girlofprey

Seeing people genuinely blame Hillary Clinton and anyone who supported her for Trump's win is almost soul-destroying. Seeing people genuinely claim it all happened because of the economy, when - in Britain, and quite a few countries outside of America - worries about the economy and racism pretty much always go hand in hand these days is mind-boggling, and almost makes me want to despair of those people's abilities to have their political shit together in the next few years.

But anyway. Happy things:

1. My cat is amazing, and loves me.



2. My mother is also pretty good. She's been looking up things about the election in America, because she knows it's upsetting me.



3. I have been listening through my CDs recently, and have found many amazing songs I didn't even know were there. Most of them are either by women or about women, or both. Because that's how I roll apparently.
   
   "I was a child in Mississipi,
   But I am ashamed of it today"
   
   
   
   
   The Bessie Smith song that made me want to buy her album.
   
   
   
   
   Florence and the Machine are/Florence is a genius.
   
   "And I heard your voice,
   As clear as day,
   And you told me I,
   Should concentrate"
   
   
   
   
   So is Ruth Brown:
   
   
   
   
   This song is a little bit Christian for me, but it is genuinely uplifting, and I've found it quite helpful to listen to over the past week.
   
   
   
   
   This song genuinely makes me wonder why Erma Franklin isn't as well known as Aretha Franklin. More amazing songs, obviously. But still.
   
   
   
   
   These are not all songs I have discovered/re-discovered in the past few weeks, but they are all great and I love them and I wanted to share them.