I think we can all agree: the patriarchy’s time is up.
The damage it’s done—propped up by its pillars of white supremacy, religion, and capitalism—has left society fractured and the planet reeling. It feels like the whole world has been turned upside down.
Of course, we can’t undo it all overnight. But if enough of us begin living in alignment with matriarchal values—bringing those principles into our homes, our work, our art—the world will eventually have no choice but to shift. That’s how it’s always gone: change begins with the people, and the systems eventually follow.
The chaos feels especially loud right now, but to me, it’s the death cry of the patriarchy. Like a child thrashing in one last tantrum before collapsing into an exhausted slumber.
And in the middle of all that noise, here I am—running a creative business, asking myself daily how I can operate with integrity, honoring my community, while refusing to perpetuate the same capitalistic BS that caused so much of this damage in the first place.
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Earlier this year when I launched my magazine, Illumine, the first thing my friends would say was, “Oh, this is amazing! You’ve got to get this into Barnes & Noble!”
And sure, that sounds like success in the traditional sense—national shelves, mass distribution, a glossy moment of “making it.” But I knew immediately that wasn’t my dream. I didn’t want my work to become just another magazine stacked in a row of hundreds, picked up by strangers who may never really see it. My goal wasn’t mass consumption.
My goal was meaningful magic instead of magic for the masses.
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