laurel birch
@msteabotanica.bsky.social
eco care worker ~ herbal + creative practice ~ hard femme flower freak ~ plants 4 collective liberation ~ unceded coast miwok land
msteabotanica.com • linktr.ee/msteabotanica
Resonant Body: laurelrosebirch.substack.com
msteabotanica.com • linktr.ee/msteabotanica
Resonant Body: laurelrosebirch.substack.com
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laurel birch
@msteabotanica.bsky.social
· Jan 28
Grateful to be in community with rad plant babes over the years. Excited to enter this new digital space with care & humility & offer a portal for our communities to tap into plant realms.
We’re still growing & welcoming folks. Feel free to DM me if you’d like to join!
We’re still growing & welcoming folks. Feel free to DM me if you’d like to join!
Fairy Ring Elixir 🍄🧚♀️ This fave is back! Triple extract mushy adaptogen blend to deepen earth connection, joy, awe & aliveness. Support digestion, deep immunity & lift the heart. Locally sourced fungi, roots + mimosa flower to find softness in hard times.
msteabotanica.com/shop/p/fairy...
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February 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Fairy Ring Elixir 🍄🧚♀️ This fave is back! Triple extract mushy adaptogen blend to deepen earth connection, joy, awe & aliveness. Support digestion, deep immunity & lift the heart. Locally sourced fungi, roots + mimosa flower to find softness in hard times.
msteabotanica.com/shop/p/fairy...
msteabotanica.com/shop/p/fairy...
excited to share the new ms. tea website! art + plants go hand in hand here and all design is done in house. stoked for the resources page and the pay it forward fund. all integral to my work, so glad to have them reflected more. i’ll be launching some new consultations soon so stay tuned.
Ms. Tea
Queer supported herbs for collective care and liberation. Small batch made in California with love, magic and solidarity. Sliding scale consults, herbal care packages and wholesale.
msteabotanica.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
excited to share the new ms. tea website! art + plants go hand in hand here and all design is done in house. stoked for the resources page and the pay it forward fund. all integral to my work, so glad to have them reflected more. i’ll be launching some new consultations soon so stay tuned.
The trans experience of keeping each other alive while cis saviors profit from our mere mention.
February 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The trans experience of keeping each other alive while cis saviors profit from our mere mention.
Reposted by laurel birch
We have enough validity right now, but what cis folks CAN actually do:
- Contribute to GFMs for trans care and travel (we are a very impoverished demographic!)
- Help a trans person get a job
- Help a trans person move
- Vocally oppose anti-trans legislation (yell at reps, not random bigots online!
- Contribute to GFMs for trans care and travel (we are a very impoverished demographic!)
- Help a trans person get a job
- Help a trans person move
- Vocally oppose anti-trans legislation (yell at reps, not random bigots online!
I skeet that I’m annoyed that everything trans people warned you about is coming true and I get a dozen random cis people going “uwu you’re a real boy” in my replies and thinking that’s their activism done for the day
February 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM
We have enough validity right now, but what cis folks CAN actually do:
- Contribute to GFMs for trans care and travel (we are a very impoverished demographic!)
- Help a trans person get a job
- Help a trans person move
- Vocally oppose anti-trans legislation (yell at reps, not random bigots online!
- Contribute to GFMs for trans care and travel (we are a very impoverished demographic!)
- Help a trans person get a job
- Help a trans person move
- Vocally oppose anti-trans legislation (yell at reps, not random bigots online!
This week’s acquisitions include:
Trans Care by @hilmalatino.bsky.social
Histories of the Trans Child, Jules Gill-Peterson
Stag Dance by @torreypeters.bsky.social
Trans Care by @hilmalatino.bsky.social
Histories of the Trans Child, Jules Gill-Peterson
Stag Dance by @torreypeters.bsky.social
This article went nuts on Tumblr today for some reason and I have absolutely no idea why.
