Welcome to Your Highness Podcast, a show where we get comfortable with the uncomfortable uncover areas of cannabis where accessibility and inclusiveness are lacking and elevate conversations about ways to affect real change in this space with a specific focus on folks who identify as women.
You're listening to Your Highness Podcast. This is your host, Diana crash. And today I am joined by the lovely fabulous Maggie Wilson of fruit slabs, CMO of fruit slabs that is one of my earliest supporters at this podcast and one of my earliest guests who always imparts infinite wisdom and personality, class charm, all of the wonderful things. I'm so glad to have you here today.
Yes, it's so nice to be back. It's so it's so great. I love that intro.
I didn't warn you on that one. So, we're going to start this episode as I start every episode with our fav pot fav nopat. And in case you have never listened, that means we're going to talk about our favorite cannabis related item at the moment. And our favorite non cannabis related item. So I'm going to begin a cannabis workers coalition is my fav pot bang. It's not a product, it's an organization. And I'm just going to read a little bit from their website. The cannabis workers coalition is a nonprofit community based worker center that organizes and provides support to low wage workers who are not already members of a collective bargaining organization, or have been legally excluded from coverage by us labor laws. So they provide a lot of resources. And one of the ones I pay attention to most because I have about five seconds of you know, attention to spend at any given moment, is their Instagram account because they put out so much valuable information in short, consumable ways, you know, like social media, right? That's valuable, but they bring up topics that I've been, you know, trying to draw attention to myself and saying, Why isn't there more work or more people talking about this not saying like, not to get on my soapbox and say I'm the one talking about it, but I'm, I'm excited to see, you know, that they're talking about how immigration intersects with your employee races and, and how that affects you if you want to work in cannabis, you know. So, and they tell you about how you know, like, what your rights are in, in COVID, during the pandemic, and how the companies are allowed to treat you with, you know, taking time off and things like that. And I know they're also they also put out a call recently for contributors for their website, so definitely check them out, and I'll put the link in the notes for that. So what's your favorite part Maggie?
Oh, my favorite part would definitely be project mission green and the wealden project. I met Weldon Angela was at the Emerald cup 2019 and heard him speak and the wealden all read from their website. The Wellington project is dedicated to funding social change and financial aid for those who are still serving prison time for cannabis related offenses. They do different partnerships with people in the legal cannabis industry. They actually just did a partnership with I think I'm Brian might pronounce it wrong St. IDEs. They did like an official collaboration. Basically, Weldon was this, like this hip hop producer who was working with Daz Dillinger, and Snoop Dogg and all these amazing people. And then he got arrested for a cannabis possession in Utah. And there was basically like some undercover informant type of deal when he was arrested for you know, basically having less than $600 worth of cannabis. And because Utah had mandatory minimums, he was sentenced to 55 years. Like, wow, 55 years in prison she's and he served 13 of those years, and then he got out with the help of like Cory Booker and Bonnie Raitt, and Alicia Keys all these amazing people that stood behind him to help him get him out and now like he came out of it and he started project mission green. And I absolutely like I'm obsessed with it like anytime I can fundraise for it I fundraise for it because the money directly goes to like the prison commissaries. Wow. Like, yeah, Weldon has set it up to where his organization like you can donate directly to somebody commissary. That's amazing. That is, so that is a game changer. Like, that's a game changer. Because there's some people in prison who have to make the decision of whether they get to call home for Christmas or a holiday. Or, or have deodorant, right?
Or have something edible to eat, you know, depending on their situation, you know, because Well, anyway, yeah. That is like really, really amazing to put it directly in the hands of people who need the money. I'm a big huge proponent of anything that does that.
That's awesome. They are the literal best shit ever. They're my favorite part of Fave cannabis Corp. Like they're not Corp collaborate, you know? They are, they're the real deal, like Weldon's a real real fucking deal. And he, you know, just, he's experienced it. He's one of those people that's like, yeah, I've I've served the time. And there's a lot that you know, he has a profile for like every single person that's in, in jail or in prison for nonviolent cannabis crimes. So those and that's like about 2000 people, like over half of the people who are in prison for cannabis crimes are nonviolent offenders, like Weldon sold weed to a childhood friend who just happened to be informant. Wow. So like, you know, it's never sick. But he came out of it. And he got a pardon from, you know, the former President last year, you know, so like, he's a real deal. If you can support like anybody, like, if they're looking for something to support, like learning and educating and listening to Weldon speak is such vital like it is absolutely. Everybody needs to know and listen to his story and hear what he's doing to really make it right and not just be like, Oh, I'm in this industry to make money and be a millionaire and get in vogue. Like
not Yeah, not like that.
