family – Snake & Tree

May 29, 2018

Loving the Bigots: Roseanne’s Cancelation and Methodist Potato Salad

Unpopular opinion meets class-derived multiplicity.

May 21, 2018

Be Ugly, Get Ugly

In the South, ugly is a behavior. “Quit being ugly and give me a hug,” or, my favorite, “be ugly to me and I’ll get you some ugly.”

April 22, 2018

Review: William Gay’s Little Sister Death

William Gay could tell a story. Even a scary one. Especially a scary one.

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018

Calling Him Hitler

Last week, ICE officials raided a slaughterhouse in East Tennessee to detain nearly 100 workers.

March 24, 2018

A Mississippi miss will set you free

Ode to Southern women, the girls who’ve been whooping asses longer than anybody should have to.

March 11, 2018March 11, 2018

Sometimes, Evil Prevails: Dry County Economics

Liquor money is green as anybody’s.

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018

This week: Guns and Mayoral Scandals

The kids will be alright, if they can fight the domestic terrorism group called the NRA.

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.