Dark Habits

The history of Samhain: the most liminal time of the year + a ritual a ritual and tarot spread to send you on your way! CW: pet death; abusive/strained relationship with parent find me online: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkhabitsmag/ Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@darkhabits contact me here or via email: [email protected] article: https://www.darkhabits.n

How to make Autumn Equinox (Mabon) as personalized as possible in order to celebrate all that you have harvested as well as to let go of that which no longer serves you. link to Autumn Equinox ritual + tarot spread: https://www.darkhabits.net/post/mabon-ritual-tarot-spread/ Autumn Equinox Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6eWzgYfcUAOcvitZfLZN90?si=6ce131ca23b84f5b

Megan and Ryen meet up to discuss trans feminist pioneer and activist, Sylvia Rivera. Sources: Season 1: Episode 1: Sylvia Rivera – Part 1, Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories, Episode first published October 13, 2016. Season 3: Episode 1: Sylvia Rivera – Part 2, Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive, Episode first published October 22, 2017.

In this episode, Megan talks about the first harvest festival: Lughnasadh that is part of the eight sabbats in the pagan Wheel of the Year, when we gather together and give thanks for what we have in abundance.

In the latest episode of Dark Habits, Megan gets together with Ryen to share the story of the life and times of queer rights pioneer, Harvey Milk. Also discussed: how unlike the Bluth family's banana stand, there was never money in Dan White's potato stand, and why street potatoes need to become a global thing. Conspiracy theory: is Harvey Milk's ghost watching over t

Megan and Gudrun talk about the summer solstice, its origins, different ways of honoring the solstice around the world...and a possible ghost in a tea kettle situation. Sources: https://www.chichenitza.com/blog/solstice-in-chichen-itza www.nippon.com https://visitsweden.com/what-to-do/culture-history-and-art/swedish-traditions/midsummer-tradition/midsummer-sweden-something-an

Megan tells Ryen all about the life and times of trans femme singer and activist, Jackie Shane. Sources: Sources: Iannacci, Elio, 2017, Jackie Shane’s coming home, The Globe and Mail, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/jackie-shanes-coming-home/article36599423/ Corp, Isabel, 2021, Any Other Way: The Life & Times of Jackie Shane | Have You Seen Her, A Grrrl’s Two C

Megan and Gudrun get together to talk about Beltane, the first day of spring. Listen in (along with Gudrun's familiar, Pan) as they discuss how to make this holiday meaningful for you.

Join Ryen and Megan to learn about Aries season, Aries sun signs and our featured queer Aries: Anne Lister - as some historians have called "the first modern lesbian". Also discussed will be the conspiracy theories that lesbians invented goth as well as Facebook relationship status. Sources: Whitbread, Helena. I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791 - 184

Megan and Ryen come together to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility and discuss the life and times of civil rights pioneer, Bayard Rustin. This is a long one, so feel free to treat it like a two-parter! Get up, stretch your legs, play some pickleball and come back when you need to. *Content Warming* this episode contains racial slurs in context of the era and situation. Please tak