take heart
before diving into the issue, please match my $20 for the following folks’ crowdfunds. if you can’t, send $10, $5, $1, whatever you got, and then share with...
fruitful, fruitful
hey there, dear reader. if you're on the same planet as me, 2024 has made its arrival. (if you're not, i'm glad this intergalactic transmission found you...
rivers and seas, land and trees
image description: a bulldozer tears down an israeli-made border wall in an act of decolonial defiance. a puff of black smoke crowns the bulldozer. the sky...
my Black August Mixtape
resharing an urgent ask for my e-cousin Ande and their sib Eje, please donate and circulate this graphic with your networks so that they have the means to...
the plot of our undoing
per usual, i'm starting the newsletter issue with calls for survival funds ~ if you've got it to spare, U already know what to do. if you don't got it,...
paint me Black angels
alt text provided for images + there are two post-scripts (in case your email gets cut off) i been gone for a minute, now i'm back with the jump off! i'm not...
where i been, where i'm at, where i'm goin'
if you're a non-Black and/or income-privileged person reading my newsletter, send money to the crowdfunds i shared below, then circulate their information to...
the scythe reflects the sun
hey there, reader, welcome back to another issue of returning to the Source (R2TS)! i hope you've been able to find sweetness amid the storms and sweltering...
how sweet the sound
if you're a non-Black person reading my newsletter, send money to the Black trans folks below and circulate their images widely. For CoumbahCashapp:...
deus ex machina (UPDATED)
UPDATE: "tomorrow's edits" for last month's issue came much later than i wanted, but we here regardless! i added crowdfunds, image descriptions, and some...
from Empress to Doula: revisiting tarot as an allegory for the wake
i'm putting crowdfunds before the issue instead of after it. if you're a non-Black person reading my newsletter, send money and circulate these images...
unbroken as it ever was
bonjour mes copains! i am ecstatic to share that the third and final installment of beautiful experiments, a screening series and print release project by...
ad fontes
hey there, reader, i hope that U have been taking care, and that the arrival of a new year has treated U with grace and ease! i was lucky enough to enjoy the...
in review (UPDATED)
i updated this issue to give more space to bell hooks. <3 hey there, reader, welcome to another issue of returning to the Source. we are nearing the end of...
speak of the Devil
Content Warning: mentions of lethal anti-Black violence, mentions of sexual violence thanks for being here, dear reader. your favorite Black feminist...
we are the children of the people who could fly
an unexpected companion to "all god’s chillun got wings and all god’s chillun are Black" Content Warning: mention of deadly colonial violence against...
harmony through conflict
though i pulled the title phrase from a page discussing the evolution of my sun sign, “harmony through conflict” is the most precise way i’ve discovered to...
split screen pt. two: Compensation
greetings dear reader, welcome back to returning to the Source! i'm rounding out the month with the second entry into split screen, my mini-series of movie...
split screen pt. one: Battledream Chronicle
bisous, mes chères! welcome back to returning to the Source! it’s a pleasure to be in your company again. this month, i’m doing something a little special:...
tarot as an allegory for the wake
hey there reader, i'm hoping that you're easing into spring as best as U can. i've been appreciating the warmer temperatures, the singing birds, and...
i'm moving newsletter platforms!
hey there beloved! i hope that U are having an auspicious Saturn-day. there’s no official issue this month, but i just wanted to inform U that i’m switching...
points of convergence: companion playlist
hey there beloved, i wanted to send out an extra treat for the final day of Black Presence Month! in the last issue, i discussed the High Priestess tarot...
points of convergence
welcome, welcome! as a tropical&sidereal Pisces rising, this transition into Pisces season has me at the mercy of emotional outpourings and intuitive...
all god’s chillun got wings and all god’s chillun are Black
greetings, dear reader, te mando un besito amid all these exciting celestial happenings! this year’s only total solar eclipse happened last week on the 14th,...
at first, but once
welcome back to returning to the Source, beloved reader! i’m extending U my deepest gratitude for your choice to burrow within this pixel-sized pocket of the...