode was edited and produced by Miya S. Fowler of Somatic Excavations https://www.somaticexcavations.com/

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In Episode 1, I introduce the podcast, and start processing and trying to make sense of things that really make no sense at all. Mainly, the Academy, and "what passes for culture and thought on the North American continent." Word to But Some of Us Are Brave.

I vent about the absurdity of my experiences in a PhD program, and come to the realization that the academy, nor any other white supremacist patriarchal capitalist systems could every truly validate me, what I know, or what my value is. I then shift my focus to all the spaces and practices that do affirm my knowing and inherent value. In part, the lineages of Black folk who intentionally and lovingly exchange wisdom in affirmation of our freedom. The Spirit and intentional community that has always sustained us. The indigenous practice of citing the folks who've made us possible. Love is a Verb. And as Lucille Clifton told us, "We have always loved each other, Children. Pass it on."

This week's Purple & Green segment honors brilliant Black folk--many who are scholars, theorists, artists, creatives, educators, healers, storytellers, witches, root workers, organizers, seers, diviners, & community builders--whose lives and work have poured into and shaped me, affirmed what I know and how I know it, and exemplify love in practice.

Brilliant Black Folk Highlighted: Somatic Excavations https://www.somaticexcavations.com/ @somaticexcavations, Tea with Queen & J. Podcast @teawithqj, Inner Hoe Uprising Podcast @innerhoeuprising, Jade T. Perry https://www.jadetperry.com/ @jadetperry, Harriet's Gunn https://www.instagram.com/harrietsgunn/ @harrietsgunn, Marsha's Plate Podcast https://diamondstylz.com/marshas-plate/ @marshasplate, Queer WOC Podcast https://queerwoc.com/ @queerwocpod, Natoya Hall https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgYkDto6Wel5G75HqeUwu0w @minyma, The People's Oracle https://thepeoplesoracle.com/about/ @peoplesoracle, A Little Juju Podcast @alittlejujupodcast, The Trap Therapist Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trap-therapist-podcast/id1440539898 @thetraptherapist_, Spiritual Homegirl Podcast https://www.spiritualhomegirlpodcast.com/ @spiritualhomegirl, Bag Ladiez Podcast https://www.bgladiez.com/ @bgladiez, In Those Genes Podcast https://inthosegenes.com/ @inthosegenespod, The Sexually Liberated Woman Podcast https://evyanwhitney.com/podcast/ @sexuallyliberatedwoman, Alexis Pauline Gumbs https://www.alexispauline.com/ @alexispauline, How to Survive the End of the World Podcast https://www.endoftheworldshow.org/ @endoftheworldpc, VagEsteem https://vagesteem.com/ @vagesteem, Ms. Vixen Magazine https://www.msvixenmag.com/msvixen/category/magazine @_msvixen_

The story referenced in the closing meditation is "The Language You Cry In"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0OirdYGdlY

This episode was edited by Miya S. Fowler

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It's Valentine's Day & Black Love is limitless every day. Enjoy!

Cover Art by Concept_RXCH @concept_rxch

We're talking more about sex and our interests in time travel. We can visit the past and the future, and we're taking the lessons we've learned about sex with us!

Shoutouts to @reninawrites , @walidahimarisha , and @melaniecomccoy for their incredible work and inspiration in speculative fiction, afrofuturism, sex positivity, literature and activism. Make sure to check them out on IG & Twitter and support their work!

Music: Future Now - Pleasure

Spirit -

We are talking about sex. Things we've learned along the way. Things we wish we knew sooner. How the ways we talk and think about sex impacts our health. Special thanks to Dennis Badger of Mere Dreams to Reality for joining the convo!

Music:

Sex - Jamie Foxx

Any Time, Any Place - Janet Jackson

In this episode we get honest about our journeys with depression, anxiety and the role Blackness plays in both. We talk epigenetics and shoutout resources and techniques that have been helpful to us. Featured music: Loneliest Times- Xavier Omar & Sango

We FLY Podcast: Black aerodynamic messages designed to keep your spirits soaring high.

"They say the people could fly. Say that long ago in Africa, some of the people knew magic."- Virginia Hamilton

We FLY seeks to explore creative possibilities, promote holistic healing, and to celebrate, affirm and support the lives and souls of Black folks. Our desire is to love and liberate ourselves. And Re-Member our MAGIC.

We FLY Podcast: Black aerodynamic messages designed to keep your spirits soaring high.

"They say the people could fly. Say that long ago in Africa, some of the people knew magic."- Virginia Hamilton

We FLY seeks to explore creative possibilities, promote holistic healing, and to celebrate, affirm and support the lives and souls of Black folks. Our desire is to love and liberate ourselves. And Re-Member our MAGIC.