First Look

First Look

Softness. Sovereignty. Sacred Labor.

Your First Look at Issue 3 is Here. Step into the new season of Dark & Divine Journal. Enter your email below for instant access.

The Fall 2025 Issue

Soft Girl Era vs. Radical Labor

In a world that asks us to choose between softness and strength, Dark & Divine Journal explores how Black women embody both.
Our Fall 2025 Issue invites you to reflect, reclaim, and realign through art, writing, and ritual.

This issue is layered in creativity and consciousness, featuring:

  • The Soft Girl Era vs. Radical Labor – a thought gallery and editorial exploring the tension between surrender and struggle

  • EAT MY FLESH Series Insights – essays that hold space for our relationship with land, love, loss, and labor.

  • Rituals & Guides – from naming ceremonies to values journaling, step deeper into self-alignment

  • Sensual & Sovereign Spotlights – highlighting the muses and makers shaping our world

Peek Inside Before You Subscribe

Your complimentary preview includes:

  • Editor’s Entry

  • A glimpse of our Thought Gallery: Soft Girl Era vs. Radical Labor

  • The Naming Ceremony Ritual

  • Our Values Journal Guide

The Full Experience Awaits

Subscribing unlocks the complete Issue 3 experience on September 19, including:

  • Full editorial & expanded Thought Gallery.

  • Poetry & Chocolate Pairing for your senses

  • Deep dives into our EAT MY FLESH series

  • Sensual & Sovereign Spotlights

  • An exclusive invite to our Machetes & Melanin event this fall

  • Access to our entire archive of Issues

Step into your season of softness, sovereignty, and soul.