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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
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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
Badass Women in Folk Song starts next week! Virtual cohorts start on Thursday, January 16th, and the Asheville in-person cohort start on Monday, January 13th. In our time together, we’ll learn a one-of-a-kind collection of ballads and songs about witches, warriors and triumphant women from Scotland, England and Appalachia, and strategies of resistance that these folk songs teach us. Get all the info you need using the links in my bio! I love this nearly 500 year-old English folk song for the many meanings we can draw from its lyrics. In “Go From My Window,” sung from a woman’s perspective, the narrator repeatedly tells her lover to leave, saying “you cannot have a harboring here.” There have been many popular stories about what this song means…Often, it’s told that a woman is having an affair, and when her husband is unexpectedly home, she sings this song to her baby, but loud enough for her lover at the window to safely get the message and go home. Sometimes, it’s a young woman singing to her lover because her father is home instead. But to me, the first time I heard it, this song was about something else…The complexities that can come about in relationships in which we might love someone, but they’re not good or even safe for us to be around. To have to say, “I love you, but you still have to leave.” This second verse, with the lyrics “the devil’s in the man,” makes me think of this. I love how oral traditions allow us to put our own meaning into the old songs and stories. The old folk songs are designed in such a way that they easily can become our own. We’ll be exploring this aspect of folk tradition in Badass Women- sign up now before classes start next week! Links in my bio! #elizabethansong #englishfolksong #sca #renfairevibes #witchsong #magicksongs #folkwitch #witchesofinstagram #witchchant #savagedaughter #folksong #renaissancesong #medievalwomen #feministfolk #feminist #abortionrights #janecollective #peopleshistory #feministfolk #fiercewoman #matriarchy #womeninmusic #womenoffolk #womensstruggles #womensrights #womenshistory
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Badass Women in Folk Song starts next week! Virtual cohorts start on Thursday, January 16th, and the Asheville in-person cohort start on Monday, January 13th. In our time together, we’ll learn a one-of-a-kind collection of ballads and songs about witches, warriors and triumphant women from Scotland, England and Appalachia, and strategies of resistance that these folk songs teach us. Get all the info you need using the links in my bio! I love this nearly 500 year-old English folk song for the many meanings we can draw from its lyrics. In “Go From My Window,” sung from a woman’s perspective, the narrator repeatedly tells her lover to leave, saying “you cannot have a harboring here.” There have been many popular stories about what this song means…Often, it’s told that a woman is having an affair, and when her husband is unexpectedly home, she sings this song to her baby, but loud enough for her lover at the window to safely get the message and go home. Sometimes, it’s a young woman singing to her lover because her father is home instead. But to me, the first time I heard it, this song was about something else…The complexities that can come about in relationships in which we might love someone, but they’re not good or even safe for us to be around. To have to say, “I love you, but you still have to leave.” This second verse, with the lyrics “the devil’s in the man,” makes me think of this. I love how oral traditions allow us to put our own meaning into the old songs and stories. The old folk songs are designed in such a way that they easily can become our own. We’ll be exploring this aspect of folk tradition in Badass Women- sign up now before classes start next week! Links in my bio! #elizabethansong #englishfolksong #sca #renfairevibes #witchsong #magicksongs #folkwitch #witchesofinstagram #witchchant #savagedaughter #folksong #renaissancesong #medievalwomen #feministfolk #feminist #abortionrights #janecollective #peopleshistory #feministfolk #fiercewoman #matriarchy #womeninmusic #womenoffolk #womensstruggles #womensrights #womenshistory
Did you know that, for a long time, some of the most popular songs to come out of England and Scotland were about women who lived as sailors, smugglers and soldiers? The characters of these gender disguise ballads often went to war or set out on the ocean to rescue a lover (like in this song), but in their new roles they always exceed the men around them in skill and ability. This ballad, called “I Went to See My Molly” is from England (perhaps about the Napoleonic Wars or earlier wars) but made its way to Appalachia. I learned it from the singing of Lee Monroe Presnell. In this song, we hear a woman describing her plan to cut her hair short and go fight in the American Civil War alongside her sweetheart. These stories reflect the real choices of many people during the early modern era in Britain- people who in modern times might have identified in a variety of ways concerning their gender/s and sexuality. If you want to explore English, Scottish and Appalachian songs about badass women/femmes/trans folks, then you should sign up for my Badass Women in Folk Song Course! I’m hosting two virtual cohorts on Zoom starting January 16th, and an in-person cohort in Asheville, NC starting January 13th. Get all of the details using the links in my bio! #Appalachianfolksong #medievalwomen #feministfolk #feminist #abortionrights #mybodymychoice #roevwade #abortionstories #janecollective #peopleshistory #folksong #feministfolk #fiercewoman #matriarchy #womeninmusic #womenoffolk #womensstruggles #womensrights #womenshistory #Appalachianmusic #ballad
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Did you know that, for a long time, some of the most popular songs to come out of England and Scotland were about women who lived as sailors, smugglers and soldiers? The characters of these gender disguise ballads often went to war or set out on the ocean to rescue a lover (like in this song), but in their new roles they always exceed the men around them in skill and ability. This ballad, called “I Went to See My Molly” is from England (perhaps about the Napoleonic Wars or earlier wars) but made its way to Appalachia. I learned it from the singing of Lee Monroe Presnell. In this song, we hear a woman describing her plan to cut her hair short and go fight in the American Civil War alongside her sweetheart. These stories reflect the real choices of many people during the early modern era in Britain- people who in modern times might have identified in a variety of ways concerning their gender/s and sexuality. If you want to explore English, Scottish and Appalachian songs about badass women/femmes/trans folks, then you should sign up for my Badass Women in Folk Song Course! I’m hosting two virtual cohorts on Zoom starting January 16th, and an in-person cohort in Asheville, NC starting January 13th. Get all of the details using the links in my bio! #Appalachianfolksong #medievalwomen #feministfolk #feminist #abortionrights #mybodymychoice #roevwade #abortionstories #janecollective #peopleshistory #folksong #feministfolk #fiercewoman #matriarchy #womeninmusic #womenoffolk #womensstruggles #womensrights #womenshistory #Appalachianmusic #ballad
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
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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

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