Yeah. Right. I know. Like, we were talking about season one and Neeraj, you know, again, I said one of the earliest guests looking back at some of the people that had that attitude and season one and see where they are now. Anyway. My, my fav not pot is still cannabis related, but very distantly. I mean, they talk about cannabis. But it's, again, another, well, I don't want to say that it's just a social media account, because it's not this is a movement, and it's called highly human. And they do have a website, and their website says that it's a queer tiv space for the human race. And they clearly have graphic design experience, because their graphics are incredible. But they release these posts that are like several pages long, and they're extremely informative. They talk about raging against white supremacy, they talk about all of the social constructs, and how we need to dismantle these oppressive systems that we live under. And I mean, they go deep, you know what I mean? It's not like just oh, we shut up. Like these are, these are like, really deep messages that are so profound. And I, you know, hopefully one day we'll have that person who's in charge of the account on this podcast, but I can't speak too much about that yet. But definitely check it out. The The handle is highly human on Instagram, and you can find their website from there, but I'll just say right now that it is we are highly human calm, but you find a lot more on their Instagram. Which again, is the case nowadays for some people. A lot of people really, so what's your fave not? I'm sorry? What? No, you're
totally good. This Instagram makes me want to go to their website. Right? That's how good this Instagram is like. And then you go to their website, and it's like, your face. Hello. This is amazing. Oh, yeah. Right. I know. I'm so happy that you have that you. Oh my god, I'd never heard of this. And this makes me so happy,
right and write all the content, but they give credit to who does and they package the words in such a way where you're like, wow, this is so profound and I need this right now. So it's it's really great.
Love My favorite not pot right now is actually this woman here in LA who has this amazing organization called lunch on me. And it's a nonprofit where they provide plant based food and healing to the underserved community here in LA. And she just expanded to Atlanta. So she's going to be helping people there. And she basically has these like partnerships with Whole Foods and other like plant based food providers and things where she provides food to people who who are homeless, who were underserved, who you know, need help, and you can find like her Instagram has lunch on me, and she has a bodega and Koreatown. So like, she's just all around amazing. I found out about her through my friend Rico, who is her brother, who made these amazing molars for I met him after a red rock show a couple of years ago, and he made these amazing molars and he gave me her book called love without reason. Wow. And she's like a literal mermaid goddess. She is so dope and what she does for the community is just unreal. Like so. Find a low res bodega la RAY i a Degas like you're so definitely check her out, pop into her shop, she has some amazing, like, collaborative, like, just merged, her whole store is full of just like bipoc and, you know, wares and goods. And you know, you're helping somebody who's actually like, really doing a lot to help the community and help the underserved. Because it's not all just like, everything is great. Everything is wonderful. Like, it's not right, we're here today.
Right? Exactly. That's what we're good segue. Yeah, exactly. So you could tell she has a podcast, which we're gonna talk about later, but you're a professional. So today, we're going to talk about toxic positivity. Toxic toxic positivity is the assumption either by oneself or others that despite a person's emotional pain or difficult situation, they should have a positive mindset. Or like positive vibes, good vibes. Only, we see those words a lot in cannabis. And so yeah, in an industry that is supposedly making it easier for women and marginalized folks to make a name, and to create a stable future. We can see a lot of this kind of attitude, right? This is because of because of that framing, though, because of the fact that this is supposed to be an industry that's like, a little bit better in some ways. People in these groups have a hard time verbalizing how difficult this space can be. They feel a little bit trapped, right? You know, like trapped in the toxic positivity bubble or however you want to put it. Maggie, you have experienced with almost every element of this industry. What is one way you see toxic positivity play out?
