How are you resting from screens?
Welcome to our December Newsletter.
Our December news is usually shorter to allow time for restoration and rest. All I will say today is this: it feels to all of us here at Voxel Hub that it was a heavy year, so we wish you a peaceful, calm and restorative Holiday Season.
This month, I encourage you to think about effective digital detoxing – we have published a handy ebook on the topic. You can find it here.
At Voxel Hub, we are wrapping up for winter months with a blanket, a cup of Moomin tea and a pile of books about geek therapies, feminism and modern conceptualisations of witchcraft – truly fitting themes for darker months. Saying that, with the Winter Solstice this week, the days are starting to grow longer, so we will be back in January with more digital wellbeing content and renewed energies, too.
Have a soft, restful end of the year and a smooth entry into the New Year 2024!
My favourite topic this month
This month I am exploring feminism and the impact of witch hunts on the current discrimination of women:
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici
Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials by Marion Gibson
A Brief History of Witchcraft and the Occult: A Beginner’s Journey from the Surreal to the Scientific, From Crystals and Tarot to Science and Philosophy by Dominic Haynes
Witch Hunt: A Traveler’s Journey into the Power and Persecution of the Witch by Kristen J. Sollée
Woman, Church & State: The Original Exposé of Male Collaboration Against the Female Sex by Matilda Joslyn Gage
Rebel Folklore: Empowering Tales of Spirits, Witches and Other Misfits from Anansi to Baba Yaga by Icy Sedgwick
The Witches of Kyiv and other Gothic Tales: Selected Works of Orest Somov
If you have any recommendations on the topic, please let me know! Thank you!
Resources & Offerings
We have two fantastic holiday suggestions: Jess wrote about forest bathing (the perfect idea for any season!), and Jo wrote about slowing down.
We have our CPD training “Introduction to Digital Self-Care” planned for the 2nd of February 2024 (in celebration of Safe Internet Day 2024). You can sign up here.
Also, a gentle reminder that we have launched a Voxel Hub Podcast and you can listen to the first two episodes directly on the web here or over on Spotify here. More episodes coming soon!
Thank you for reading our Newsletter. Talk to us online, check out our blog and let us know what else you want to see here in the upcoming months.
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