hunger strike day 1: Black August & lughnasadh

minx
5 min readAug 3, 2021

“black space is liminal
invisible labors like individuals copwatching, food & vice sharing,
when blackness quits casting the veil all that may survive is pain.
mutual aid without a mammy remains temporary.”-`dont fall down’ bigi minx, apple chapbook

liberation is destructive. kill ur god complex. fight despite discomfort.

“We aim to fast as a show of self-dicipline and resistance. From the sunrise until evening meal we will abstain from eating.

We aim to abstain from consuming any type of opioids, or other smokable or liquid intoxicants during the month of August.

We aim to combat liberalism even by limiting our selection of non-frivolous TV shows and educational programs i.e., radio, historic documentaries, journal writings and other creative art exhibits.

During Black August, we emphasize political and cultural evolution studies for those participants who care to assemble with other brothers and sisters by way of social media internationally and/or via facilitation within the institution forum.

As an external display, the delegates of Black August will wear a black arm band. Other ways to express our solidarity include : we wear either a black ring (made of thread) or a wrist band in eulogy to all those New Afrikan/Blacks who strove none futily and made an ultimate sacrifice for what they believed in to Live and Die in Black Liberation.

The New Afrikan Revolutionary Nationalist recognize Black August as a “revolutionary salute” in formation those nationalist and others who share or stand in arms with our ideology or are serious and consistently moving forward to end in voluntary servitude and other colors of repression, ossifyism, neo-colonialism should participate in solidarity with our aim to cultivate the youth in pinpointing the wrong, acknowledging the wrong, confession of the individual’s fault, honest redemption, even understanding the aims of atonement, love for the people — eradicating self-hate via self-realized forgiveness, implicit reconciliation, and explicit communal restoration while evolving with a sea of change toward a perfect Brother and Sisters International Union.”

from “United K.A.G.E. (Kings Against Genocidal Environments) Brothers”

DAY ONE HUNGER STRIKE: BLACK AUGUST GENERAL STRIKE

do ritual, plant seeds &:
1 occupy everywhere
2 free all prisoners
3 pay for nothin
4 quit ur job
5 open hospitals

me and this bird keep talkin thru the window, lil nest got made right by my yarrow & i think we already became friends. sweet ol bird has a cowlick and turns its head while singin. im writin letters to loves that aren’t lovers about how that came to pass.

trashrobot.org is my favorite show to be a reality contestant on. we made lil outfits to pick up trash in and are still lookin for ways aside from the sign at on the doorstep.

blackberry tulip willam the third is a black cat. we hung out together - quantum jumpin. i learned many things that were unable to be said aloud once wake and then chiron walked in my whole house this mornin. ran up to door, walked in a bit then jetted out. we are best friends and talked in brainwaves. i should have some food for em but idk what vegan cat food to make em wanna come back is aside from catnip.

hunger strike guidelines feel like tinctures, herbs, teas and water.
the way i been dreamin tar means i def need the kratom, this throat tumor wants green but i cut back more than it takes to hurt.
does juice & pedialyte count or is that a way out?
how many calories is hunger strike vs public suicide when ur this ill?

first binder — one day of fundraising got my first binder mailed & made the happiest moment of a fiery day. our family made this friend that feels like family too and making soup makes it apparent that some people do crew. if you read this, send money to @soupisloveseattle on IG so i can have kombucha while making abundance soups all thru my own hunger strike. this past week (sun & mon havent been cookin) i made like 50 quarts of this dankness that is full of turmeric and greens and vegan cornbread muffins to go on the side.

last teeth — gumline changes are unpredictable at best but my jaw is falling off and idk that glue is gonna work in there this time. i rly wanted a crisp apple before strike but it hurt too much to bite.

demand #5: open hospitals is personal.

ive never made enough per hour to matter enough for dental & now im 30some lackin an organ and half my gums for bein intergenerationally poor. the usa is the fuckin ghetto & treatymakers hurt my feelings so much because as a maroon idk where it became noble to admit you accepted dirty blankets and made up dances to entertain white men because everyone liked slaughtering mink four times the size they are now.

every time i breathe air blood seeps down my throat. every time i wake up sore i remember that im afrolachian & that gaia’s hurtin more.

crowley thoth & feds stealing info — were oscar wilde’s dandy charges the same as crowleys? that fuck met hermes for sure, tho thoth appeared only to curse the feds to bein as exposed as they are now. what is modern alchemy? why does science seem the same? no one ever outdid or replicated tesla and theremin’s tech?

that damn tofu towel — idk how many months but the towel is a sign of quantum jumping. the colors and progress changed like i wouldn’t notice but it will be done this week.

incense & the madness — every single person in the house lost their shit when a pile of smoke left the house. my brain popped and it felt like gettin soaked in gas. we all do invisible labor to be in this house. everyone is what they are and it is sad that i cried for my family to live and exist and still am out here dying. was bred to be a mammy, failed twice as a wife, consider my greatest hoodoo blessings god complex ideations the ones that made me decide to stay pregnant a couple of the times.

the kids are their own people and i won’t be updating on them aside from: 1) my own feelings about leaving them orphans & 2) words they ask the internet to see.

day one intake:
oil pulling: 30 mins
citrus kombucha
water bottles, 2
trilogy kombucha
garlic, lime, brown sugar tea
kratom, brown sugar

some people fast by daylight only. i was lethargic af, emotionally drained with things to do and drafting the final ideas of what exactly the point of this shit is so made a 1 am FOOD ATTEMPT: cauliflower flour corn muffin — bile vomit, no win.

ACTIVELY AWAKE HOURS, DAY ONE: 19

i’ll make one food attempt a day or intake juice if calories manage to be under 300 calories, am active more than 12 hours a day and personally cross an item off the list that day. (i occupy space rn but am not tryna make that a daily excuse)

until these are done, none can win:
1 occupy everywhere
2 free all prisoners
3 pay for nothin
4 quit ur job
5 open hospitals

email minxdistro@protonmail.com & if this catches wind i can make a bingo card with shit like for every 100 opened or held houses ill have juice or show yall how much weight im losing in real time but i already feel like life is a zoo and am tired of it.

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