Care Spells Lex Storms

*CW: explicit language, colonial violence, and emotional abuse

In this episode lex and Isaac talks about attachment styles and limerence through queer and polyamorous experiences. We dive deep into tender territories exploring how our interpersonal love spells are cast and broken. What are queer attachment styles? What is limerence? How do they intersect and what are ways they show up in our relationships and imaginations? Some mentions and additional resources can be found below:

Morsels and Mentions:

Multiamory Episode 320 Limerence and NRE

The Fifth Spirit Tarot Guide

Polysecure by Jessica Fern

These Wilds Beyond Our Fences by Bayo Akomolafe

The Will to Change by Bell Hooks

Boarding School Colonization and Genocide:

Article- “US Boarding School Investigative Report Release”

Article- “Investigation of the Tragic History of Federal Indian Boarding Schools”

Article- “Reparations and the American Indian Boarding Schools: A CRitical Appraisal By the Boarding School Healing Project”

The National Boarding School Healing Coalition

Resources for Indigenous Survivors of Domestic Violence:

Northern California Tribal Court Coalition

Strong Hearts Native Helpline 

California Indian Legal Services

List of Services/Resources for Indigenous Survivors


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*CW: explicit language, violence, sexual assault.

In these episodes we continue to discuss some of the history behind witches, care work, and later on the first part in a two part conversations with Fig, who has been practicing multiplicities of transformative justice in the context of intimate partner violence and sexual assault.

Special guest Fig can be reached personally on IG at @feelingisgood.fig or email feelingisgood.fig@gmail.com. Their music can be found on IG @bloodhunnymusic and bloodhunny on bandcamp. Follow the podcast on Instagram @CareSpells or through the website where all episode transcripts will be available at www.carespells.com. For any questions, feedback, call ins, or expansions you can also email carespells@gmail.com.

Resources and mentions in Part I & II:

Justice For Josiah: Litigation Assistance 

Spear Avenue Film

Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

The Fifth Spirit Tarot Deck

Mies, Maria. "Colonization and Housewifization ." Patriarchy & Accumulation on a

World Scale . London: Zed Books, 1986. 74-110. Print.

Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum Video 

We Rise Podcast with Mia Mingus

What is Transformative Justice? Video

→ All other series videos can be found HERE

INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence

The Revolution Starts at Home 

Beyond Survival 

Mia Mingus “Leaving Evidence” Blog

Unfuck Your Boundaries 

Margeaux Feldman

All of My Relations Podcast 

EarthSeedLabs

The Critical Polyamorist 

Greg Bee Poetry

Do you live in traditional Wiyot Territory? Consider paying an Honors Tax HERE. If you do not live in traditional Wiyot Territory and want more information about Honors Tax where you live please visit HERE. 


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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lex-storms/support

*CW: explicit language, violence, sexual assault.

In these episodes we continue to discuss some of the history behind witches, care work, and later on the first part in a two part conversations with Fig, who has been practicing multiplicities of transformative justice in the context of intimate partner violence and sexual assault.

Special guest Fig can be reached personally on IG at @feelingisgood.fig or email feelingisgood.fig@gmail.com. Their music can be found on IG @bloodhunnymusic and bloodhunny on bandcamp. Follow the podcast on Instagram @CareSpells or through the website where all episode transcripts will be available at www.carespells.com. For any questions, feedback, call ins, or expansions you can also email carespells@gmail.com.

Resources and mentions in Part I & II:

Justice For Josiah: Litigation Assistance 

Spear Avenue Film

Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

The Fifth Spirit Tarot Deck

Mies, Maria. "Colonization and Housewifization ." Patriarchy & Accumulation on a

World Scale . London: Zed Books, 1986. 74-110. Print.

Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum Video 

We Rise Podcast with Mia Mingus

What is Transformative Justice? Video

→ All other series videos can be found HERE

INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence

The Revolution Starts at Home 

Beyond Survival 

Mia Mingus “Leaving Evidence” Blog

Unfuck Your Boundaries 

Margeaux Feldman

All of My Relations Podcast 

EarthSeedLabs

The Critical Polyamorist 

Greg Bee Poetry

Do you live in traditional Wiyot Territory? Consider paying an Honors Tax HERE. If you do not live in traditional Wiyot Territory and want more information about Honors Tax where you live please visit HERE. 


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*CW: explicit language, suicide.

Lex Storms, introduces themself and talks a bit about where the idea for the podcast Care Spells came from, concepts of magic and care work, along with an introduction to the relationship between rigid radicalism, magic and accessibility. Lex also shares general expectations of the show as a space that centers the narratives and experiences of lgbtq2sia*, BIPOC, and disabled folks leading those conversations in the margins of queer care. The segment “I have questions.” Christine joins us to share their curiosities. While both Lex and Christine discuss their histories, practices, and relationships to magic they also delve into mental health, narrations of the witch, cultural appropriation, and critical queerness. Also, sneak peek into a future episode that Christine will be joining later on. Special guest Christine can be found on IG @cynicalpinay. Follow the podcast on IG @CareSpells or through the website where all transcripts will be available www.carespells.com. For any questions, concerns, or expansions you can also email carespells@gmail.com.

*Content warning: this episode contains explicit language and mentions of suicide. If you are struggling The National Suicide Prevention Line can be reached at 800-273-8255 or online HERE. 

Resources:

Rigid radicalism is cited through the interpretation of Nick Montgomery and carla bergman’s book Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times. Christine mentions the podcast Strange Magic now known as Between the Worlds introduced to her by @sleepybbybutt, potions from Snake Root Apothecary, and Sophie Macklin’s event Ungovernable Bodies.

Do you live in traditional Wiyot Territory? Consider paying an Honors Tax HERE. If you do not live in traditional Wiyot Territory and want more information about Honors Tax where you live please visit HERE. 


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Trailer for upcoming podcast, Care Spells. 

“Have you ever wondered how magic can be related to access to mental health and selfcare, reproductive and SWers rights, abolition, and other forms of care work? Yeah? Me too! Hello, my name is Lex Storms and I am the host to the upcoming podcast series CareSpells. In this podcast we will be having all kinds of conversations delving into how, in tumultuous times, we use spell casting to invoke and empower liberatory and accessible imaginations. This is a podcast where folx share how magic has healed, guided, inspired, pushed, helped, and/or challenged them through their lives. I am so looking forward to holding this space with you and I hope you are as excited as I am. The first episode will be released Sunday March 28th. Follow the podcast on instagram @CareSpells or through the website where all episode transcripts will be available at www.carespells.com. For any questions, concerns, or expansions you can also email carespells@gmail.com.”


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