Politics – Page 2 – Snake & Tree

December 2, 2017December 4, 2017

Poor People’s Investing: Quick Cash and Payday Loans

Quick Cash and Payday Loan merchants are fixtures in most rural towns. This is why I hate them.

November 16, 2017November 17, 2017

VOTE DOUG JONES

This isn’t about values. This is about what true Southern pride looks like, and it looks like Doug Jones.

October 12, 2017December 15, 2017

Stagnate, Fester & Putrefy

Trying to reconcile hateful ass perceptions of the South with people that actually live here.

September 10, 2017

That Old Time Religion

A riveting narrative of a young, promising woman coming of age. The blockbuster is coming, just you wait.

September 4, 2017September 19, 2017

In Defense of Poor Folk!

Stop acting like the Deep South is a monolith. Start acting like liberals.

August 13, 2017August 15, 2017

Trumplandia!

Loving the South while hating some of it including the racism that I wish would go die in a hole.

I’m Rachel, a jaded twenty-something English grad student looking to tell some stories. Currently based in Knoxville, Tennessee, born and bred in rural Alabama. Here you’ll find liberal political tirades, stories, book reviews, and folklore focused in on these lower Southeastern thirteen states.

The title “Snake and Tree” comes from the Alabama proverb that if you hang a dead snake in a tree it’ll bring rain. These stories are the snake. The rain is making peace with this broke South.