Reading list for Afro-Herbalism:
A Healing Grove: African Tree Remedies and Rituals for the Body and Spirit by Stephanie Rose Bird
Affrilachia: Poems by Frank X Walker
African American Medicine in Washington, D.C.: Healing the Capital During the Civil War Era by Heather Butts
African American Midwifery in the South: Dialogues of Birth, Race, and Memory by Gertrude Jacinta Fraser
African American Slave Medicine: Herbal and Non-Herbal Treatments by Herbert Covey
African Ethnobotany in the Americas edited by Robert Voeks and John Rashford
Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect by Lorenzo Dow Turner
Africans and Native Americans: The Language of Race and the Evolution of Red-Black Peoples by Jack Forbes
African Medicine: A Complete Guide to Yoruba Healing Science and African Herbal Remedies by Dr. Tariq M. Sawandi, PhD
Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh, African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed by Bryant Terry
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston
Big Mama’s Back in the Kitchen by Charlene Johnson
Big Mama’s Old Black Pot by Ethel Dixon
Black Belief: Folk Beliefs of Blacks in America and West Africa by Henry H. Mitchell
Black Diamonds, Vol. 1 No. 1 and Vol. 1 Nos. 2–3 edited by Edward J. Cabbell
Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors by Carolyn Finney
Black Food Geographies: Race, Self-Reliance, and Food Access in Washington, D.C. by Ashanté M. Reese
Black Indian Slave Narratives edited by Patrick Minges
Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition by Yvonne P. Chireau
Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry edited by Camille T. Dungy
Blacks in Appalachia edited by William Turner and Edward J. Cabbell
Caribbean Vegan: Meat-Free, Egg-Free, Dairy-Free Authentic Island Cuisine for Every Occasion by Taymer Mason
Dreams of Africa in Alabama: The Slave Ship Clotilda and the Story of the Last Africans Brought to America by Sylviane Diouf
Faith, Health, and Healing in African American Life by Emilie Townes and Stephanie Y. Mitchem
Farming While Black: Soul Fire Farm’s Practical Guide to Liberation on the Land by Leah Penniman
Folk Wisdom and Mother Wit: John Lee – An African American Herbal Healer by John Lee and Arvilla Payne-Jackson
Four Seasons of Mojo: An Herbal Guide to Natural Living by Stephanie Rose Bird
Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement by Monica White
Fruits of the Harvest: Recipes to Celebrate Kwanzaa and Other Holidays by Eric Copage
George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden
George Washington Carver: In His Own Words edited by Gary Kremer
God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man: A Saltwater Geechee Talks About Life on Sapelo Island, Georgia by Cornelia Bailey
Gone Home: Race and Roots through Appalachia by Karida Brown
Ethno-Botany of the Black Americans by William Ed Grime
Gullah Cuisine: By Land and by Sea by Charlotte Jenkins and William Baldwin
Gullah Culture in America by Emory Shaw Campbell and Wilbur Cross
Gullah/Geechee: Africa’s Seeds in the Winds of the Diaspora-St. Helena’s Serenity by Queen Quet Marquetta Goodwine
High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America by Jessica Harris and Maya Angelou
Homecoming: The Story of African-American Farmers by Charlene Gilbert
Hoodoo Medicine: Gullah Herbal Remedies by Faith Mitchell
Jambalaya: The Natural Woman’s Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals by Luisah Teish
Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care by Dayna Bowen Matthew
Leaves of Green: A Handbook of Herbal Remedies by Maude E. Scott
Like a Weaving: References and Resources on Black Appalachians by Edward J. Cabbell
Listen to Me Good: The Story of an Alabama Midwife by Margaret Charles Smith and Linda Janet Holmes
Making Gullah: A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination by Melissa Cooper
Mandy’s Favorite Louisiana Recipes by Natalie V. Scott
Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet Washington
Mojo Workin’: The Old African American Hoodoo System by Katrina Hazzard-Donald
Motherwit: An Alabama Midwife’s Story by Onnie Lee Logan as told to Katherine Clark
My Bag Was Always Packed: The Life and Times of a Virginia Midwife by Claudine Curry Smith and Mildred Hopkins Baker Roberson
My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave Reparations by Mary Frances Berry
