In honor of International Women’s Day (March 8!) and Women’s History Month, we are talking protest songs! When words and feelings fail us, music comes to the rescue to help us shout, plead, or sometimes even ask nicely for the change we want to see in the world. 

Videos:

Joni Mitchell: Big Yellow Taxi (1971)

Pussy Riot: Make America Great Again (2016)

Extras:

Joni Mitchell Archives

KCRW’s Lost Notes Podcast 

New Yorker piece on Rachel Carson

Pussy Riot visited the Texas capitol to demand abortion rights  

Big Yellow Taxi Animation from the Sonny & Cher Show (1971) 

The 50 Worst Songs of the 'OOs

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