Today’s show highlights the importance of creating safe spaces for Black folk, particularly women, in psychedelic spaces. We are joined by the eloquent and influential writer and mental health advocate, Robin Divine. Robin recognizes the deficiencies in contemporary American psychedelic culture for BIPOC, and is committed creating resources to build thriving communities. Her latest project is a book to be titled “Black People Trip” that will be a collection of essays on trauma, mental illness and psychedelics from the perspective of Black queer women. 

Robin Divine is a writer and mental health advocate for Black women. Her personal history of trauma, medication resistant depression, and innumerable unsuccessful therapies, led her to eventually reach for psilocybin mushrooms. She began to see real results. Her work can be found on the online publishing platform, Medium. 

Topics covered:

• Intersectionality in contemporary psychedelic spaces 
• Microdosing and macro-dosing for mental health
• Being a black, queer woman in the US and in psychedelic spaces
• Tips and resources for BIPOC seeking psychedelic therapy
• Individual actions and inactions for propelling BIPOC in this spaces
• The importance of decriminalization of psilocybe mushrooms and other psychedelics
• Considerations for the imminent psychedelic renaissance 

Show notes:

Robin’s Medium Profile: https://blackpeopletrip.medium.com/
Robin’s Venmo: @DivineRobin
Robin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackpeopletrip/
People of Color Psychedelic Collective: https://www.pocpsychedelics.com/
The Sabina Project: https://www.instagram.com/thesabinaproject/
Diaspora Psychedelic Society: https://www.diasporapsychedelicsociety.org/
Go Fund Me for the book “Black People Trip”: https://www.gofundme.com/f/black-women-and-psychedelic-healing-book

Why Don’t More Black People Use Psychedelics? https://blackpeopletrip.medium.com/why-dont-more-black-people-use-psychedelics-907d3aa19cc8

How This Black-Led Psychedelic Collective Is Combining Anti-Racism With ‘Sacred Plant Medicine’: https://www.vogue.com/article/sabina-project-psychedelic-collective

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