Fat Plants

Fat Plants will be a space to uplift the magnificence of our full-bodied plant kin and humxn bodies. We will explore the ways both plant and human bodies have been and continue to be controlled through the rhetoric of containment, invasion, exoticism, and excess. We will move from curiosity and desire as practices to access the full spectrum of joy and pleasure as generative tools to create narratives of thriving and shape how we collectively relate to abundance and fat liberation.

In this workshop we will present a theory of Fat Plants and explore three plants in detail to highlight a different aspect of Fat Plants.

Materials List:

Other

Any available oil and/or lotions

Plants/Herbs

Any of the following:

Dried roses

Dried mullein leaf

and/or Dried burdock root

About sára abdullah and Nicole Acosta:

sára abdullah (she/they) is an indigenous SWANA/Pinxy non-binary femme Muslima dyke descended from nomadic dreamweavers, kitchen witches, tricksters, and storytellers. She honors those who came before and those who gather with her in circle through a life's work in plant medicine, healing, pleasure activism, magic, writing, and nurturing the creative spirit in herself and others. As a poet, storyteller, cultural organizer, and healing artist, she is committed to radical softness, (re)membering embodied knowledge, uplifting the erotic, and building collective liberation.

She is the vision holder of earth seed holistic, a healing practice and consultancy that provides botanical offerings, herbal consultations, creativity support, energy work, full-spectrum doula companionship, and knowledge shares centered in plant medicine, cosmic wisdom, and nurturing the creative spirit. ww.earthseedholistic.com, instagram.com/earthseedholistic

Nicole Acosta Nemergut an artist and educator based in New York with roots in Puerto Rico and Europe. She is an apprentice of Karen Rose at Sacred Vibes Apothecary and creatory of Ballast Botanicals, herbal medicine inspired by ballast flora. When ships would arrive in a port without cargo or people they would fill the ballast with dirt from the places they sailed from to balance the ship. Upon arriving the ballast would be emptied, unloading soil and seeds from across the world and altering the landscape and environment.