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The B-52s & Cyndi Lauper Speak Out Against Anti-LGBTQIA+ Legislation
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(Feminism)
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Earlier this year, two bills were passed by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee that both come as attacks on the LGBTQIA+ community. The first banned gender-affirming healthcare for transgender children, which ...
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Created on 10 March 2023
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Alt Country Star Margo Price Rocks New York City!
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(Music)
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... “County Road.” Then letting it rip on a new song “Shelter Me” in which she played a tambourine and rocked a cowbell while she shook it across the stage.
After performing “Tennessee Song,” Margo commented ...
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Created on 06 March 2023
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Discover Your Favorite New Music with BUST's Winter 2023 Playlist Including Margo Price, Nina Hagen, and More ...
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(Music)
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... in top form here, incorporating sounds ranging from reggae-dub to electro-rock to dance-pop; she also covers Bob Dylan’s classic “Blowing in the Wind” and Tennessee Ernie Ford’s working man’s lament “16 ...
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Created on 06 February 2023
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7 Self-Care Tips from Dolly Parton: How Our Favorite Backwoods Barbie Inspires Us to Bedazzle Our Lives
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(Entertainment)
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... glamorous, and funny as all hell the whole time. For as much entertainment as our Tennessee queen has blessed us with, she’s got more than enough wise insight on life to go around. Here are seven ways ...
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Created on 15 December 2022
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Supermodel-turned-songbird Karen Elson Serves This Season’s Softest, Slinkiest Styles
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(Music)
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Vintage suit; Jenny Bird necklace; Bowen NYC earrings.
Karen Elson is finally ready to have some fun. “Being a model, I felt for many years like I had to work extra hard to prove myself as a musician. ...
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Created on 03 November 2022
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PSA: Trigger Laws Illegalize Abortion in Texas and Tennessee, More States To Follow Suit
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(Feminism)
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Since the 1973 ruling Roe v. Wade was overturned on June 24, access to abortion grows more limited with each day that passes by. On Thursday, Tennessee, Idaho, and Texas, have banned abortion, thus ...
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Created on 26 August 2022
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Margo Price Teams up with Mavis Staples to Fight for Repro Rights
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(Music)
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... women. Tennessee now has stricter abortion laws than the Taliban. This should not be a political issue, or a religious issue, this is a human rights issue.
“Fight To Make It” is now available for purchase ...
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Created on 08 July 2022
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Not Sure What To Do Regarding Roe v. Wade? Abortion Access Front Can Help You Take Real Action
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(Living)
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... we have a plan for the groups who are still doing the work getting that support and being connected to each other."
Max Carwile, Director of Programs at AAF, is the founder of Tennessee Stories Project ...
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Created on 25 May 2022
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Taraji P. Henson Was Just Appointed To The White House's HBCU Board Of Advisors – But What Does That Even Mean
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(Feminism)
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... audit found that between 1957 and 2007 over $500 million dollars were withheld from HBCUs in Tennessee, and more than $2.7 billion were withheld from Maryland HBCUs. Biden’s Board of Advisors seems to ...
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Created on 08 April 2022
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HOORAY, The Equal Rights Amendment Passed! Or DID It?!?
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(Feminism)
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... their ratification, four of those doing so before the March 1979 deadline. According to EqualRightsAmendment.org, between 1973 and 1979, Idaho, Kentucky, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Tennessee all voted ...
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Created on 11 March 2022
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Bottlerock Festival Napa Gives Sense of Relief and Hope as Music Festivals Make a Comeback in COVID-Era Shifting Landscape
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(Music)
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... the festival began and her replacement Chris Stapleton, known for his hit “Tennessee Whisky,” canceled at the last minute due to illness.
Even with last minute cancellations attendees reveled in the ...
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Created on 20 September 2021
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How Y'All Doing? Actor, Singer, And Writer Leslie Jordan Is Pure Southern Sunshin
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(TV)
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If you’ve ever seen even one of Leslie Jordan’s viral Instagram videos, you can imagine what an absolute blast it is to talk to him on the phone. He spins yarns like a Tennessee grandma on her third ...
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Created on 16 September 2021
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Here Are Five Black Women Behind Your Favorite Bops Sung By Ariana Grande, Beyonce, & More
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(Music)
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... Five, and “Havana” by Camilla Cabello.
5. KIRBY (Kirby Lauryen Dockery)
Kirby puts the soul in songwriting. A true southern girl, born in Tennessee and raised in Mississippi, Kirby briefly studied ...
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Created on 28 May 2021
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These 10 Empowering and Body-Positive Women On TikTok Will Remind You to Love Yourself Every day
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(Arts)
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... original sound - VELLA
10. @gibz_
Hailing from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Gabby Depietro focuses on realistic mental health content as well as funny takes on trends and popular dances. ...
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Created on 07 April 2021
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Country Queen Margo Price Proves Why She’s The Badass Mama Of Americana On BUST’s “Poptarts” Podcast
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(Poptarts)
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... song “Hey Child” and is planning to headline her first concert since 2019—a socially distanced show at The Caverns Above Ground Amphitheater in Tennessee—this May. On her riveting episode of BUST’s Poptarts ...
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Created on 18 March 2021
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Dolly Parton Is Here To Save Us From Forever-Quarantine
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(Living)
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... Growing up in a cabin with eleven siblings in East Tennessee, Parton has seen hardship. Despite her timeless songs and instantly-recognizable glamorous presence, her most sweeping legacy will likely be ...
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Created on 19 November 2020
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What Louisiana's New Abortion Restrictions Mean For America ...
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(Feminism)
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... is the fact that the conditions for why people may need to have an abortion will still apply.
Tennessee, Alabama, West Virginia, and Louisiana all have similar language in their state constitutions ...
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Created on 06 November 2020
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Is This Fake News?: The BUST Guide to Media Literacy
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(Living)
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... with false or fabricated information,” says Dr. Katie Foss, a professor of media studies at Middle Tennessee State University.
So, what should we call made-up stories instead? There are two terms you’ve ...
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Created on 16 September 2020
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Ida B. Wells To Be Honored In Art Installation At D.C. Union Station Next Week
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(Feminism)
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... be awarded $500 when she successfully sued the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company. Unfortunately, the railroad company appealed the verdict to the Tennessee Supreme Court, who reversed the decision. ...
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Created on 21 August 2020
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The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
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(Feminism)
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... Went out and rallied AGAINST passage in both Louisiana and Mississippi. When Lousianna voted against ratification, she ran to Tennessee in a last-ditch effort to stop it from being passed there. But alas, ...
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Created on 18 August 2020