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My Waters Flow with Yours & Our River Remembers

I'm hosting an impromptu ceremony of release today & you're invited

Nov 9, 2025 • raya

Grief Studies Zine

A year in the making ~~ please buy & support !

Jul 31, 2025 • raya

how to talk to your ancestors (when you're afraid to listen)

part one of six

Oct 27, 2024 • raya

another year (between two homes)

On tone-def marketing, atmospheric maps, and parallel strangers

Oct 25, 2024 • raya

what more could i do?

on cycles, emptiness, love & desperate friendship

Sep 22, 2024 • raya

12:15

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holding/releasing/surfacing

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making home: introducing rituals for mourners

I didn't want to make a Substack. This is a start at a practice.....

Aug 20, 2024 • raya

rituals for mourners

rituals for mourners

field notes and personal essays exploring the grief and joy of radical, queer diasporic home-making across physical, digital, and social planes.

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