Fiona Apple remains one of the most viscerally talented artists out there. Still what I find almost more impressive is how much else she does with her life and talent. She could be spending her days on gala steps, parting in tropical clubs and lounging on billionaire yachts. But, as an activist and truth-teller to her core, she has spent the past two years as a court watcher. Her new song protests the broken and unjust cash bail system. “Pretrail (Let Her Go Home)” sheds light on the thousands and thousands of mothers (particularly Black and other POC mothers) who are locked away because they can’t afford bail, before they’ve ever convicted of one single thing. People shouldn’t lose their freedoms just because they are poor, and the rich shouldn’t be able to buy their freedom just because they’re rich. Not too many superstars put their money AND time AND creative passion into their causes like her. Mad respect. Also, end cash bail. It’s bullshit, much like this world. Happy Monday, kittens.
Well said. Kudos to Fiona for spotlighting this.
ReplyDeleteThe prison industrial complex is way, way, WAY out of control,
and has been getting worse every day.