How to Build Your Trans Microlibrary
Are you as ADHD as I am? Then here’s a quick and easy guide to help you get a headstart on your microlibrary.
thetransfemininereview.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This week’s acquisitions include:
Trans Care by @hilmalatino.bsky.social
Histories of the Trans Child, Jules Gill-Peterson
Stag Dance by @torreypeters.bsky.social
Trans Care by @hilmalatino.bsky.social
Histories of the Trans Child, Jules Gill-Peterson
Stag Dance by @torreypeters.bsky.social
Reposted by laurel birch
When this hit my inbox I was so pumped!!!! I love @msteabotanica.bsky.social 's herbal medicines and I love supporting trans people!
My first post at Resonant Body is a love letter to trans siblings, queer ancestors & call for allies to step up in community defense. It’s gonna take all of us meeting at the intersections of shared struggle, centering the most vulnerable. Write to trans inmates, put yr 😷 on, offer material support.
Made from our bones
Building collective power when everything falls apart
laurelrosebirch.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When this hit my inbox I was so pumped!!!! I love @msteabotanica.bsky.social 's herbal medicines and I love supporting trans people!
My first post at Resonant Body is a love letter to trans siblings, queer ancestors & call for allies to step up in community defense. It’s gonna take all of us meeting at the intersections of shared struggle, centering the most vulnerable. Write to trans inmates, put yr 😷 on, offer material support.
Made from our bones
Building collective power when everything falls apart
laurelrosebirch.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
My first post at Resonant Body is a love letter to trans siblings, queer ancestors & call for allies to step up in community defense. It’s gonna take all of us meeting at the intersections of shared struggle, centering the most vulnerable. Write to trans inmates, put yr 😷 on, offer material support.
"We can still do what we've always done — take care of each other, break rules, and help people get what they need to survive…This is a time for sustained care for one another, careful rule-breaking, and disobedience in the face of illegitimate authority."
My latest reprinted in @truthout.org. “For those of us who care deeply about trans children and trans communities, it’s important to stay focused on what the moment demands of us.”
We Aren’t Powerless in the Face of Trump’s Outrageous, Anti-Trans Edicts
We can’t prevent all of this administration’s harms, but we can greatly diminish their impacts if we organize.
truthout.org
February 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"We can still do what we've always done — take care of each other, break rules, and help people get what they need to survive…This is a time for sustained care for one another, careful rule-breaking, and disobedience in the face of illegitimate authority."
Reposted by laurel birch
the fascists are looking to rigidly define gender not just to punish trans people like they claim but to lay the groundwork for the oppression of all women. when gender is legally mutable, it is harder to use it to restrict people’s rights.
they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones
they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones
January 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
the fascists are looking to rigidly define gender not just to punish trans people like they claim but to lay the groundwork for the oppression of all women. when gender is legally mutable, it is harder to use it to restrict people’s rights.
they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones
they want to build a cage around you, made from our bones
Sent a grip of herb donations, teas, masks, lung elixirs, nervines & salves to LA homies affected by fires. This was a few weeks back, but will continue to share long haul herbal support with mutual aid networks as I’m able. #herbalism #fireseason
January 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sent a grip of herb donations, teas, masks, lung elixirs, nervines & salves to LA homies affected by fires. This was a few weeks back, but will continue to share long haul herbal support with mutual aid networks as I’m able. #herbalism #fireseason
Reposted by laurel birch
transition has been mostly DIY and community-organized since forever. when you're ready, figure out what you can offer and what you need. talk in real life, use signal, get creative, don't get caught. they can't break us in a way that matters!!!! I love you.
January 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
transition has been mostly DIY and community-organized since forever. when you're ready, figure out what you can offer and what you need. talk in real life, use signal, get creative, don't get caught. they can't break us in a way that matters!!!! I love you.
Last day for public comment, it takes about 1 min. Confirming these two grifters would be a disaster for public health.
Call to Action - due Jan 29th!
Ask your US Senator to Oppose Nominees Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for Health and Human Services and Jay Bhattacharya for National Institutes of Health. Ask your senator by Jan 29 to oppose these two nominations for our nation’s leading health agencies.
