Black History Month and the Magic of Cultural Retention
DJ reflects on how Black cultural retention is its own form of magic and how it can be used in our every day to shape and mold our futures.
Tag: Magic
Founding Home: Diary One (Part 3)
Helene searches for more answers and struggles to accept help.
Founding Home: Diary One (Part 2)
Things become more dangerous in Treme as Helene continues to search for a safe place to build her school of magic.
Sineya, The First Slayer Reimagined — How ‘Buffy’ Failed Black Girl Magic
Crystal discusses Sineya in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and some of the issues with her storyline.
NAAAW: A Magical History
Learn about the founding of the National Association of African American Wizards (N.A.A.A.W.)
Founding Home: Diary One (Part 1)
Helene and Francis work to create a magical school in New Orleans.
Black American Wizard Origins
Learn how Black wizards came to and survived America.
Magic or No, All Schools Have Limited Range
Patriarchal systems in magical schools (and in the real world) tend to cause problems. Porshèa explores the way these systems manifest in different fictional schools and discusses what should be done to change it.
The Beauvais Family – Magical Freedom Fighters
Learn about the Beauvais family, wandmakers and freedom fighters.
The Parable of Bone and Ash
A woman searches for her missing daughter.
Black Girl Does Magic: A Black Hermione Granger
Black Girl Does Magic Part 2: Life at Hogwarts begins to change for Daisy.
Power Structures in Harry Potter
Bayana writes about the power structures in Harry Potter.
