Stoner Story Witch

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  • Stoner Story Witch weaves together healing from the colonial mind, liberation and embodied social justice, & the responsibility of white wealth, through an animistic worldview, attachment focus, and collapse-aware lens. Former evangelical Christian→ atheist skeptical Science teacher → Stoner Story Witch explores popular stories to illuminate the trail of breadcrumbs hiding in plain sight once we stop consuming stories as“content” and instead communing with stories as “cracks in the walls” of imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchy- inviting us to liberation.
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  • The Podcast is the Process, Sourdough as Metaphor, and Polyamorous Practice in Creative Community

    The Podcast is the Process, Sourdough as Metaphor, and Polyamorous Practice in Creative Community
    Sep 2 2024

    How does our creative process actually create us? How does having a thriving ecosystem of relationships and creative outlets better resource us for ALL our relationships and creative projects? How can we create community and engage in metaphor to support ourselves? What does sourdough have to do with any of this??


    Kristyn with a Why gets personal and reflects on the process of season 1, sharing more backstory of the last year of the three-year journey leading up to the release of the podcast in this decidedly un-finale episode of “season 1.”


    (Free week on The Numinous Network with Carmen Spagnola is September 9-15, join her newsletter if you would like to join me there! <3)

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    Free Palestine! There are many ways to support the Palestinian people right now. Join a student encampment near you, call or email your congressperson via the JVP’s daily calls or email them here. 94 members of Congress have called for a ceasefire, can you help to add yours to the list? ​

    Spread the word on social media, or check out Operation Olive Branch, a mutual aid organization that has compiled a list of GoFundMe’s for those in urgent need.

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    Grateful for all the learning and inspiration alluded to in today’s episode:

    The Numinous Network with Carmen Spagnola

    Rev. angel Kyodo williams


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    Thankful for the musical inspiration for the theme song:

    Hadestown by Anais Mitchell, specifically “Our Lady of the Underground” and Orpheus’ Song

    “Hedwig’s Theme” by John Williams

    Shout out for the artistic assistance of:

    Matt Schubbe (Logo)
    Kevin Carlow (Music and sound editing)
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    57 mins
  • "Crack in the Wall" Invitations to Liberation and Hadestown Vibes

    "Crack in the Wall" Invitations to Liberation and Hadestown Vibes
    Aug 19 2024
    This season focuses on the 2019 film “Little Women” and this episode connects it to the 2019 Tony Award winning musical “Hadestown.” How are period pieces a prophetic praxis that helps us to view the reality of THIS moment in time? In what ways is/can our creative practices be liberatory? How can we reach toward a liberated future when public schools are priming and praising students to obey fascism? Is Orpheus even a real person, a metaphor for creativity, or a manic pixie dream boy? Kristyn with a Why dives deep into the themes of liberation in stories- how they invite us to liberation through the cracks in the walls: the 4th wall between us and the characters in stories, the walls we build between “us” and “them”, and the walls of domesticity that we build to keep us from remembering our wildness. (See time stamps and links mentioned in the podcast below.) —--------------------------------------------- Grateful for all the learning and inspiration alluded to in today’s episode: Anna Kendrick “the characters in musicals don’t acknowledge they are singing” Sophie Strand’s Disappearing stars and Fake Realism and “Orpheus is a Title” Roadmap to Liberation “Prophetic Praxis” My recovering teacher blog post Akilah richards’ Raising Free People Fascism 101: Episode 207 of The Numinous Podcast Kurt Vonnegut shape of stories Manic pixie dream girls or stale white wonderbread boys? Rewilding 101course Liberated to the Bone book Rev. angel Kyodo williams Hadestown Links: Persephone’s “Crack in the Wall” on Hadestown (The “song/story” is (a) meta(phor), folks!) “Wedding Song”- Orpheus’ Song will bring world into tune and make flowers bloom, and Eurydice chooses to stay with Orpheus (How Jo is in tune when connected to her creativity, and how Meg chooses John despite him being a poor man) “Hey little songbird”- No good choices in late stage capitalism (Meg stumbles when buying the silk, and Jo “sells out” to Dashwood). “Flowers” -Eurydice forgets who she is, but vaguely remembers a field of flowers. (Jo isn’t signing her name on her writing and longs for her childhood when her family was enough) “How Long?”- Persephone makes Hades listen to Orpheus’ song (How Dashwood’s daughters made him see Jo’s book was worth publishing) Why we build the wall: Capitalism requires we put up walls and remain disconnected, from ourselves, our creativity, from each other, from the natural world. Time Stamps:---------------------------------- 0-9:36: Intro to “Crack in the wall” 9:36-20:10: Period Pieces as Prophetic Praxis 20:10-36:50: The problem with public schools/Unschooling 36:50-39:22: Meg:John::Eurydice::Orpheus 39:22-46:00: Creative Practice=Liberation 46:00-52:57: Jo:Orpheus::Beth:Eurydice 52:57-1:01:00: Eurydice:Orpheus::Jo::Creative Practice 1:01:00-1:06:00: We can all be an Orpheus 1:06:00-1:12:00: Why do we build the wall? 1:12:00-end: Outro/Gratitude As always:---------------------------------- Thankful for the musical inspiration for the theme song: Hadestown by Anais Mitchell, specifically “Our Lady of the Underground” and Orpheus’ Song “Hedwig’s Theme” by John Williams Shout out for the artistic assistance of: Matt Schubbe (Logo) Kevin Carlow (Music and sound editing) —--------------------------------------------- Free Palestine! There are many ways to support the Palestinian people right now. Join a student encampment near you, call or email your congressperson via the JVP’s daily calls or email them here. 94 members of Congress have called for a ceasefire, can you help to add yours to the list? ​ Spread the word on social media, or check out Operation Olive Branch, a mutual aid organization that has compiled a list of GoFundMe’s for those in urgent need. —---------------------------------------------
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • The Wealth Wound in Little Women

