Don’t be afraid.
07.03.2026 19:02
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Don’t be afraid.
Name your favorite film from the year you were born
I love stuff & things!
A very large, broad tree with dark branches and touches of green on a grassy hillside under a colorless sky. A person walks on a dirt road lett of the oak.
Nine years ago today 🌿 #nativeplants
Valley Oak leafing out in Contra Costa county
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Being visibly queer in public is an act of rebellion.
Yes absolutely. This and honoring elders. They've been around a long time, take care of us. Create your independence but listen to the wisdom too. Silly children.
feels accurate
The fire we do not speak consumes us whole.
and suppressed in order to keep others happy, to keep the gossip away. I have nothing left to lose. All that could have been said has been said. I choose myself.
It was heart-wrenching, soul-crushing pain, without cause, without answers. But the answers came. The healing did too. In many ways I've been reborn. And this second chance cannot be wasted in hiding. So I am reclaiming myself. All of me, the parts I don't want to see, the voice that was hidden
What part of yourself are you reclaiming this year, and how does that benefit your community?
I am reclaiming my public face. I am reclaiming my voice. I am taking my name and saying, this is who I am. This is what my ancestors sacrificed for. I was on death's door for many years.
the capitalist, the extractionist. nothing will be left if we keep turning our gaze from the truth.
I have added my full name to my profile here, I am coming out and being honest. I trust my ancestors and those who protect me to keep me safe, and bring me into contact with others like me. Those who were taught to remain small and not take up space. Those who have rebelled against the patriarchal
Because my mother taught me we had to stay small. Because in rural peasant southern Mediterranean culture, the woman served and kept quiet. She kept the family going. I tried to do the same but my body revolted. And it nearly destroyed me. So now I am speaking out.
That was hidden too. Hiding, making oneself small, minimizing the truth. It's part of the reason why things are where they are. We turn a blind eye. We don't say what's just behind the teeth, we bury down the righteous anger beneath smiles and platitudes.
#witchmadness #witchsky
Where have you mistaken neutrality for wisdom?
I have spent most of my life in hiding. Hiding truths from the world, and from myself, to protect a vision of a perfect family, a perfect Greek diaspora daughter, a perfect student. The truths and tumult hidden beneath?
so I listen. I listen and I act accordingly. What I am able, I offer. What I can, I do.
by many who have lost the ability to listen. I transmute the pain I feel and give offerings to the earth who's not been honored, but extracted from for far too long. How do we sleep at night knowing she's given us everything and all we do is take? When did we turn our backs on the life giver?
#witchsky #witchmadness
Who does your magic protect beyond yourself?
I am a midwife of the earth. I care for the animals and plants in my immediate community, I hold space from a distance for beings who are displaced, their pain unknowable. I care for the earth who's voice cannot be understood
We write here in English but the worst of it is not confined to English-speaking locales. I connect through the ether, online. I hold space from a distance because it is all my energy allows. My personal health has to take priority in these times. Activism must be remote #witchmadness #witchsky
What does being a witch require of you in today’s political climate?
In this moment, as someone still disabled by invisible illness, my path requires informing myself and supporting my community who's directly affected by what's happening. My community is all over the world.
Catching up on #witchmadness if you have 70 likes from me it's because I've woken up and read the backlog. Will get around to the questions when the fatigue is less intense. Honoring where my body is at in this moment.
Do I actually like caffeine? Or do I think I like it because it makes me productive in a society that values output more than being?
This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in Silence. There must be darkness to see the stars. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss. Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore
I miss these I have settled for a #5 but it's not the same
Coupled with the eternal longing for: when will I feel "normal," and yet...apparently that's not happening
Officially claiming avis for our team
1. Yes
2. I prefer spoons but if I have to use a fork it's 1
