Your Healing Crystals Are Part of the Capitalist Exploitation Machine By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Healing crystals move from poor villages to first world consumers along a trail of death, ecological destruction, and capitalistic concentration of wealth.
Appropriation in the Land of Enchantment By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In New Mexico, cultural appropriation by newcomers is fueling Indigenous activism over colonialism and property rights.
The Healing Crystal Community Needs to Confront Its Connection to Dubious Mining Operations By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Maybe healing your body and Mother Earth with crystals extracted by environmentally dubious means isn’t the best approach to healing.