DEEP DIVE ~ LETTER FROM CATH

Hi, there — Thank you for subscribing to my newsletter 🧜🏼‍♀️The Deep Dive🧜🏼‍♀️ It'll go out once a month and will mostly consist of justice tasks, astrology, interviews, art opportunities, and true stories. **Also** Be on the lookout, this fall Bonphilosophia will announce a "Call for Submissions" to pay writers. ~ YAY ~ I’ll announce more details about this opportunity in the coming months. For now, I hope this newsletter brings you positive and helpful information but above all — joy. Super excited to be connecting with all of you in this new fresh way outside of social media. I am taking a six-month break from Instagram and Facebook. I was a 7-year addict. During this quarantine, I’ve averaged about 17 hours a day on my phone. Honestly, this move feels good. 

Very happy to be pushing myself to make space for these creative projects and to do new kinds of anti-racist work. Spending time thinking about my privilege and the moments in the past where I've taken action and where I've reflected. In 4th grade, my teacher did a Jane Elliot lesson in our class. In 2005, I learned about systematic oppression from volunteering for months after Hurricane Katrina. In 2008, one of my teachers was murdered by authorities for being Pro-Palestine. In 2011, I stood in the annex where Anne Frank hid with her family. And in 2017, I had the opportunity to stand in front of Emmett Till’s casket. 

But even after these precious life experiences, I know there are still ways I’m continuing to decolonize myself of racism and capitalism — every day. That’s one of the reasons why I’m offering free oracle readings to BIPOC right now. One side of my ancestors were Mexican Imperialists. Spain still means white. In the last three years, I have worked in Los Angeles’ legal field in so many different roles and have been exposed to various forms of corruption and justice. I'm realizing the journey is the reward. Fuck the outcome. This battle will be long and as hard as we fight, we rest. Hell, at least I am. I'm staying home too. Just waiting till that Leo season hits! Still … in my room. 

Mucho Amore, 
Cath