Oh, for sure. There's some there's something in the cannabis industry that it's a it's still new. So it's basically like a toddler who's like, I'm gonna draw on this wall. And there's no accountability for me because that's what I do. Right? And that's, that's basically how I've seen this play out time and time again, with brands with companies with just the industry as a whole is it's like, oh, that episode of South Park where BP spills all the oil into the you know, the ocean and they just keep apologizing. They look we're sorry. We're so worried. It's not even that like it's just like, we didn't do that. Right? mute. Block, delete. That didn't happen. Yeah, that's what happened. And it's like, No, you're right, that always comes out like people talk and people know, and it's their right to share their experience. It doesn't matter how positive you want it to be. If it wasn't positive, that's okay. Right. Every is right, exactly. Not everybody is going to have a positive experience with everything in cannabis. I was raised to believe I was allergic to cannabis. So like I was very, very like, No, fuck that not doing this. I can't you know, I didn't judge my friends that smoked weed. They were my best friends. I was like y'all can smoke weed. That's cool but like I just can't I'm allergic and they were like Maggie girl you're not and I was like, No, I'm listen to my mom, like knows. Yeah. And you know what she was she was wrong. But But I you know, she wasn't wrong. She told me because she didn't want me to go to jail. She didn't right. What happened to my brother who was 17 he got arrested. He was white. He got pro he got What's it called? I keep calling it customer service, community service. Basically, same thing, you know, God, but he got community service. And this was in southeast Tennessee and my mom was like, No way there's that's not going to happen to you. If you if you're allergic to wheat. Don't smoke it, don't touch it. Don't go near it. Like she absolutely known as a mother 100% believe why she said it and was like, you know, there's nothing positive gonna come out of this for you if you're smoking weed on the internet, right? You don't get to do that. Like,
yeah, yeah. And so now like trying to be positive about it is kind of, you know, like putting a positive, there's just a lot going on, you know, there's a lot of unlearned behavior, like, do you know, to that point of what you're just talking about? But, you know, for me, having worked predominantly in women occupied industries before coming to cannabis, I can understand the desire to frame cannabis as a different space. You know, this podcast is a direct reflection of that wish. I would love nothing more to than to shout on the rooftops that the cannabis space fosters more of a support system amongst women, and non binary folks. But so long as we exist under the patriarchy, the industry doesn't matter. We have to be honest about our struggles, as well as our concerns about being loyal to other women in this space. I think we can show up for one another, while also being blunt about those difficulties. What do you think?
Oh, I absolutely believe so too. I mean, if we're not real with each other than how do we grow, right? If we're just being like, Oh, that's totally fine. And you just need to look at the positive side of it and be grateful and have gratitude that it happened. How do you learn the lesson? You don't, right? going to repeat itself over and over again, until you break out of your toxic positivity cycle, right? And be like, Oh, no, I have to be accountable. Or I have to do this or, or take constructive criticism, like, just just be able to take constructive criticism and not brush it off with that's not positive. Right. You're gaslighting me like, no, it's called accountability. Yeah,
I think I can share what for you, you know, this is theoretical, because you have not actually been an asshole to me. But you know, if you're being an asshole one day, and I could say, you know what, that was kind of, you're kind of being an asshole. But that doesn't mean I'm still not going to tell everybody that you're amazing and wonderful and show up for you all the time. And push it even further. There may be some people in the space that I don't agree with about a lot of things, but I don't have an issue with them personally. They're not causing harm. And I want to see women succeed at the end of the day, I want them to go forward and and dominate. But I'm also going to say you know what, she might be a little bit rude on the phone. She might not call you back for a couple of weeks, I will tell you the truth and that's not being negative.
That's just being truthful. There's a difference in being truthful and being negative. And the cannabis industry I mean, I think just this whole generation in general, we've become so sensitive to people being real and people being just like, honest,
right? See, I just finished a book called feeling good and I've talked about it a lot on this podcast, but you know, if you're a person who has anxiety you you might overthink you know that phone call while she sounded like she did not like she was mad at me. She sounded like she was irritated She sounded like this this or this or she you might come away from a transaction thinking another woman thinks less of you or whatever gets well instead of letting your mind go and play all kinds of games with that thought and turn it in twisted into something actually negative. Ask that woman Did I upset you? Do you not like me? Did I do something wrong? Because a lot more is accomplished with those conversations than just getting off the phone politely letting your brain think a billion negative thoughts and spiral out of control. And then you know push away from that person or not fully support them in the way that you wanted to because you thought it was something else that it wasn't
right I mean, then first agreements don't take anything personally. Nobody does anything about you ever fucking ever. Right? Everything is about Everybody's self period, end of story.