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C.J. Walker by A'Lelia Bundles
Papa Jim’s Herbal Magic Workbook by Papa Jim
Places for the Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens by Vaughn Sills (Photographer), Hilton Als (Foreword), Lowry Pei (Introduction)
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Dr. Joy DeGruy
Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage by Diane Glave
Rufus Estes’ Good Things to Eat: The First Cookbook by an African-American Chef by Rufus Estes
Secret Doctors: Ethnomedicine of African Americans by Wonda Fontenot
Sex, Sickness, and Slavery: Illness in the Antebellum South by Marli Weiner with Mayzie Hough
Slavery’s Exiles: The Story of the American Maroons by Sylviane Diouf
Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time by Adrian Miller
Spirituality and the Black Helping Tradition in Social Work by Elmer P. Martin Jr. and Joanne Mitchell Martin
Sticks, Stones, Roots & Bones: Hoodoo, Mojo & Conjuring with Herbs by Stephanie Rose Bird
The African-American Heritage Cookbook: Traditional Recipes and Fond Remembrances from Alabama’s Renowned Tuskegee Institute by Carolyn Quick Tillery
The Black Family Reunion Cookbook (Recipes and Food Memories from the National Council of Negro Women) edited by Libby Clark
The Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales by Charles Chesnutt
The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature by J. Drew Lanham
The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks by Toni Tipton-Martin
The President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First Families, from the Washingtons to the Obamas by Adrian Miller
The Taste of Country Cooking: The 30th Anniversary Edition of a Great Classic Southern Cookbook by Edna Lewis
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: An Insiders’ Account of the Shocking Medical Experiment Conducted by Government Doctors Against African American Men by Fred D. Gray
Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape by Lauret E. Savoy
Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African-American Cuisine by Bryant Terry
Vibration Cooking: Or, The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl by Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor
Voodoo and Hoodoo: The Craft as Revealed by Traditional Practitioners by Jim Haskins
When Roots Die: Endangered Traditions on the Sea Islands by Patricia Jones-Jackson
Working Conjure: A Guide to Hoodoo Folk Magic by Hoodoo Sen Moise
Working the Roots: Over 400 Years of Traditional African American Healing by Michelle Lee
Wurkn Dem Rootz: Ancestral Hoodoo by Medicine Man
Zora Neale Hurston: Folklore, Memoirs, and Other Writings: Mules and Men, Tell My Horse, Dust Tracks on a Road, Selected Articles by Zora Neale Hurston
The Ways of Herbalism in the African World with Olatokunboh Obasi MSc, RH (webinar via The American Herbalists Guild)
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THATSDEMKO BOOK RECS
I love to write but I also love to read! this rec list will consist of books I’ve read, loved, and highly suggest reading! have any books you suggest I check out? feel free to let me know! enjoy xx
SCI-FI/ FANTASY
dune series by frank herbert
FICTION/ ROMANCE
call me by your name by andré aciman
perks of being a wallflower by stephen chbosky
one night on the island by josie silvers
the hunger games series by Suzanne Collins
the summer of broken rules by k.l walther
Daisy Jones & the six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Carrie soto is back by Taylor Jenkins reid
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by Taylor Jenkins reid
book lovers by Emily Henry
beach read by Emily Henry
Verity by colleen hoover (yes I know unfortunately it was good)
funny you should ask by elissa sussman
lord of the flies by William Golding
red white and royal blue by Casey mcquiston
heartstopper (vol 1-4) by Alice oseman
swimming in the dark by Tomasz Jedrowski
dirty air series by Lauren asher
twisted love & twisted games by Ana huang
king of wrath by Ana Huang
NONFICTION/ MEMOIRS
the story of Jane: the legendary underground feminist abortion service by Lauren Kaplan
my body by Emily Ratajkowski
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{21+ roleplayer! No one under the age of 18! Please and thank you!}
So my main account is @cybersexuality on tumblr and I go by Cy.
