Rachel Cholst

There's a peculiar phenomenon that LGBTQIA+ people face in the 21st century: as we gain more social acceptance (a when, not an if – something most of us couldn't imagine when we were growing up) we find ourselves blazing seemingly new trails. This is the first time

Music is political. I don’t mean the content – though this historical moment is certainly inspiring its share of protest music. I’m referring instead to the act of creating and making it – commodified by our entertainment industry, and only possible to create and distribute if an artist’s material

“Outlaw country” often evokes a certain rough-and-tumble (cis white) dude — The kind of person who doesn’t take any shit and isn’t interested in conforming to Music Row’s ideals of what it means to “be country.” Although Music City indicated its rejection of the first Trump administration’s