Right? If you're mad, it's about you. If you're angry, it's about you. At the end of the day, you know, everyone has a million things going on. And you cannot expect people to react the way that you want them to at any given moment. And that is a hard lesson to learn. I mean, I learned it, I'm learning, it's still and I'm going through it every day, I have to remind myself that a lot, many times,
yeah, that's the point. It's not a one and done thing. It's like, right every single day, no matter who you're talking to, or what you're experiencing, even if you're just watching something being like, don't take anything personally. And you, it makes you have a different perspective, when you're like, oh, and we all know this, if everybody is looking out for themselves, if it comes down to you and somebody else being shot, they're not gonna be like, shoot me. Like, right, it's a pretty good chance that they're gonna be like, Okay.
Um, yeah, so, I have a silly question. Since you're like the metaphysical Maven, do you think the toxic positivity has any metaphysical implications?
Absolutely. We're more than just our physical body. You know, we're our emotional body where our spirit body and then like, certain practices believe that we have 11, like, intertwined light bodies, basically. And just having unrealistic hopes, is self destructive. It's, it's not good for you. It's not good for any of your bodies or your mind or your soul to just constantly think that to think unrealistically like, everything's not going to be positive, you're not going to break your hip and go through surgery and be good as new like, right, that's unrealistic, it's realistic to expect pain, and to, you know, that pain will decrease over time and how you know, your body and things will shift, you're still being positive, like, I'm not gonna die from having hip surgery, but you're not giving yourself an unrealistic hope that's just gonna set you up to be disappointed. unrealistic expectations. I think many people perpetuate toxic positivity without realizing that they're even doing it. Because it's just, it's like, well, I'm gonna keep my bubble the way that it is. I'm gonna, you know, I'm not gonna allow somebody to come in and call me out for for whatever. Bernie Brown says, integrity is choosing courage over comfort, choosing what's right over what's fun, fast or easy, and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them. So I've told so many people who like to keep their social media platforms just a positive circle jerk that you know, when they post stolen content or misinformation that that's the problem with toxic positivity, because people think that they can do these things and then just go on to their social media and act like nobody's gonna hold them accountable when people know like toxic positivity kills, constructive criticism. Like right it it toxic positivity kills compassion, because being compassion isn't being compassionate. It's not ranting on Twitter about how you're doing something for your mental health. And then suddenly, you're an advocate, and you're burning sage, and you're being like posting all these pictures, and you've got crystals in your house, and you're wearing a mushroom necklace. And you're like, if I was only like, no, that's spiritual bypassing, right? Dangerous is
absolutely is dangerous to your mental health. And I would even say, since we're on an alliteration roll, what your your you were you said? You're saying so seawards collaboration, I would say that toxic positivity kills collaboration, true collaboration, because how can you really partner with someone if you're not just saying like, this is my reality? This is my struggle. I'm not complaining all the time. But this is what what, what it is, and like, this is what I'm having a problem with, you know, then that other person could say, well, Yeah, same here. And maybe you can come up with a solution for that shared problem, or something like that. But you can't really collaborate. If you're not being really honest about your situation. And you're just saying, like, I have to keep it up here. I have to keep it. You know, I can't believe that that does happen. So let's talk about some of the tips of like, how to combat toxic positivity. Oh, we already talked about, you know, not it's okay to not be okay, we already talked about that. But like, what are some other things that people can do to actively fight toxic positivity every day? Do you want to start Maggie?
