By Megan M. Seckman
You may intend these seemingly docile librarians past times trade, bookish in addition to verbose, asset to a greater extent than degrees than tattoos, can’t harness the powerfulness to rock. But you, my friend, are wrong. They are confident, feminine, in addition to well-read; they receive got conviction, grit, in addition to experience; in addition to they desire to assist unleash the inner stone goddess within your daughters.
Yalonda JD Green (who goes past times Yolanda, JD, or Yolanda JD) holds a master’s inwards communication in addition to a doctorate inwards humanities, but she also moonlights equally a solo vocal creative someone in addition to “inspirimentationalist.” She performs inwards a jazz/funk fusion band, a Steely Dan tribute band called Steely Danish, in addition to an Afrobeat grouping known equally the Afrophysicists (that has played The Americanafest inwards Nashville equally good equally the local Worldfest on the Belvedere). This children’s librarian was classically trained inwards Detroit in addition to grew upwardly singing chorus concerts at the Ford Motor Company inwards her “choir army,” thence she won’t hold upwardly recommending roughly other dainty, pinkish princess mass to whatever immature feminists who powerfulness topographic point her at an outreach programme or be driving the local bookmobile. No, her storybook fourth dimension is filled amongst potent characters that desire to honor their vox equally she did through music, stand-up comedy, in addition to community outreach.
Heather Fox may dwell inwards dusty archives past times day, but she is also a seasoned rocker. One of the founding members of the 23-year-old local woman someone band, Juanita, Heather plays beat guitar in addition to has been utilization of the Louisville music scene long plenty to send the street cred of beingness badass.
Both women are working to construct Girls Rock Louisville, which is utilization of the International Girls Rock Alliance in addition to has the mission to “empower girls to believe inwards themselves past times providing a supporting community that fosters self-expression, confidence, in addition to collaboration through music instruction in addition to performance.” The instantly week-long campsite provides girls in addition to non-gender conforming youths (ages 10-17) a security house to shape a band, write songs, larn to play diverse instruments, in addition to constitute phase presence in addition to self-confidence at the camp’s culminating performance. “There is a real male-centric music scene out there, in addition to this empowers girls to pause through, to limited themselves, in addition to to constitute a potent identity in addition to construct character,” Heather says. “It tin hold upwardly emotional because they’re only girls discussing in addition to singing close roughly real heavy topics, but it is amazing to sentinel them create something out of nothing. The campsite teaches this fragile residuum betwixt vulnerability in addition to confidence — really, how to hold upwardly a woman.”
“Yeah, it’s the best materials inwards the entire world,” JD adds. “I acquire chills only talking close it. There are workshops close sex identity, social justice, in addition to having a sense of agency, equally good equally the sense to seat your hands on an musical instrument for the rootage time. All inwards this passionate, compassionate, collaborative, positive, in addition to supportive environment. One of the campsite bands terminal twelvemonth called themselves ‘The Clawmarks,’ in addition to the trouble inwards their vocal was, ‘What makes y'all wanna acquire your claws out?!’ There’s nil similar it.”
Girls Rock Louisville volition hold upwardly accepting applications until June eighteen for the July camp. But until then, depository fiscal establishment agree out what these girls that stone are reading, watching, in addition to listening to.
Heather Fox:
Reading:
Reading: JD sticks amongst scientific discipline fiction in addition to children’s books. 
Watching:
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| Heather Fox (left) and Yolanda JD Green (right) are empowering immature girls through music. Photos past times Melissa Donald. |
You may intend these seemingly docile librarians past times trade, bookish in addition to verbose, asset to a greater extent than degrees than tattoos, can’t harness the powerfulness to rock. But you, my friend, are wrong. They are confident, feminine, in addition to well-read; they receive got conviction, grit, in addition to experience; in addition to they desire to assist unleash the inner stone goddess within your daughters.
Yalonda JD Green (who goes past times Yolanda, JD, or Yolanda JD) holds a master’s inwards communication in addition to a doctorate inwards humanities, but she also moonlights equally a solo vocal creative someone in addition to “inspirimentationalist.” She performs inwards a jazz/funk fusion band, a Steely Dan tribute band called Steely Danish, in addition to an Afrobeat grouping known equally the Afrophysicists (that has played The Americanafest inwards Nashville equally good equally the local Worldfest on the Belvedere). This children’s librarian was classically trained inwards Detroit in addition to grew upwardly singing chorus concerts at the Ford Motor Company inwards her “choir army,” thence she won’t hold upwardly recommending roughly other dainty, pinkish princess mass to whatever immature feminists who powerfulness topographic point her at an outreach programme or be driving the local bookmobile. No, her storybook fourth dimension is filled amongst potent characters that desire to honor their vox equally she did through music, stand-up comedy, in addition to community outreach.
