Yamoria & Quaz Roodt

"Though blasphemous and wayward with my word. Though heretic and heathen at my worst. Still I am drenched in the blood." - Modise Sekgothe🕸️ 

"A subtle seduction, singing, soothsaying..." - Faswillah Nattabi🕸️ 

"The cloth that seals society's decay is folded neatly in the backbone of its collapse." - Jonathan Lefenya🕸️ 

Today’s poem is Hair by Clarence Major. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s poem reminds me of what my mother, who knew our heads to be sacred and mystical, told me years ago: you don't just let anyone in your hair.” Celebrate the ... Show More

You must've seen some form of this morning routine on your feed in the last six months: A woman removing a chin strap, mouth tape, sheet mask, lip stain, silk bonnet, heatless curling rod and/or nose magnets with a caption explaining how 'the morning shed' saves them time, helps ... Show More

Today’s poem is Lying My Head Off by Cate Marvin. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “One of the great feelings of aging is coming clean about my shortcomings. That honesty is an illuminating relief, because, as today’s surrealist poem sugges ... Show More

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Episode 3335: Stopping The Sexualization Of Our Schools  

Today’s poem is Second Paradise by Chard deNiord. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “Today’s shrewd poem ardently shows how time shreds memories into a dreamlike sequence of events, yet we are preserved in our stories.” Celebrate the power o ... Show More

It’s May 16th. This day in 1973, a 70-day standoff at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge reservation comes to an end. Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why Native activists occupied the town, how it tied into the larger Civil Rights movement, and why celebrities were so drawn to the sta ... Show More

Yesterday...... EUGHHHHH!!! What a shit show I was....... but you know what?? I'm only human and these days will happen, these down days, teary days will happen from time to time.  But what is important?? The rituals that I use today to get back on the horse babyyyy!!  We go ... Show More