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Molly Tuttle Extends Country Music’s Lineage Of Songs On Reproductive Rights To Post-Roe Era

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. Jason Aldean’s song “Try That In A Small Town” extols small towns as ...
The Daily Gazette

Study: Top songs big on ‘reproductive messaging’

When The Police recorded their hit rock song “Every Breath You Take,” it’s unlikely they were thinking about reproductive messaging, or even knew what it was. But according to Gordon Gallup, a ...
WFAE

With ‘Goodbye Mary,’ Molly Tuttle extends country music’s lineage of reproductive rights songs to the post-Roe era

Jason Aldean’s song “Try That In A Small Town” extols small towns as bastions of conservative values standing up against a litany of violent big-city bogeymen. The song, and the backlash against it, ...
The Conversation

With ‘Goodbye Mary,’ Molly Tuttle extends country music’s lineage of reproductive rights songs to the post-Roe era

Professor of American Studies and English and American Literatures, Middlebury College Another group of songs casts light on abortion rights, a newly pressing issue in the wake of 2022’s Dobbs v.