blackwomeninrock

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Got rediagnosed as autistic last week and, surprise! The world has apparently been benefitting through my obsession with a special interest since 2011. 🤣 The way I tagged and categorized every post on the Wordpress version of this blog makes that even more apparent ahahaha. All of this is probably directly the result of my brain being built different, which is amazing to think about.

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I’ll stand 10 toes down in saying that I believe that Black women are some of the most creative and intelligent human beings on Earth. Not all of us realize our potential, but I think each of us is capable of many things. The world will never acknowledge this, even if it will gladly steal and co-opt the fruits of our labor. We need to stop waiting for them to acknowledge us, frankly. It’s clear that the world will never be ready for us, and we may continue to be disappointed if we continue waiting for that.

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Not coming out of retirement, just wanted to leave the link to the Linktree here. It has everything related to this project all in one place!

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Just saw a couple of people post about being born in 2010. Besides children actually talking and being on the internet (my working career begins in 2010 so that's nuts to me lol), it’s wild when I consider that this blog itself has been online since the end of 2011.

I've been thinking for a while of leaving it up and paying for the domains as long as I can, but not really updating it anymore. The info I have to offer isn't as groundbreaking now as it was in 2011, or when I personally needed it as a gaslit teenager in 2002.

I can't keep up with the sheer volume of black women there now are in alternative bands. I was at the forefront of this type of stuff at one point and now I'm not and I also don't have the time to be. I'm not a journalist, I have a whole different career outside of this that pays my bills. In tech, a whole different lane. I did start out wanting to be a journalist and when I started this blog I was just a retail worker with a dream. But in true Capricorn fashion, I went where the money was. 🥹 Anyway, this was a personal project. I wanted to see where it would go. It went way farther than I thought it would, to my delight. But I've moved past my use for it. And I think everyone has moved past their use for my little blog, which is fine. All things decay.

I think the biggest reason I made this thing was to not feel so weird and alone for liking rock music and I exceeded there beyond my wildest dreams. There's not a single show that I go to where I feel like an outsider even though I usually go to shows by myself, and that is an incredible achievement. That wasn't the case before I started this blog. And I have this blog to thank for a big part of that. This personal project was created primarily for personal reasons, I've always been upfront about that. And that isn't even the only gain this blog has created in my life and, from what I've heard, in the lives of others. I'm very grateful.

As long as the sites that the content is hosted on exist, then all BWIR related content will stay up, if I can help it. All the videos, the interviews, the playlists, etc. I'll maintain it all. The content still means a lot to me as I know it means a lot to others. But don't expect to see any more updates.

I would redirect to my socials but I don't really have any lmao 😂 If I'm not posting about this topic then I'm usually lurking. I was a prolific blogger back in the day, used to dump my whole world in my hand built blogs, but didn't like doing the same on Facebook and the like and still can't to this day. I have small Instagram and Twitter accounts that I don't share out but if you really want the usernames, ask me. Notifications will still be turned on for this app.

But anyway...thanks to everyone for the kind words over the years. Thanks to the artists who actually gave interviews. Thanks to the women who found themselves featured here. Thanks to everyone for making this what it was. 🙏🏾

Linktree with everything related to this project: https://linktr.ee/blackwomeninrockinfo

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Melissa Bonny

Ad Infinitum

The Masquerade (Atlanta, GA)

May 24, 2024

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One of my favorite songs by them

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The Masquerade (Atlanta, GA)

May 24, 2024

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I usually throw the cases out and keep the CDs but I’m obviously keeping this case.

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Melissa Bonny is really fucking pretty in person y’all just saying

Ad Infinitum

The Masquerade (Atlanta, GA)

May 24, 2024

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Avery Clay of Mirror Lake (Photo Source)

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Dál Riata @ Ivory Blacks Glasgow Scotland 13/11/2022

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WISIGOTH | "Une hécatombe pour les immortels..." 7"inch

Featuring Zahra N’Dongo

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Not sure of this band name…might be either Unity or Trinity. In all seriousness, I might be going deaf from going to shows like these without hearing protection. 🫠

3.30.2024

Atlanta, GA (Boggs Social and Supply)

Edit: Thanks @mochiagetemessenger for clarifying that the band is Uniity!

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Pearl

3.30.2024

Atlanta, GA (Boggs Social and Supply)