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How do folk songs transmit histories of abortion and the uses of abortive herbs? This song, “Let No Man Steal Your Thyme,” uses layered puns to communicate experiences about how to resolve unwanted pregnancies. Women are warned to let no man steal their thyme/time. In some contexts a few hundred years ago, singers would have understood thyme as an herb that helped to regulate menstrual cycles- so in this case, stolen thyme could mean your cycle has stopped! In the place of thyme, rue spreads… and rue was historically used as an abortive herb. A song like this one would have helped everyday people to understand their options when they found themselves “in trouble.” *I’m NOT endorsing the use of herbal abortifacients- which can be extremely dangerous, especially if taken with no guidance- don’t do it! But we do have a right to understanding these histories* We’ll be exploring songs like this one in my course Badass Women in Folk Song. Learn a one-of-a-kind collection of songs from Scotland, England and Appalachia all about creative, cunning and subversive women- and get lots of history along the way. We start the week of January 12th, so sign up now! Lynk in my byo! **I’ve just added an additional experience for the course: We’ll have a special guest lecture about how women have used literature and plant metaphors to talk about their experiences of abortion and miscarriage, to parallel our studies of abortifacients and coded language in folk song.** ##abortionrights##mybodymychoice##roevwade##abortionstories##jancecollective##peopleshistory##folksong##feministfolk##feminist##fiercewoman##matriarchy##womeninmusic##womenoffolk##womensstruggles##womensrights##womenshistory##feministhistory##divinefeminine##reproductiverights##feministmusic##bard##medievalwomen##folksongs##righttochoose##transhistory

How do folk songs transmit histories of abortion and the uses of abortive herbs? This song, “Let No Man Steal Your Thyme,” uses layered puns to communicate experiences about how to resolve unwanted pregnancies. Women are warned to let no man steal their thyme/time. In some contexts a few hundred years ago, singers would have understood thyme as an herb that helped to regulate menstrual cycles- so in this case, stolen thyme could mean your cycle has stopped! In the place of thyme, rue spreads… and rue was historically used as an abortive herb. A song like this one would have helped everyday people to understand their options when they found themselves “in trouble.” *I’m NOT endorsing the use of herbal abortifacients- which can be extremely dangerous, especially if taken with no guidance- don’t do it! But we do have a right to understanding these histories* We’ll be exploring songs like this one in my course Badass Women in Folk Song. Learn a one-of-a-kind collection of songs from Scotland, England and Appalachia all about creative, cunning and subversive women- and get lots of history along the way. We start the week of January 12th, so sign up now! Lynk in my byo! **I’ve just added an additional experience for the course: We’ll have a special guest lecture about how women have used literature and plant metaphors to talk about their experiences of abortion and miscarriage, to parallel our studies of abortifacients and coded language in folk song.** ##abortionrights##mybodymychoice##roevwade##abortionstories##jancecollective##peopleshistory##folksong##feministfolk##feminist##fiercewoman##matriarchy##womeninmusic##womenoffolk##womensstruggles##womensrights##womenshistory##feministhistory##divinefeminine##reproductiverights##feministmusic##bard##medievalwomen##folksongs##righttochoose##transhistory

Blessed Imbolc to everyone! This ancient Irish festival is also the feast day to St. Brigid, a woman and patron saint of Ireland who founded a holy house at Kildare. Most scholars agree this saint is a continuation of the pre-Christian deity/magical woman Bríde, who is chronicled in several medieval Irish texts- in some cases, she is described as three sisters named Bríg- daughters of the Dagda. One Bríg is a healer (a “leech-woman”), another a blacksmith, and a third a muse/bringer of poetry. St. Brigid was de-canonized by the Catholic church in the late 20th century, probably due to doubts that the saint herself ever existed, but she continues to be popularly revered across Ireland and beyond! Here are a few verses of the gaelic song “Gabhaim molta Bride,” in praise of Bríde/Brigid (lyrics below). Gabhaim molta Bride Ionmhain í le hÉireann Ionmhain le gach tír í Molaimis go léir í Praise to you dear Bride Cherished of our people Cherished foster-mother Midwife and provider The lyrics are thought to come from a poem by Tomás Ó Flannghaile, or Thomas Flannery (1846-1916). This second verse is my own, using the sentiments of the original poem by Ó Flannghaile. #goddessbrigid #imbolc #imbolcblessings #saintbrigid #pagansongs #paganritual #paganchant #restoreroe #womenshistory #womensrights #medievalwomen #feministmusic #bard #irishsong #irishgaelicsong

