Snake & Tree

February 19, 2018

Loud and Rowdy Howdy Howdy, Texas Was Fun

I went to Austin last week. It was a blast.

February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

This week: Meth is back, a horrific school schooting, and DACA’s latest news

Don’t send thought and prayers. Call your senators and demonize the NRA. This week: school shooting, DACA, and meth.

February 12, 2018February 12, 2018

Meth Mouth

As if you needed to know the various ways policies have ignored the meth epidemic.

February 4, 2018February 4, 2018

DACA, Megan Barry’s Affair, Senate Bills, Predatory Lenders.

This week: the Dems have to win this Dream Act. Megan Barry’s hooha. Abortion and Predatory Lenders.

February 3, 2018February 3, 2018

Guilt, Shame & the Southern Imaginary

We can feel guilt or shame about our ancestors. Or we can drink a lot and get to work.

February 2, 2018February 2, 2018

Posted on The Baffler

DACA, undocumented-gay-boylesque-dancing Alabamans, and what Trump got wrong–per usual–in the State of the Union.

January 25, 2018

The Possum and the First Lady

George Jones and Tammy Wynette were both legacies. I think she got the short shrift.

I’m Rachel, a jaded twenty-something English grad student looking to tell some stories. Currently based in Nashville, 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.