Ask your US Senator to Oppose Nominees Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for Health and Human Services and Jay Bhattacharya for National Institutes of Health. Ask your senator by Jan 29 to oppose these two nominations for our nation’s leading health agencies.
January 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Last day for public comment, it takes about 1 min. Confirming these two grifters would be a disaster for public health.
Intro time! Laurel (they/she). Transfem herbalist, gardener, art director, medicine maker, flower listener, plant tender. White settler on unceded Coast Miwok land. Been practicing herbalism for 12 years, art & design for most of my life. Currently bffs w/ two chipoo rescue pups, Chili & Maple.
January 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Intro time! Laurel (they/she). Transfem herbalist, gardener, art director, medicine maker, flower listener, plant tender. White settler on unceded Coast Miwok land. Been practicing herbalism for 12 years, art & design for most of my life. Currently bffs w/ two chipoo rescue pups, Chili & Maple.
Grateful to be in community with rad plant babes over the years. Excited to enter this new digital space with care & humility & offer a portal for our communities to tap into plant realms.
We’re still growing & welcoming folks. Feel free to DM me if you’d like to join!
We’re still growing & welcoming folks. Feel free to DM me if you’d like to join!
January 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Grateful to be in community with rad plant babes over the years. Excited to enter this new digital space with care & humility & offer a portal for our communities to tap into plant realms.
We’re still growing & welcoming folks. Feel free to DM me if you’d like to join!
We’re still growing & welcoming folks. Feel free to DM me if you’d like to join!
Violet always doing the most in January. In a couple months I’ll harvest leaves for lung teas and lymph massage oils. #herbalism #plantmagic #queerherbalist #violet #bloomscrolling
January 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Violet always doing the most in January. In a couple months I’ll harvest leaves for lung teas and lymph massage oils. #herbalism #plantmagic #queerherbalist #violet #bloomscrolling
Reposted by laurel birch
We’re in scary times, but remember that the trans people immediately at most risk from the executive orders are those who were already being persecuted under Biden—prisoners, immigrants, full service sex workers etc. It’s okay to be afraid but keep your head in the game.
January 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We’re in scary times, but remember that the trans people immediately at most risk from the executive orders are those who were already being persecuted under Biden—prisoners, immigrants, full service sex workers etc. It’s okay to be afraid but keep your head in the game.
“every day, relinquish and resist exceptionalism and elitism. american exceptionalism is fatal for the whole world. what our nation has instigated, funded and/or allowed to happen anywhere in the world is going to happen to more of us here, we need to be humble about that.“ 👌🏻
my notes for tonight’s call are up on the blog, i know i was speaking fast 🙏🏽❤️🩹🫶🏽 adriennemareebrown.net/2025/01/24/w...
January 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“every day, relinquish and resist exceptionalism and elitism. american exceptionalism is fatal for the whole world. what our nation has instigated, funded and/or allowed to happen anywhere in the world is going to happen to more of us here, we need to be humble about that.“ 👌🏻
@aclu.org is documenting cases of passports being delayed or denied due to the halting of all gender marker changes (mine is one of many). After May, I’ll be unable to fly anywhere for the foreseeable future.
REPORT LGBTQ/HIV DISCRIMINATION
action.aclu.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
@aclu.org is documenting cases of passports being delayed or denied due to the halting of all gender marker changes (mine is one of many). After May, I’ll be unable to fly anywhere for the foreseeable future.
Reposted by laurel birch
Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship
Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature. Here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive.
thetransfemininereview.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.
met this cutie 14 years ago on our first date at the beach. then fell in love with the land, plants & wildflowers. celebrating this steadfast love through grief, heartache, joy, endless change. deep connection with plants always at the center. @botanicalhikes
January 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
met this cutie 14 years ago on our first date at the beach. then fell in love with the land, plants & wildflowers. celebrating this steadfast love through grief, heartache, joy, endless change. deep connection with plants always at the center. @botanicalhikes