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Alabama

How Black Women Are Helping to Turn Alabama Blue

December 14, 2017 by Salaam Green Leave a Comment
Screen grab (Doug Jones campaign footage)

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…]

Posted in: News Feed, Politics Tagged: Alabama, black women, Doug Jones, Roy Moore

All-Femme Black Tongue Booking Takes Birmingham by Storm

February 15, 2017 by Meeghan Kane Leave a Comment
photo by Mateo Montoya

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…]

Posted in: Music, News Feed Tagged: Alabama, Amber Ritchie, Birmingham, Black Tongue Booking, LaShunda Simpson, Lindsey Shante

A Week’s Worth of Women in the News

September 2, 2016 by Bethany Dailey Tisdale Leave a Comment
photo via Creative Commons

  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…]

Posted in: Arts & Culture, History, News Feed, Politics Tagged: Alabama, beyonce, Bonded, Coyotes, Dawn Braid, Domestic Violence, Eric Garner, feminist club, gender wage gap, gendered bathrooms, headphones, hockey, hoechella, Mike Brown, misogynoir, motherhood, Moya Bailey, National Park Service, trans actresses, Trayvon Martin, VMAs

Auntie Bellum Weekend Mix #13: Soul Edition, Part 2

August 26, 2016 by Jenni Brennison Leave a Comment
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  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…]

Posted in: Arts & Culture, History, Music, Our Voices Tagged: AB Mix, Alabama, Betty Davis, Bettye Swann, Big Mama Thornton, blues, Blues Moon Radio, Clair De Lune, Della Humphrey, Etta Baker, Florida, Irma Thomas, Janis Joplin, Louisiana, Maxine Brown, North Carolina, Preservation Hall, R&B, Soul, Soul Jazz Records, South Carolina, Sweet Emma Barrett, Tami Lynn, The Flirtations, WUSC

A Week’s Worth of Women in the News

August 26, 2016 by Bethany Dailey Tisdale Leave a Comment
Sheet music from Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

  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!

Posted in: Arts & Culture, News Feed, Our Voices Tagged: Abraham Lincoln, Alabama, Anne of Green Gables, body positivity, burkini, Ku Klux Klan, lesbian farmers, Leslie Jones, Maria Fabrizi, monuments, patriotism, Rush Limbaugh

A Week’s Worth of Women in the News

August 19, 2016 by Bethany Dailey Tisdale Leave a Comment
Americans Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin making history at the 2016 Olympics (via YouTube)

  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…]

Posted in: Arts & Culture, History, News Feed, Politics Tagged: #blackgirlmagic, 2016 Olympics, Abbey D'Agostino, Alabama, Baton Rouge flood, Best Children's Music, Brianna Rollins, child birth, China, dildos, Gabby Douglas, hurdles, Leslie Jones, menstruation, Michelle Carter, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin, Nikki Hamblin, pelvic exam, queer hip hop history, Rio, Sarah Robles, simmer, The Get Down, University of Texas
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