Oh, you know, yeah, I actually I just like today I had a therapy session with my therapist. And, you know, I think that if should be in therapy. If you can, you know, everybody, it's great to have somebody to talk to. But it's really great to have somebody to talk to that knows what is going on in the brain and knows what neurologically happens to us when we're flooded with those things. So, you know, like, one of the tools she gave me this week was like, you can't control what you can't control. And I think that that really is just probably the best piece of information, especially when it comes to toxic positivity. Like you can't control what other people you can't control. Like, if they're going to accept whatever or not like, if they're just going to be like that, they're going to be like that you have a right to say, to say, you know, you ever had to speak your opinion and speak on your experience. But if someone has their blinders on, and it's just all about spiritually bypassing, like, you don't have to convince them. You don't have to convince anybody,
right? Yeah, exactly. At my therapist really kind of knocked me over with, with the realization that I was obsessing so much over uncontrollable things when I was talking to her about, you know, all the things that caused me anxiety, and she was like, but you can't control this, but you take kids, you know, and then she's like, isn't that exhausting? And when she asked me that, I was like, Yes, yes, it is. It is so exhausting. You can't control how other people feel. It seems so simple to say out loud. But then if you really pull that apart, it's like, wow, yeah, you know what? Um, so another thing to do is, you know, talking about we can't control how people feel, or we have to validate, listen, and validate listening. That's a very big lesson to learn as well. You know, if someone's saying you're not being inclusive, don't say, but we did this, this, this and this, and this, Oh, my, you know, oh, my God,
don't get me. Okay, you can get me started. Yes, you started when someone, especially if someone, women and minority comes to you, and it's like, hey, you're claiming to be inclusive and diverse. And that's not my experience. Don't be like, well, if you were educated, and you knew about my past, then you'd know I was inclusive. Right? Fuck you. And I don't want to be in your circle. I don't want to do anything. I don't want to support you or anyone else in any way, like, right? to, you know, like, come on. And that, that directly that experience directly happened to me this week in the cannabis space. And I was shocked that this person didn't call to talk to me about it, but they did call my partner and waste his fuckin time about it. And as I guess it's like, I was like, I'm glad that my partner is white. And he can explain to other white people where they're wrong. Because if I do it, I'm an angry, hostile black woman. Right? Oh,
yeah, you have a completely different experience with toxic positivity being placed on you. And I can't even imagine. And that's the thing. Like if someone tells you, hey, listen, you know, you're not doing this thing right now. Don't say like, oh, but trust me, I know, it's hard. And I'm a white woman. I know, it's our urge to say, you know, but we did this, and this and that, you know, even just the other day, like, I've dropped off my son at daycare, and I put the forms that weren't needed in his bag in the folder. At the end of the day, the teacher is like, if you could fill out this form, and I was like, oh, but I, you know, I'm pretty sure I put it in the bag. And my husband's like, well, we'll do it. And I said, Did it sound like I was trying to argue and he's like, oh, little bit. And I and I, you know, I think it's like a constant like these are all things that we always have to remind ourselves but white women especially, you know, it's it's hard. I know. It's hard to fight.
Oh my
I'm kidding. It's not hard to fight being a Karen but it is difficult to fight the urge to be like, I but I tried, you know, I really didn't mean want to do. Yeah, I
was women were like that. I did that. But yeah, I did it. like nobody else fucking did it. I did it. I was waiting for something. You know, like, as women were like, We did it. We you know, nobody was gonna do it. So I did it and right, that's just,
but then that should even make us more understanding and the fact that if someone comes to us and tells us their experience, then we do not invalidate it. Right? Okay. If, if like every single red flag is popping up, it's showing you that this person is lying, that's one thing. But otherwise, believe them, believe them, listen to them, and look at it and go, alright, where's the kernel of truth in this like, even if you are so on the other side of it, and you're like, there's no way being racist right now. Right? You know, like, try to just for one second go, alright, if I didn't know me, or my actions, could they in some way, you know, try to just pull it apart? Like really pull it apart. And and look at it from how would you feel? You know, we we have humans have a hard time especially now with COVID connecting our air like inner workings to how other people work, right? Like, if this happened to me how would I feel,
you know, like put yourself in their shoes, put yourself in their skin and walk into your room or walk into your social media platform or walk into your Instagram feed and be like, wow, this doesn't look like if I looked like them that I would feel included. Like, right, it's that fucking easy.
Yeah, yeah, it really is. And, you know, if people are saying like, take a seat, take a freakin seat. stay in your lane, you know? Because I think that is one of the biggest things that like is, is a toxic positivity. What's the word? Something that like makes it go further, you know, is that we're lalla? writer excelerator. Right. Yeah. Um, it's like we we just, we have to be realistic about our situations as a whole and not just be like, oh, okay, well, that person, you know, they have their opinion, but that's not me. It's, it's okay to be defensive, but it's not okay to be like obstructive with your defensive mechanisms, you know, you're to not look at it in any kind of way as a an opportunity for growth, you know, right.
Don't assume that the person who's coming to you is not educated on what they're coming to you about. Maybe they researched you before they asked you why you're not inclusive. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Maybe they did a little research. Maybe they use the, the inclusive base list that you weren't on. And then they reached out with their experience, like, Hey, you know, how can you be more inclusive? And then if you come back, and you're like, Oh, I am being inclusive. If they ask you how you're doing that, that's not them being defensive. That's them saying, Okay, great. I'm so glad that you're doing something. Can you tell me what you're doing? Because I don't see it.
