What’s Folkweaver all about?
Folkweaver is about weaving stories of connection, creation, and power reclamation to re-examine relationship, family and social constructs in a society not (yet) designed for our collective thriving.
At Folkweaver, I write to a build a bridge from the dumpsterfire of the world as it exists to visioning a better world where all of us get to thrive. I think of reconnecting to ourselves, each other, and our planet as our primary tools to bridge us from here to there.
I use personal narrative to weave the personal and the political, threading interdisciplinary reflections on motherhood & family constructs, neuroqueerness, intersectional feminism, immigrant experience, creativity as resilience, community organizing and activism, radical approaches to rearing young people, and more generally, on any and all themes that speak to me as radical means to re-connect to ourselves, each other and this planet. I write from a critical intersectional feminist, liberation-based, and forever decoloniz(ing) lens.
Why subscribe?
You might subscribe because you’re thinking, “hell yes all of this,” and want to make sure you have a voice that resonates landing weekly in your inbox.
You might subscribe because a piece caught your eye, or a friend told you to, or because you want to peruse the archives, or because you saw something you dig that I posted on Instagram.
But really, really, you subscribe because you are curious about what you know in your bones is broken in the way we are in relationship to ourselves, each other, and this planet, and because you know that together, we can do something about mending it.
Why support this work
For hopefully obvious reasons, the current constructs don’t actively support their own dismantling, which is why building robust communities together to support spaces like Folkweaver means so much. Your subscription helps make this work my livelihood, and each paid subscription makes a tangible difference in making that possible.
Sharing this publication with like-hearted folks is another genuinely helpful way you can support this space’s thriving. Liking and commenting also go a long way!
A bit about me
I’m a writer, mother and community builder based in the Ohlone land of San Francisco. I write primarily narrative nonfiction, but also play with YA fantasy, speculative fiction, and poetry.
I’m published in Mutha and Motherly magazine, and am currently searching for a likehearted agent to bring some of my projects to the wider world, so if that might be your, reach out!
When I’m not writing, I support mission-driven clients in their work as a consultant. You can learn more about my work here.
I’ve worn many hats in my days to weave people together: from co-founding a forest school cooperative and several parenting communities, to founding and leading a strategic DEIB consultancy, to serving as a Senior Advisor to Fenway Strategies, the premier speechwriting company founded by Obama’s former speechwriters. I helped grow non-profits like Girls Who Code and Teach For All in their early days, and started my career as a Teach For America corps member.
Say hi!
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Thanks for being here
For real. I don’t take it lightly and am so glad you’re here!
Sara