    The Wealth Wound in Little Women
    Aug 4 2024
    This season focuses on the 2019 film “Little Women” Wouldn’t Sally have a more intimate friendship with Meg if she were better attuned to the gap in their economic realities? If Laurie weren’t so worried about pleasing his rich grandfather would he feel free to pursue his creativity? How did forming attachment with Beth provide the catalyst for Mr Lawrence to move from a place of “charity” to “reciprocity”? In what ways does Aunt March’s scarcity mindset and hoarding tendencies keep her from being able to live her life in alignment with her values? Kristyn with a Why dives deep into the “wealth wound” in this episode- extending compassion to four people to whom capitalism has severed from earning secure attachment: with their friends, family, community, and themselves. **We will never pretend that people in up-power positions in systems of domination and oppression are harmed in equal or greater ways than those in down-power positions within those systems. And yet, in order to be ignorant of your power and complacent within these systems- one must be severed from their sense of shared humanity, and this is a wound that needs tending (but never at the expense of folks in down-power positions).** (See time stamps and links to the scenes mentioned in the podcast below.) 0-6:26: Content Warning 6:26-10:44: Land Acknowledgment, Locating my positionality in the story of Little Women 10:45-13:00: Introduction to “the wealth wound” 13:00-17:24: Sally 17:24-23:28: Laurie 23:30-28:14: Mr. Laurence 28:14-39:50: Aunt March 39:50- 46:35: Unpacking my personal positionality in this story 46:35- 49:00: Striving for the Marmee life: divesting by increasing community 49:00-end: Outro/Gratitude Scene Links—------------------------ Sally at the dress shop Mr Laurence and Beth Aunt march and Amy Marmee: Breakfast to Hummels —--------------------------------------------- Grateful for all the learning and inspiration alluded to in today’s episode: Land Acknowledgement *Resmaa Menakem’s book “My Grandmother’s Hands” is a great resource at looking into how systems of domination impact bodies differently depending on their power in that system- specifically racialized trauma* Dra Rocio Rosales Mesa- for more compassionate holding towards unlearning and healing from colonial programming. Carmen Spagnola and The Numinous Network Toi Marie- Instagram- “The responsibility of white wealth” “Selling labor for currency” Rev. angel Kyodo williams As always:---------------------------------- Thankful for the musical inspiration for the theme song: Hadestown by Anais Mitchell, specifically “Our Lady of the Underground” and Orpheus’ Song “Hedwig’s Theme” by John Williams Shout out for the artistic assistance of: Matt Schubbe (Logo) Kevin Carlow (Music and sound editing) —--------------------------------------------- Free Palestine! There are many ways to support the Palestinian people right now. Join a student encampment near you, call or email your congressperson via the JVP’s daily calls or email them here. 94 members of Congress have called for a ceasefire, can you help to add yours to the list? ​ Spread the word on social media, or check out Operation Olive Branch, a mutual aid organization that has compiled a list of GoFundMe’s for those in urgent need. —---------------------------------------------
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    51 mins

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