by Tasha Fierce | Aug 15, 2019 | nourishment, witchcraft and religion
this tea is named for my new friend mars, who recently moved to clearwater beach, florida. i made this tea for their going away party and it was so amazing i wanted to share. 9 tsp chamomile flowers 4 tsp hibiscus flowers 2 tsp sweet orange peel 1 tsp holy basil...
by Tasha Fierce | Aug 15, 2019 | black liberation, politics, racism & white supremacy, witchcraft and religion
on the day of the hearing, sing: let no evil come by you, [name] let no evil come by you will be set free today, [name] you will be set free all our love will guide you, [name] as you stand calm within the storm no evil shall come by you, [name] today you will be...
by Tasha Fierce | Aug 4, 2019 | capitalism, disability, magical depressive realism, musings of a black femme, racism & white supremacy, talkin' greasy, writing on writing
Society—other people, systems, institutions, culture—has so much more power over our lives than the average person gives it credit for. Acknowledging its outsized influence is devastating at first, incompatible as it is with a vision of the individual as master of...
by Tasha Fierce | Jul 1, 2019 | fiction
Night stars are benevolent, unlike the pitiless lord of the day. Under the moon’s placid gaze, Sesylie can pull off her goggles and drink in as much ultraviolet as the heavens will grant her. Lest her absence become contested, she resists the urge to wander and...
by Tasha Fierce | Jun 22, 2019 | magical depressive realism, musings of a black femme, poetry
everything from then on out was going through the motions. everything from going to work every day to saving for the future to breathing was a charade performed as defense against the inevitable a tired eye closed to the light of the oncoming train a battered heart...
