Southern Rural Black Women Are Using Political Power to Transform the Southern Narrative ~Don’t just say thank you to a black woman. Do better, be better, Alabama~ The righteous have spoken in Alabama as the world watched in election speculation. Black southern rural women in the poorest counties in the state turned out in high … [Read more…]
In Birmingham, Alabama, a new all-femme booking agency is looking to create inclusive and safe music scenes one show at a time. Amber Ritchie, one of a trio of women running Black Tongue Booking took a few moments away from her growing new enterprise to answer questions about the bands coming our way and the … [Read more…]
Hockey! Park ranger go-go boots! Ghosts! Here’s your party mix of links. Don’t worry, I already picked out the rye chips for you. “Women don’t lose themselves in motherhood; society loses them. Feminism loses the voices of women who become mothers.” Here’s some righteous, unfiltered rage to get your Labor Day weekend off … [Read more…]
Picking up where my fellow AB Editor, Heather Green, left off, it’s time to go deep y’all. Now I’ll admit, some of the songs on this list are more about what touches my soul than what might be considered traditional Soul, but we all know sometimes you gotta feel the funk just as much … [Read more…]
Happy Friday! I am pulling this thing together while eating a tiny bowl of chocolate chips. I suggest a similar snack as you peruse your weekly links. Let’s go!
Confession: I’ve only watched maybe a total of two hours of Olympics coverage, but I am loving all these beautiful stories of women supporting one another that are coming out of Rio. But don’t worry, I’ve still got you covered with the content you’ve come to expect from your weekly compilation—you’ve got quite a … [Read more…]