FF Call for Entries: The Fear Issue
We are seeking submissions for its winter issue themed "Fear." The deadline is November 28, 2003!
From the Streets to the Stage: A Musical Autobiography
I see music as a vital release and escape from many lacking elements in communication of emotion that in some ways can only be brought forth through this medium
MTV: The Ultimate Ladykiller? How the Entertainment Industry Commodifies Women
The music industry serves to increase the proliferation of the idea of women as objects to be possessed or somehow obtained.
Music: A Therapeutic Power
Like therapy, music can help us feel emotion more deeply; examine and develop our thoughts; develop compassion for ourselves and others; open up previously unexplored possibilities for growth, and expand our consciousness. Music can help us heal wounds and develop spiritual attributes.
Letter from the Fertile Field editorial team
From the Fertile Field editorial team
A Simple Song
The song left me with chills running down my spine and the prick of tears in the back of my throat. How could one song have affected me so strongly, especially one I’d heard so many times before?
Does Sound have a Spirit?
By blinding us from what we inherently know to be right and true, music that glorifies death, destruction, and desire keeps us from changing individually, and as a people. Just as positive music affects and speaks directly to the soul, negative music feeds off the rampant ills of society, such as materialism and misogyny. This type of negative music is simply a byproduct of a person’s lower nature.
Distress Department: music has a moral conflict
Tail Feather loves rap music but hates the profanity therein...how can Tail Feather find a middle ground with her musical choice? A frank and honest view from the always-enlightening Distress Department.
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What's your American Dream?
America, Peeling
The Only Way to Feast
Flowers of Thy Meadow
Back From America
From Centimeters to Pounds
Legacy
Being Biracial in America
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