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PREMIEREKarolina Rose Supports Sexual Assault Survivors with "Runaway Angels"

However, it took several years for her to feel prepared to release the end product — her latest single, "Runaway...

Annie White

Letitia VanSant Owns Her Story With 'You Can't Put My Fire Out'

” The words came to her during a workshop when she was presented with the prompt, “How are you wounded?”...

Cillea Houghton

2010s IN REVIEWKesha’s ‘Rainbow’ Saved Me From Myself

TW: The following contains the author's recollection of childhood sexual assault. I remember the day only in fragments - like my head is broken. The sweet spring air rustled my short blonde locks, and white-hot sun peeked through the piney overhang. We were standing there on the grassy knoll. I was...

Bee Scott

INTERVIEWViking Witch Isabella Steinsdotter Shares Empowering Single "Hidden Child"

However, she recently debuted her first single, "Hidden Child," a song about reclaiming your body in the aftermath of a sexual assault. The music and its accompanying...

Annie White

How the #MeToo Movement Could Make Music Festival Season Safer

When I was 16 my most essential possession was a small backpack. It was made of a simple worn-in cloth, the fabric comprised of a colorful rainbow of stripes. The colors weren’t overtly vibrant, instead dulled, to give the desired vintage effect. It was a small bag and would fit no more than a cell...

Desdemona Dallas