Right. Yeah, exactly. And and if you're really so offended, instead of just being like I am, I am, I am being this way than just how about instead of saying that saying, ask the question, how am I not being inclusive. And if that person says, XYZ, then that's all you need, you don't need anything else. Because it doesn't matter what your background is, it doesn't matter what you've done in this industry. What matters is that moment, what matters is the impact that you have with your messages. And so, you know, it's like, overall, I think that we can make a difference in this space. And I think that this could be a better place for women, people of color, and all marginalized folks, but, but not if we continue this, like let's just support each other without talking about the issues. And if we continue to, you know, drown out other people's lived experiences, who are the most negatively impacted by the war on drugs? Then you know, why are you even in this space? Like what is the point of being in the space if you're not really trying to listen and learn and just give up to people give up
or marginalize and directly affect like, you know, with mission green one of the things they do is once you you know, if you like when you get out of prison, they help you like become another like member of society because it's not like when you come out of prison, you're you're automatically just like back ends in normal life. Like it's a privilege to be working in cannabis. And it's especially a privilege to be a white person working in cannabis like every absolutely Sit the fuck down and realize that like, This isn't like this isn't your playground? This isn't your Vogue cover. This isn't your top 10 bucks and best CBD What the fuck ever. It's not right. It's right but and if you keep paying to get on those lists, everybody knows who's paid to get on those lists like right, we all know that it's paid for and like, it doesn't make you look good. It doesn't give you clout to be a top 20 for a woman in cannabis if you paid your PR agent to get on that list. Congratulations. You have the privilege of paying a PR person to get on a list that a marginalized person doesn't have have the ability to do that. So, congrats for being a top 20 rich, privileged white person. Like, who cares, right? Who cares? Yeah.
Yeah, literally, who cares? You know? At the point, I'm at that point now it's like,
I mean, how dare you talk about it doesn't fit my aesthetic, you know, I mean, and they don't even say that, but they say it in certain ways, you know what I'm telling me about. And it's like, at this point, if you're coming into the industry with like, a luxury brand, or a lifestyle brand, and you do not acknowledge all the many in justices that are currently going on in this space, and how they intersect with other issues in other industries that have nothing to do with cannabis, then you really, really don't have any business being in it at this point. Like, you just, you just don't like, I don't want to hear about it. I'm over it. I've been interviewing people for the last five years, and I've done enough of those interviews where it's just like sunshine and rainbows and I am super cute. And I smoke pot, but like you wouldn't expect me to. And right. I'm tired of that message.
I'm so tired of I used to live in a non legal state and I would sell weed because I'm privileged and white and I wouldn't get arrested for selling yes to my friends. And now I'm in exactly the cannabis company. Like Yes, shut the fuck up.
Let's keep it positive because we get to smoke the plant and that's the most positive thing.
Like breathe in the budget. Exhale the budget no bitch breathe in good shit. And then exhale something really productive.
Yeah, right. Yeah, it's like come on now. Anyway, see? Can you tell we've been through it anyway?
Experience Oh, we know y'all have been through it. We're literally I'm hosting a clubhouse room next Monday called like, cannabis marketing horror stories. So come join us. I won't be in there. Miranda calming Whitney Adrian and Morgan from this cannabis life stoned in town. And we're just gonna, like, have a good little chat listened to we want to hear them. We want to hear your experiences. And it's gonna be like a weekly room where it's like, safe. You know, somebody called a safe space, a brave space yesterday. And I love that. Like, I like that loved it. And I was like, yeah, this is a brave space for you to come in and be like, who is the lesson I learned? And it's not Yeah, not being? It's not a space for toxic positivity? It's not?
No, this is a nice space from toxic positivity. Right. That's awesome. So is there anything else that you'd like to promote? Or do you have any other calls to action before we end?
