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02/20/2026

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02/20/2026

Join me as I check myself into the ICU for some radical self care and healing. I begin this journey on the Snow Full moon 2026

02/20/2026

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02/20/2026

02/20/2026

Carlota Lucumí, also known as La Negra Carlota, was an African-born enslaved woman in Cuba of Yoruba (Lucumí) origin who became one of the most important female figures in the history of resistance to slavery in the Americas.

She lived and labored on the Triunvirato sugar plantation in Matanzas, a region that by the mid-19th century had become one of the most brutal centers of plantation slavery in Cuba. Enslaved Africans there endured extreme violence, forced labor, family separation, and constant surveillance. Yet Matanzas was also a place where African cultures, languages, and networks of solidarity survived — and where resistance repeatedly emerged.

On November 5, 1843, Carlota helped lead a coordinated slave rebellion at Triunvirato. Armed with tools, machetes, and whatever weapons they could seize, the rebels attacked the plantation infrastructure and fought back against overseers. The uprising did not remain isolated; it spread to neighboring plantations and formed part of a wider wave of revolts across Matanzas.

These rebellions were later followed by a harsh colonial crackdown remembered as La Escalera — “The Year of the Lash” (1843–1844). Spanish authorities responded with mass arrests, torture, executions, and public punishments intended to crush both rebellion and any possibility of African unity. Carlota herself was captured and killed during the repression, but her role in the revolt ensured that her name survived in oral histories and later historical records.

Carlota’s story is significant not only because she participated in resistance, but because she represents the often overlooked role of African women in organizing and leading rebellions in the Americas. Enslaved women were not only victims of slavery — they were strategists, messengers, fighters, and leaders who helped sustain networks of resistance across plantations and regions.

Over time, Carlota came to symbolize Black resistance in Cuban history. In the 20th century, her legacy was revived in national memory and revolutionary narratives, most notably when Cuba named its 1975 military mission in Angola Operation Carlota in her honor.

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02/20/2026

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11/16/2025

Vesta: The Sacred Flame Within

In every woman’s chart, there is a flame. Not the fire of chaos or passion, but the eternal inner fire that burns quietly, steadily, in devotion to something sacred.

This is the domain of Vesta, one of the major asteroid goddesses—and one of the most important keepers of the Divine Feminine mystery. In ancient Rome, Vesta was the goddess of the hearth, the protector of flame, temple, and threshold. Her priestesses, the Vestal Virgins, kept the sacred fire burning for centuries—ensuring the soul of the city remained lit.

But Vesta’s wisdom is not just historical—it is personal.

In your birth chart, Vesta reveals where your life becomes holy when tended with devotion. She speaks to the parts of you that crave solitude, ritual, and deep inner purpose, not for show, or for others, but because it’s what your soul needs to stay lit.

🕯️ Vesta represents:

- Your inner sanctuary, and what must be protected to keep your spirit alive
- Your capacity for devotion—to work, healing, art, or a spiritual path
- The part of you that can sacrifice outer noise to preserve inner clarity
- Sexual sovereignty and energetic containment
- The need for ritual, order, and sacred space in your life

Her placement in your chart reveals the flame’s location:

- In the 6th house? You sanctify your work and routines—your rituals are your magic.
- In Capricorn? You serve through structure, boundaries, and sacred responsibility.
- In aspect to the Moon or Venus? Your love and care become sacred acts of tending.

Vesta teaches that not all fires need to be wild. Some are meant to burn slow, deep, and steady—within you, and for no one’s gaze but your own.

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11/07/2025

The Black Widow: She Seduced 11 Ku Klux Klaп Leaders aпd sʟɪᴛ Their Throats iп Their Beds (1872)

The Summer Wheп Justice Came Crawliпg Through the Bayou

Somewhere aloпg the damp bayous of southerп Louisiaпa, iп the merciless summer of 1872, eleveп meп died iп their sleep.

Not from yellow fever.

Not from guпfire.

Each oпe had his throat opeпed with surgical precisioп, their faces frozeп betweeп agoпy aпd ecstasy, their blood soakiпg iпto the sheets of plaпtatioп beds that had oпce symbolized power.

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By dawп, whispers begaп spreadiпg like wildfire — whispers of a womaп who walked through the пight like a shadow.

To white authorities, the case was a mystery best buried.

To the freedmeп aпd freedwomeп of St. Martiп Parish, it was somethiпg else eпtirely.

They called her Lav Noir — The Black Widow.

𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 👇

10/28/2025

As you consider you vote on Tuesday Nov 4, take a moment to review this…

A Brief History of... Voting Rights The right to vote is a cornerstone of American democracy. Who is empowered to participate in shaping our public institutions determines whose interests those institutions serve.

10/27/2025

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10/27/2025

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