Practical & radical wisdom for healing cycles, sex, contraception & abortion. Scientific & soulful inquiry, creative & critical thinking. Plants, pleasure, & power.
Spooky AF
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Hello Reader, It Isn’t my intention, but I consistently find myself with a basketful of offerings that frighten people. Like . . . boo! Period Sex! Sex without menstruation, & menstruation without sex are taboo enough! You know what else I talk about a lot that frightens people? Abortion! These things don’t scare me in the least. Do you know what scares me? The rising tides of fascism, & marketing my work to a vast anonymous audience. This week I spoke to one friend who is an abortion activist & another friend who is Jewish on the phone. Each of these dear women run online businesses & were in activated states of fear & vigilance when we spoke. They warned me vehemently of the renaissance of witch-hunts seeking to destroy our kind, & the imminent danger we are in because of our shared lineages, practices, & beliefs. Because I have extensively studied the 1000s of years of blood libel Jews have suffered in the West, as well as the witch hunts, I am quite familiar with the intergenerational persecution endured by the lineages of both my family & vocation. I can easily intellectualize & rationalize that this moment is not unique or unprecedented. However, I must admit that I am feeling a bit emotionally shaken by these two separate conversations with women who share aspects of my identities. The truth is, I have never experienced the "imposter syndrome" I’ve heard most of my contemporaries describe when trying to market their gifts. What do I often experience is a fear that being seen means being a target of projections, violence or persecution. Depsite this, I am still emboldened to do this work that has defied empire for time immemorial, & to talk about it online. They say that courage is feeling the fear & doing it anyway. So, here I go again, publicly advertising flagrant acts of heresy & witchcraft, & being so bold as to invite YOU to join in . . . Online Events
Fok Buddy Session with the Cunt Witch, Ruth Cato. We'll discuss various lineages of thought & practice pertaining to period sex & sex magic, ancient systems & intuitive experiences of energy anatomy, as well as our combined decades of personal praxis. FoK Buddy Sessions are unscripted & audio only. Live participants have the opportunity to engage in unrecorded Q&A & discussion at the end of the call. Attending is a benefit of FoK Membership, & can also be registered for a la carte.
In this learning circle we will explore practical & actionable steps to center pleasure while avoiding pregnancy, moving from the dominant culture of fear-based decision making to pleasure-centered action. Personal, psycho-spiritual, & social implications of this shift will be discussed. This class qualifies as CEUs for The Well School of Body Literacy. As with FoK Buddy Sessions, attending is a benefit of FoK Membership, & can also be registered for a la carte. Recording available.
Fok Buddy Session with Lynsey Bourke, founder of Rouge Doulas. We'll discuss pan-cultural frameworks, mytho-poetics of the underworld, the devouring mother & the dark feminine, as well as our personal experiences & philosophies. FoK Buddy Sessions are unscripted & audio only. Live participants have the opportunity to engage in unrecorded Q&A & discussion at the end of the call. Attending is a benefit of FoK Membership, & can also be registered for a la carte.
I’m a featured guest expert for this course exploring consciousness, psychedelics, & women. I’ll be discussing the powerful healing potential of endogenous altered states during sexual & reproductive experiences, & rites of passage. Mentorship, New Book, & Group Artist ResidencyChoose your own adventure 1:1 mentorship for healing artists! Transform your personal relationship with menstrual cycles, peri/menopause, sexuality, fertility, &/or care-work. Learn skills & knowledge for avoiding or ending pregnancy outside the clinical paradigm for personal or professional praxis. Receive invaluable companioning, cheerleading, & guidance from your anarchist animist Jewitch Aunty Sammy who loves you. Applications are opening in November, & programs will start in January. Get on the waitlist if you’d like to be the first to know when apps open. My newest book baby teaches the difference between a vulva & vagina & exalts cats as wonderful role models for practicing consent. It’s fucking adorable & available for pre-order (for US shipping only) NOW!
Come write about bleeding with me by the sea! This is shaping up to be quite a potent gathering of healing & literary artists based on current RSVPs. Rather than a “retreat”, Blood Writes will be a group artist residency where participants have the opportunity to process, grieve, &/or exalt any & all experiences of bleeding from the womb such as menarche, menstruation, or pregnancy release through writing. Create pros, essay, poetry, lyrics, &/or any type of literary expressive art you’d like. We’ll have grief ceremony, somatic experiencing sessions, sound baths, dance, peer counseling, & other healing sessions as optional support for your process throughout the gathering. Details & registration coming soon. Space is limited! Hit reply to this email if you’d a personal invitation when registration is available. Ok my darlings, my beloved vast anonymous audience (I think I know maybe a few hundred of you?), that is all for now. Because I have so much going on this season, you’ll be hearing from me again soon. If you don’t want to receive emails about every little thing I’m up to, but you do want to stay in touch, please do not unsubscribe! Instead, find the link that says “update your profile” that is at the bottom of this page in red & select “Quarterly Only” from the list of options. If you choose that setting, you’ll just receive digests of happenings in my heretical world on the cross quarters of spring, summer, winter, & autumn equinoxes (4 emails per year). As always, I love to hear from you so I feel less like I’m shouting into a void. Hit reply! Let me know what’s up with you. How did you end up on my newsletter list? Can I be of service? Can I provide you with a resource? Your support & solidarity means the world. Thank you for taking a moment to share it by responding to this email, sharing my work with trusted allies, &/or investing in your knowledge & skills with me as your guide. If you’re not somebody the church would have burned at the stake in the witch hunts, what are you even doing with your life?
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Samantha Zipporah
Practical & radical wisdom for healing cycles, sex, contraception & abortion. Scientific & soulful inquiry, creative & critical thinking. Plants, pleasure, & power.