Oh,
let me see. So I would say, I definitely don't know, I just like made my whole screen go away. I would definitely say you know, if you're if you're a creative if you're an artist, or you're anybody that wants to, you know, get in, get in cannabis, or like, you know, likes the industry and is in the industry and is looking for something to like, show your creative pursuits, and you feel like you're not being heard. I created a collaborator network for fruits labs, where we basically, were looking to support creatives, and, and make it you know, and actually do that, and not just be like, we support bipoc. And then you go on to something and you're like, how are you doing this, like, you know, we want to use our connections and our resources. So it's free to join. And then we give you free product, we give you free swag. And we use our connections and our resources to help you do what you want to do. Like we combine the best of our strengths. And I basically when I came into full fledge, I created this network, because I see that there is such a pay to play in the cannabis industry. Even when it comes down to marketing campaigns. Like you can see if you watch brands, the girls that go from marketing campaign from one brand, to another marketing campaign, and one and another brand, because their girlfriend is like the person who's in charge, and it's just like how it's the same face over and over again. Oh, that girl used to be a proponent for this. And now she's a proponent for this. But where's the bipoc people? Where next people? Where are the trans people? Like, where are they like we know that cannabis is not just white, blonde girl, whatever. Like it's, it's more than that. It's always been more than that. It's always going to be more than that. And that's why I created the collaborator network. And we've got like 15 people in the network right now. Everybody from Latin x bipoc. Tran like LG vt q trans just you know, and it's a beautiful space where they all come together and they're like, this is my strong suit. And this is my strong suit. And like one one of them like, is a traveling girl in an RV. And she's like a plant based, you know, a plant based liver, like a mobile person, like, I don't even know what it's called. But like, there's a word for it like mobile living, you know, like, yeah, off the grid, but they might have been doing that now. Yeah. And, you know, that's, that's basically, you know, it's a follow for clubs and join our collaborator network, because we want to help, we want to help get the word out, we want the people who are using cannabis who have disabilities, who are the actual face of what this movement is about. If they want to be included, like, our doors are open, and there's nothing I'd rather do with fruit gloves and make it more inclusive. Then, you know, everybody can be more inclusive, and everybody in the cannabis industry can just, you know, be more mindful of, of not being so toxic.
Les Paul writes, what was the name again, of the person you're working with? You said the cut out right? When you're saying vegan? Was it the traveling vegan? Traveling herbivore is one of our traveling herbivore and they're called post collaborators. That's so cute. I love it. Yeah.
The website and you join you fill out of Google forum, you tell us your Instagram, you tell us what you want to do. We've got a great guy who's like a videographer. And he's like, I'll I'll make I'll make dope as videos. And we were like, sweet, we'll send you some products. And we send a product, then he's my job as videos for us. The guy who made our model is the one who is low res brother. Like, we were like, you know, do you want to be a collaborator, and he made matching molars for all the fruit slabs skews. So you can literally like do a meditation with your fruit slabs. That's like, Amethyst, or, you know, fluoride, like literally the meditation for your vibe. Like, wow, it's amazing. And that's something that he like him and our CEO collaboratively came up with because that's a strong suit is making spiritual but boozy jewelry. So they're, like $250 molars, like they're stacked with real crystals and Swarovski and shit like that. That's what he does. And it's like, That's dope, you know, how can we work with you and it formed a beautiful partnership, we found out about his sister and all the awesome things that she does. So I say, everybody that I mentioned in this episode, please go follow their Instagrams, their websites, donate to project vision grain, if you can even $5 you would be so surprised how much $5 does for somebody in commissary like it could it could change their life, it could make their kids life could make somebody getting a phone call for Mother's Day, like honestly,
yes. It's so expensive. When my brother was in prison. I paid for his phone cards a lot. And I mean, you go through those so quickly. I mean, I don't know if they still use phone cards, but
yeah, you still have some like, hey, to make a phone call in prison. That's what Weldon talked about. Yeah. Weldon shared that. Like male industry. Yeah. Oh, don't even that's another episode The industrial prison complex. A little have that I
guess, like a whole? Oh, yeah. But anyway, yeah. Whoo. That's amazing. And I love that you put that in there. And what about your metaphysical side of thing? Anything that you want to mention?
Yes. So I'm actually making a tarot deck with a really great company out of the United Kingdom. And it'll be available next year. In the fall of 2022, and just a little teaser, it's gonna be a metaphysical cannabis. Oracle deck. Wow. I'm so excited about that. I'm very excited to if you're familiar with the modern witch Tarot, there, it's going to be through that company. So the modern witch Tarot came out a couple years ago, and it's like, very inclusive and diverse and like LGBTQ friendly. It's like, it's the number one best selling tarot deck on Amazon right now, because it's awesome. It has almost like 11,005 star reviews. Wow. Yeah. So like, That's
amazing. It's gonna be good. I can't wait. I'm so excited. And I am so excited that you spent time with me today, and I can't thank you enough. Please come back anytime. Yes. Thank you for listening. Until next time, stay high and beautiful. Bye. Thanks for listening. You can find us on Instagram at Your Highness Podcast, or on Twitter at Highness Podcast. Be sure to rate us on iTunes and subscribe.