Blessed Imbolc to everyone! This ancient Irish festival is also the feast day to St. Brigid, a woman and patron saint of Ireland who founded a holy house at Kildare. Most scholars agree this saint is a continuation of the pre-Christian deity/magical woman Bríde, who is chronicled in several medieval Irish texts- in some cases, she is described as three sisters named Bríg- daughters of the Dagda. One Bríg is a healer (a “leech-woman”), another a blacksmith, and a third a muse/bringer of poetry. St. Brigid was de-canonized by the Catholic church in the late 20th century, probably due to doubts that the saint herself ever existed, but she continues to be popularly revered across Ireland and beyond! Here are a few verses of the gaelic song “Gabhaim molta Bride,” in praise of Bríde/Brigid (lyrics below). Gabhaim molta Bride Ionmhain í le hÉireann Ionmhain le gach tír í Molaimis go léir í Praise to you dear Bride Cherished of our people Cherished foster-mother Midwife and provider The lyrics are thought to come from a poem by Tomás Ó Flannghaile, or Thomas Flannery (1846-1916). This second verse is my own, using the sentiments of the original poem by Ó Flannghaile. #goddessbrigid #imbolc #imbolcblessings #saintbrigid #pagansongs #paganritual #paganchant #restoreroe #womenshistory #womensrights #medievalwomen #feministmusic #bard #irishsong #irishgaelicsong

Do you know this Appalachian ballad, “West Virginia Mine Disaster,” by female folk legend Jean Ritchie? This song, inspired by the disastrous Farmington/Mannington Mine Disaster in West Virginia in 1968, is told from the perspective of a miner’s wife. We hear her perspective as she receives the news that her husband may be trapped in a mine accident. Her thoughts race as she thinks about the fate of her family. Songs like these by Appalachian women give an important perspective often missing from our labor histories. In my Badass Women in Folk Song course (starting this week) we’ll get to explore working women’s songs of protest- and so much more! This is a 6 week course exploring songs from Scotland, England and Ireland about women/femmes/non-binary and trans folks who use their intellect, magic work, strength and humor to triumph in the face of patriarchy. We have two online cohorts you can join- learn more by going to the link in my bio! #appalachiansong #jeanritchie #womenoffolk #unionpower #unionrights #unionproud #solidarity #laborrights #appalachianmusic #workersrights #fairwages #unionhistory #appalachianfolk #womenswisdom #matriarchy #hermusic #womeninmusic #womenempowerment #womenoffolk #womensstruggles #womensrights #abortionstories #womenshistory #feministhistory #reproductiverights #feministmusic #bard #folksongs #abortionrights

Do you know this Appalachian ballad, “West Virginia Mine Disaster,” by female folk legend Jean Ritchie? This song, inspired by the disastrous Farmington/Mannington Mine Disaster in West Virginia in 1968, is told from the perspective of a miner’s wife. We hear her perspective as she receives the news that her husband may be trapped in a mine accident. Her thoughts race as she thinks about the fate of her family. Songs like these by Appalachian women give an important perspective often missing from our labor histories. In my Badass Women in Folk Song course (starting this week) we’ll get to explore working women’s songs of protest- and so much more! This is a 6 week course exploring songs from Scotland, England and Ireland about women/femmes/non-binary and trans folks who use their intellect, magic work, strength and humor to triumph in the face of patriarchy. We have two online cohorts you can join- learn more by going to the link in my bio! #appalachiansong #jeanritchie #womenoffolk #unionpower #unionrights #unionproud #solidarity #laborrights #appalachianmusic #workersrights #fairwages #unionhistory #appalachianfolk #womenswisdom #matriarchy #hermusic #womeninmusic #womenempowerment #womenoffolk #womensstruggles #womensrights #abortionstories #womenshistory #feministhistory #reproductiverights #feministmusic #bard #folksongs #abortionrights

