Roe v. Wade – The Ongoing History of Protest Music

25 Protest Songs About Women’s Reproductive Rights

Women's reproductive rights continue to be a hot-button issue all around the world. For example, on June 24, 2022, in the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. There…

CJ Baker April 23, 2025

2023: The Year In Protest Music

A Month of Protest: February

Sunny War, from the artist's Bandcamp February may be a shorter and typically shitty month, but it did manage to produce a decent amount of socially conscious music. Here is…

CJ Baker February 28, 2023

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest: Sally’s Pigeons (Redux 2022) – Cyndi Lauper

From the artist's website “Sally’s Pigeons” originally appeared on Lauper’s 1993 album Hat Full of Stars. The biographical tune related the story of a friend of Lauper who got pregnant as…

CJ Baker July 29, 2022

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest: We Won’t Go Back – MILCK, BIIANCO, Autumn Rowe (featuring Ani DiFranco)

Credit: Lorie Shaull Back on January 21st, 2017, singer-songwriter MILCK went viral when she organized a flash mob performance of her song “Quiet” at the Women’s March On Washington. The…

CJ Baker June 29, 2022

Daily Dose of Protest

Daily Dose of Protest: Voicemail For Jill – Amanda Palmer

Video Screenshot Alabama signed a law on May 15 which is almost a total abortion ban. The strict law does not include provisions for rape and incest victims. The law…

CJ Baker May 20, 2019