Incantations & Ink - the podcast
by Incantations & Ink - Jess
Incantations & Ink is a justice-centered podcast about power, language, and the stories that shape our lives. Each episode explores power, memory, rage, and becoming through cultural reflection, mythic threads, and personal witness. Here, ink is invocation — and speaking is a way of remembering ourselves back into wholeness. incantationsandink.substack.com
Episodes
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Carried Forward
As the Summer Solstice approaches and another school year comes to a close, I find myself returning to a question that has been lingering since May: What does it mean to care for something we cannot fully hold? In this episode of Incantations & Ink, I explore care work, teaching, matriarchy,...
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The Season of Reckoning
Why is "civility" a trap? In this episode of Incantations and Ink, Jess works to dismantle the social justice and systemic critique of the "Spring Thaw." Let’s shift from internal rituals to the external structures that profit from our silence. This isn’t about self-care; it’s about Divine…
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When Fiction Becomes Instruction
Are dystopian novels predicting the future — or training us to recognize patterns of power? In this episode of Incantations & Ink, Jess explores how 1984, The Handmaid’s Tale, Fahrenheit 451, The Hunger Games, and The Giver reveal the mechanics of authoritarianism: language manipulation,...
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Words as Spells
Words are not neutral. They shape bodies, sanctify systems, and build the worlds we live inside. In this threshold episode of Incantations & Ink, Jess explores what it means to treat language as power — not as metaphor, but as cultural force. This episode marks the evolution of Incantations & Ink...
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The Art of Not Falling Apart
Episode 3, The Art of Not Falling Apart is a candid look at the small, unglamorous practices that keep me going on hard teaching days. This isn’t advice — it’s a confession. If you’re exhausted but still showing up, you might find a bit of yourself here. If you’re showing up while you’re…
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Lifting the Veil in the Classroom
In this episode of Incantations & Ink, we explore what it means to create an anti-racist, life-affirming curriculum in a time of censorship and fear. I share why I see the classroom as a cauldron and curriculum as spellwork. Because teaching isn’t just delivering standards, it’s shaping reality....
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Rituals, Not Routines: Starting the School Year with Intention
Welcome to Incantations & Ink - the podcast, where we gather to conjure brave, magical, and meaningful spaces for learning and transformation. I’m your host, Jess. I’m an educator, creatrix, word witch, and believer that teaching is a radical, sacred act. This is Episode 1: Rituals, Not Routines:...
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Incantations & Ink is a justice-centered podcast about power, language, and the stories that shape our lives. Each episode explores power, memory, rage, and becoming through cultural reflection, mythic threads, and personal witness. Here, ink is invocation — and speaking is a way of remembering ourselves back into wholeness.
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