Well *I* think my class is pretty freakin’ awesome, but you don’t have to take my word for it :) I love teaching this class for the way it helps us reach back to commune with the lives and choices of women/femmes and trans folks of the past. Rooting with their experiences through song makes these spiritual ancestors come alive and move through us with a power that a history book just can’t do. And it hardly needs to be said that we need to feel the strength of these voices now more than ever. You can take Badass Women in Folk Song through one of two virtual cohorts or in person if you’re near Asheville, NC! You can get the full schedule and reg ister by going to the links in the linktr.ee in my byo! Virtual Cohorts start Thursday, January 16th! -Virtual Cohort 1: Thursdays, 12:30-2:30pm EDT/9:30-11:30 PT/5:30-7:30 GMT -Virtual Cohort 2: Thursdays, 6:30-8:30pm EDT/3:30-5:30 PT/11:30-1:30am GMT The Asheville cohort starts Monday, January 13th! Asheville In-Person Cohort: Mondays, 6:30-8:30pm #folksong #feministfolk #feminist #fiercewoman #womenswisdom #matriarchy #hermusic #womeninmusic #womenempowerment #womenoffolk #womensstruggles #womensrights #womenshistory #feministhistory #divinefeminine #reproductiverights #feministmusic #bard #medievalwomen #folksongs #abortionrights #righttochoose #transhistory

Well *I* think my class is pretty freakin’ awesome, but you don’t have to take my word for it :) I love teaching this class for the way it helps us reach back to commune with the lives and choices of women/femmes and trans folks of the past. Rooting with their experiences through song makes these spiritual ancestors come alive and move through us with a power that a history book just can’t do. And it hardly needs to be said that we need to feel the strength of these voices now more than ever. You can take Badass Women in Folk Song through one of two virtual cohorts or in person if you’re near Asheville, NC! You can get the full schedule and reg ister by going to the links in the linktr.ee in my byo! Virtual Cohorts start Thursday, January 16th! -Virtual Cohort 1: Thursdays, 12:30-2:30pm EDT/9:30-11:30 PT/5:30-7:30 GMT -Virtual Cohort 2: Thursdays, 6:30-8:30pm EDT/3:30-5:30 PT/11:30-1:30am GMT The Asheville cohort starts Monday, January 13th! Asheville In-Person Cohort: Mondays, 6:30-8:30pm #folksong #feministfolk #feminist #fiercewoman #womenswisdom #matriarchy #hermusic #womeninmusic #womenempowerment #womenoffolk #womensstruggles #womensrights #womenshistory #feministhistory #divinefeminine #reproductiverights #feministmusic #bard #medievalwomen #folksongs #abortionrights #righttochoose #transhistory

Happy Imbolc my good people! Here is a prayer to Brigid collected in the Hebrides of Scotland. Translated here from Scots-Gaelic, found in the compendium known as the Carmina Gadelica, collected by Alexander Carmichael. May we feel the protection of Brigid as we look hopefully to coming germination of the seeds and the return of the milk, even as we still find gratitude for the lessons of the winter. Each day and each night That I say the Descent of Brigit, I shall not be slain, I shall not be sworded, I shall not be put in cell, I shall not be hewn, I shall not be riven, I shall not be anguished, I shall not be wounded, I shall not be ravaged I shall not be blinded I shall not be made naked, I shall not be left bare, Nor will Christ leave me forgotten Nor fire shall burn me, Nor sun shall burn me, Nor moon shall blanche me. Nor water shall drown me Nor flood shall drown me Nor brine shall drown me Nor seed of fairy host shall lift me Nor seed of airy host shall lift me Nor earthly being destroy me I am under the shielding Of good Brigit each day; I am under the shielding Of good Brigit each night. I am under the keeping Of the nurse of Mary Each early and late, Every dark, every light. Brigit is my comrade-woman, Brigit is my maker of song, Brigit is my helping-woman, My choicest of women, my guide. #goddessbrigid #imbolc #imbolcblessings #saintbrigid #pagansongs #paganritual #paganchant #restoreroe #womenshistory #pagantok #womensrights #medievalwomen #feministmusic #bard #irishsong #irishgaelicsong