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| Yolanda JD Green began edifice her background inwards music spell living inwards Detroit in addition to instantly plays inwards 2 bands. |
Heather Fox may dwell inwards dusty archives past times day, but she is also a seasoned rocker. One of the founding members of the 23-year-old local woman someone band, Juanita, Heather plays beat guitar in addition to has been utilization of the Louisville music scene long plenty to send the street cred of beingness badass.
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| Heather’s guitar strap was made past times a friend who makes leather items from recycled leather. |
Both women are working to construct Girls Rock Louisville, which is utilization of the International Girls Rock Alliance in addition to has the mission to “empower girls to believe inwards themselves past times providing a supporting community that fosters self-expression, confidence, in addition to collaboration through music instruction in addition to performance.” The instantly week-long campsite provides girls in addition to non-gender conforming youths (ages 10-17) a security house to shape a band, write songs, larn to play diverse instruments, in addition to constitute phase presence in addition to self-confidence at the camp’s culminating performance. “There is a real male-centric music scene out there, in addition to this empowers girls to pause through, to limited themselves, in addition to to constitute a potent identity in addition to construct character,” Heather says. “It tin hold upwardly emotional because they’re only girls discussing in addition to singing close roughly real heavy topics, but it is amazing to sentinel them create something out of nothing. The campsite teaches this fragile residuum betwixt vulnerability in addition to confidence — really, how to hold upwardly a woman.”
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| JD proudly carries her tote handbag which has the Girls Rock logo on it. |
“Yeah, it’s the best materials inwards the entire world,” JD adds. “I acquire chills only talking close it. There are workshops close sex identity, social justice, in addition to having a sense of agency, equally good equally the sense to seat your hands on an musical instrument for the rootage time. All inwards this passionate, compassionate, collaborative, positive, in addition to supportive environment. One of the campsite bands terminal twelvemonth called themselves ‘The Clawmarks,’ in addition to the trouble inwards their vocal was, ‘What makes y'all wanna acquire your claws out?!’ There’s nil similar it.”
Girls Rock Louisville volition hold upwardly accepting applications until June eighteen for the July camp. But until then, depository fiscal establishment agree out what these girls that stone are reading, watching, in addition to listening to.
Heather Fox:
Reading:
- Tenth of December by George Saunders. This collection of curt stories was 1 of the NY Times’ tiptop 10 best books of 2013.
- Scott in addition to Bailey (BBC). Written past times Sally Wainwright, this demo is close 2 woman someone cops, 1 middle-aged in addition to motherly, the other emotionally immature. But they are both full badasses!
- Happy Valley (BBC). Another 1 written past times Sally Wainwright, but this is a offense drama also featuring a woman someone protagonist.
- Parks in addition to Recreation
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX). Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 law sitcom fix inwards NYC’s 99th precinct, this drama stars Andy Samberg of SNL fame.
- The Half has Never Been Told: Slavery in addition to the Making of American Capitalism past times Edward E. Baptist. Told through slave narratives, plantation records, newspapers, in addition to escaped slave interviews, this good mass examines the acquit upon slavery had on the Industrial Revolution in addition to American capitalism.
- Josephine Foster’s I’m a Dreamer album. She is a trained opera vocalizer who lives inwards Kingdom of Spain amongst a form of freak-folk style.
- Captain Beefheart. I’ve been listening to a lot of his songs lately.
- Hailu Mergia. He’s an Ethiopian keyboard in addition to an pianoforte accordion musician that I dearest correct now.
Reading: JD sticks amongst scientific discipline fiction in addition to children’s books.
- Panther inwards the Hive past times Olivia Cole. This was written past times a Louisvillian in addition to is a social commentary on grade that involves zombies.
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library past times Chris Grabenstein. This immature adult novel is akin to Roald Dahl’s Charlie in addition to the Chocolate Factory. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 wacked-out, mystical library where 6th graders are trapped in addition to must escape.
- Are We There Yet? past times Dan Santat. This storey of a long motorcar ride delves into the theme of time. As y'all read the book, the pages plow in addition to eventually set out reading backward equally the grapheme travels through time.
- The Hamilton soundtrack. I am listening to this at habitation because my hubby plays it nonstop. I genuinely am catching myself singing along now. Maybe someday we’ll genuinely acquire to acquire in addition to encounter it!
- The Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack. I am performing this musical amongst the Motherlodge [local creative someone collective exchange], thence I’m listening to it all the fourth dimension now.
- KING’s album We are KING. This trio of immature women out of Minneapolis uses a lot of spacey chords. The good is vocally driven/futuristic-funk but genuinely set back.
Watching:
- Downton Abbey. At first, I was skeptical close all the hype. It seemed similar a existent sleeper, but 1 time I watched 2 or 3 episodes, I roughshod inwards dearest amongst this show.
- SNL. I sentinel it alive on Sabbatum night. If I’m out at a demo or an event, I desire to acquire habitation to sentinel my SNL.
- The Twilight Zone. This is only the all-time best demo — thence weird in addition to wonderful.