I am 32 and female though I play mostly male characters. I'm looking to both find partners to write with on my rp account 'MultiverseForMuses' and possibly discord at 'cybersexuality'.
My roleplay responses have remained semi-lit but I do more literate when I have the time. {So between one to two paragraphs on average and willing to do more.}
I write canon, AUs, and original content. From science fiction based stories all the way to casual fiction.
Fandoms I am currently writing for are Star Trek, Marvel, OMITB, Buffy, and the Alien Series.
I am looking for other people writing characters for 'Only Murders In The Building' and 'Merlin' {1998}.
Characters I write as; Q {Star Trek}, The Vision {MCU}, The Grandmaster {MCU}, Talos {MCU}, Frik {Merlin 1998}, Morgan Lefay {OC/OMITB}, Ripley 8 {Aliens}, Call {Aliens}, Charles Bishop/Knight {OC/Aliens}, Norman Osborn {MCU}, Elon Spengler {Ghostbusters}, Rupert Giles {Buffy}, Liz Sherman {Hellboy}
Characters wishing to write with; Morgan Le Fay {Merlin 1998}, Oliver Putnam {OMITB}, Charles Haden Savage {OMITB}, Mabel Mora {OMITB}, Otto Octavius {MCU}, Curt Connors {MCU}, Vash {Star Trek}, Picard {Star Trek}, Anya Jenkins {Buffy}
Characters willing to write as; Oliver Putnam {OMITB}, Herbert West {Re-Animator}, Ruby Knowby {Evil Dead}, Norman Nordstrom {Don't Breathe}, Nathaniel Taylor {Terra Nova}, The Accountant {Drive Angry}, Edward Teach {OFMD}, Frank Black {Millennium}
I'm willing to write with canon and original characters; I do have a list of rules that sums up my dos and don't on my rp account but it's simple stuff.
I'll write most ships between consenting adults but I don't do explicate writing without both parties knowing where things are going.
Thank you for reading my terrible rambling, and I look forward to chatting with anyone who decides to reach out.
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Why Stede's ship is called The Revenge
One could be forgiven for wondering why Stede's ship is called The Revenge. Revenge against who? Against what, exactly? If one didn't know the historical Stede Bonnet's ship was named The Revenge and that David Jenkins and Co. simply didn't change it, it would seem a thematically mysterious name for a gentleman like Stede to give his pirate ship.
The creators of OFMD do go a step further though than not renaming Stede's ship, they play into a well-known proverb that mentions revenge for the title of episode 5, "The Best Revenge is Dressing Well."
Thing is, that quote is paraphrasing another famous proverb, "The best revenge is living well," which got me wondering exactly how old is that quote, could the historical Stede Bonnet have known it? Could the name of The Revenge be a play on the proverb, much like other rich men giving their yachts tongue-in-cheek names like "She Got the House" or "Seas the Day" (source, yes they're real and I think Stede would appreciate them).
And, gentle reader, it turns out that yes, the historical Stede Bonnet could have known the proverb, and could indeed have based the name of his ship on it in the same tongue-in-cheek way of lame boat-owning dads of our modern day, for it is from 1640 from George Herbert's compliation of "Outlandish Proverbs" and actually, the entire quote fits both the historical and OFMD Stede extremely well:
Man Proposeth, God disposeth.
Living well is the best revenge.
Poverty is no sinne.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Every one is a master and servant.
He that trusts in a lie, shall perish in truth.
Maybe someone who knows Real Pirate Lore better than I can confirm or deny this was the real influence for the historical Stede Bonnet's choice of ship names. If it was, and I think part of me really wants to believe that, it's a rather charming insight into the mindset of an otherwise mysterious and baffling man and I think, if we choose to ignore the historical Stede Bonnet entirely (a worthy choice, in my opinion) it still offers a charming insight into OFMD Stede's mindset as well.
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