Happy Imbolc my good people! Here is a prayer to Brigid collected in the Hebrides of Scotland. Translated here from Scots-Gaelic, found in the compendium known as the Carmina Gadelica, collected by Alexander Carmichael. May we feel the protection of Brigid as we look hopefully to coming germination of the seeds and the return of the milk, even as we still find gratitude for the lessons of the winter. Each day and each night That I say the Descent of Brigit, I shall not be slain, I shall not be sworded, I shall not be put in cell, I shall not be hewn, I shall not be riven, I shall not be anguished, I shall not be wounded, I shall not be ravaged I shall not be blinded I shall not be made naked, I shall not be left bare, Nor will Christ leave me forgotten Nor fire shall burn me, Nor sun shall burn me, Nor moon shall blanche me. Nor water shall drown me Nor flood shall drown me Nor brine shall drown me Nor seed of fairy host shall lift me Nor seed of airy host shall lift me Nor earthly being destroy me I am under the shielding Of good Brigit each day; I am under the shielding Of good Brigit each night. I am under the keeping Of the nurse of Mary Each early and late, Every dark, every light. Brigit is my comrade-woman, Brigit is my maker of song, Brigit is my helping-woman, My choicest of women, my guide. #goddessbrigid #imbolc #imbolcblessings #saintbrigid #pagansongs #paganritual #paganchant #restoreroe #womenshistory #pagantok #womensrights #medievalwomen #feministmusic #bard #irishsong #irishgaelicsong

Who are your favorite “sheroes” in traditional songs? There are so many fierce women I love from the old songs and ballads- women who do daring feats, who use magic, fight off their attackers, or curse their enemies. But I also love songs that illustrate powerful, everyday protest too. Folk songs don’t just help us witness the experiences of others- they also teach a variety of tactics of resistance. We’ll be exploring what songs like this one have to teach us in my upcoming offering Badass Women in Folk Song. This six week class explores songs from Scotland, England and Appalachia about powerful, subversive women- just what we need in these times! You’ll get a chance to write your own songs “in the tradition” as well! You can take this class over zoom (with two different times to choose from) or locally if you’re in western NC! I’m offering this class at a big discount, so take advantage now! Virtual cohorts start on January 16th, and the in-person cohort starts on January 13th! Check out the schedule and register using the link in my bio! #womenswisdom #matriarchy #hermusic #womeninmusic #womenempowerment #womenoffolk #scottishfolksong #womenswisdom #matriarchy #hermusic #womeninmusic #womenempowerment #womenoffolk #womensstruggles #womensrights #womenshistory #feministhistory #divinefeminine #reproductiverights #feministmusic #bard #medievalwomen #folksongs #abortionrights #righttochoose #transhistory #englishfolksong #appalachianmusic

Who are your favorite “sheroes” in traditional songs? There are so many fierce women I love from the old songs and ballads- women who do daring feats, who use magic, fight off their attackers, or curse their enemies. But I also love songs that illustrate powerful, everyday protest too. Folk songs don’t just help us witness the experiences of others- they also teach a variety of tactics of resistance. We’ll be exploring what songs like this one have to teach us in my upcoming offering Badass Women in Folk Song. This six week class explores songs from Scotland, England and Appalachia about powerful, subversive women- just what we need in these times! You’ll get a chance to write your own songs “in the tradition” as well! You can take this class over zoom (with two different times to choose from) or locally if you’re in western NC! I’m offering this class at a big discount, so take advantage now! Virtual cohorts start on January 16th, and the in-person cohort starts on January 13th! Check out the schedule and register using the link in my bio! #womenswisdom #matriarchy #hermusic #womeninmusic #womenempowerment #womenoffolk #scottishfolksong #womenswisdom #matriarchy #hermusic #womeninmusic #womenempowerment #womenoffolk #womensstruggles #womensrights #womenshistory #feministhistory #divinefeminine #reproductiverights #feministmusic #bard #medievalwomen #folksongs #abortionrights #righttochoose #transhistory #englishfolksong #appalachianmusic

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