Out of the Woods

Ex-communicated from the cult of toxic social justice with Poplar Rose

Episode Summary

Poplar Rose shares their story of being a social justice activist, a witch, and their eventual major fall out and extreme crisis of faith in social justice. As they say, "social justice broke up with me." This came after experiencing two back to back call outs. The stress of these coupled with moving to a plot of land in the forest, exposed to the elements after their shelter fell through, led them to shut down their business for the last 2 years. They share the before, during, and after of this experience, and reflect on what social justice means for them now. There is mention of active suicidal ideation in this episode.

Episode Notes

In this episode we talk to my dear friend and former witch colleague Poplar Rose. Poplar and I met in 2017 when we both ran businesses online. They used to write for a site Little Red Tarot and their business was called witch cabinet. Through witch cabinet, they ran a 12-week course on boundaries called Hawthorn Heart. 

They share their story of being a social justice activist, a witch, and their eventual major fall out and extreme crisis of faith in social justice. As they say, "social justice broke up with me." This came after experiencing two back to back call outs. The stress of these coupled with moving to a plot of land in the forest, exposed to the elements after their shelter fell through, led them to shut down their business for the last 2 years. They share the before, during, and after of this experience, and reflect on what social justice means for them now.

There is mention of active suicidal ideation in this episode. 

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Follow Poplar on Instagram: @poplarrose

Articles by Poplar: 

Why I Stopped Teaching Yoga – My journey into spiritual, political accountability

Excommunicate Me From the Cult of Toxic Social Justice

Instagram post reflecting on the call outs

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