Isake and Kirya get witchy. Kirya gives Isake her first ever Tarot reading, and they talk about rituals, both magic and otherwise, for the Black femme with special guest model and artist Lorelei Black @blacklorelei7 (IG). Follow Isake @is_she_okay on Twitter and IG & Kirya @kiryatraber (twitter) @kiryat (IG).

Show Notes

Links to:

• Folks to follow: Black Cuse Pride @BlackCusePride, Inner Hoe Uprising: @InnerHoeUprisin, QueerWOC Podcast @QueerWOCpod, Tea with Queen & J: @TeawithQJ , Adrienne Maree Brown @adriennemaree, Ev’yan Whitney: @evyanwhitney

• Light Magic for Dark Times: 100 Spells, Rituals, and Practices for Dark Times, by Lisa Marie Basile (Full pdf)

• Rowing Rituals

• Article about Black women & tarot by Marcelitte Faila

• Rider-Waite deck

• The Black Power Tarot

• Next World Tarot

• Modern Tarot: Connecting with Your Higher Self through the Wisdom of the Cards by Michelle Tea (available for purchase on Amazon)

Drinking

• A Bittersweet Queer aka Isake’s Gin Lemon Drop (large batch drink):

  • ice cubes (as needed to fill your pitcher halfway)

  • 14 ounce your favorite dry gin

  • 14 ounce dry vermouth

  • 2-3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

  • long thin strips of lemon peel (as needed for garnish)

  • Sugar cubes

  • Directions: Fill pitcher halfway with ice, add liquid ingredients, stir. Place sugar cube in cocktail glass, pour, leaving ice in pitcher. Garnish with lemon peel.

Music

• Intro: Sage by Be Steadwell

• Additional Music

  • Hands by Boomscat

  • Satisfied from the Hamilton Broadway Soundtrack

  • All other interstitial music by Abel Shifferaw

• Outro: Hey by Boomscat

The Team

• Hosted by Isake Smith and Kirya Traber

• Produced by Isake Smith, Kirya Traber

• Engineered by Lance John

• Edited by Jassel Hernandez