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A Cross in the Road — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER As the aggressive, Trump-fueled Christian nationalist movement threatens the line between church and state around the country, a growing community of Christians are standing up and speaking out agains...

In 2024 before the Presidential election and before this current Senate race, @democracyforward.org partnered with @bittersouth.bsky.social to tell all too untold and ignored stories of the fight for freedom in the South that our team has the privilege of being part of with so many communities.

The new @bittersouth.bsky.social Bitter Southerner print edition has this amazing cover to draw you in...

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All Your Favorite Bands T-shirt Color: Black Regular fit, crewneck  Mid-weight, 100% cotton Preshrunk to minimize shrinkage Begins shipping the week of March 9 Need a size chart? Click here.

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Plume — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER A Tale of Murder & Martyrdom in the Everglades

"He was keenly aware that certain men wanted him dead, simply because his job was protecting local birds whose plumage had become more valuable than gold in the Gilded Age lust for exotic millinery." —Mike Kane for @bittersouth.bsky.social

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Vines by Nikki Giovanni — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

A poem very fitting of the unfortunately "interesting" times we currently live in, from the late, great Nikki Giovanni, & thanks to the always amazing @bittersouth.bsky.social .

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Plume — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER A Tale of Murder & Martyrdom in the Everglades

"Inside, a man lay dead."

Today's article pick from Damn History, a free newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer Mike Kane & @bittersouth.bsky.social!

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week - Longreads In this edition: gambling's grip, a story of plumes and poachers, bemoaning American tourists in Rome, a magical history tour, and a fake poultry flinger.

In our Weekly Top 5:
* Gambling's grip @harpers.bsky.social
* Of plumes and poachers @bittersouth.bsky.social
* Bemoaning Americans in Rome @thedialmag.bsky.social
* Magical history tour @texasmonthly.bsky.social
* Fake poultry flinger @slate.com

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Best Southern Albums of 2025 — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER The Algorithm Is on Our Last Nerve.

Don’t waste your time with AI slop. These albums have what you’ve been searching for, and more, this whole year.

This year, @bittersouth.bsky.social tapped me to write about the best Southern music of 2025. Check it out, and let me know your top five, ten, 20. bittersoutherner.com/best-souther...

Best list ever. So much fun! Thank you, Christina Lee, for your expert ears and perfect words.

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Our end of year BEST SOUTHERN ALBUMS list dropped today! Ooh, it’s a good one. Are our 20 most favorite records of the year – your favorites? Let us know what you think. 🎧✨🩵 bittersoutherner.com/best-souther...

Now through Tuesday, we’re giving $5 to @feedingamerica every time you place an order‼️🍽️💚 So let’s do this. Let’s fill those food banks so folks don’t go hungry.

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EVERY SINGLE ORDER —> We give $5 to @feedingamerica. 🍽️💚

Let’s do this. Let’s fill those food banks so folks don’t go hungry.

Also 20% off sitewide continues! Just use the code SAVE20.

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Let it begin.✨✨✨ Our first holiday deal, and it’s all across our site. Just enter code — SAVE20 — at checkout.

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Note: no discount on our #feedthepeople fundraising collection.

Our Holiday Minit Market ends at midnight tonight … 39 products … gone, gone, gone. Order quick, y’all! bsgeneralstore.com

The Bitter Southerner on Instagram: "Today we’re sharing these powerful Jesse Barber photos. Appalachia based, this isn’t Jesse’s usual beat, but over the weekend he was photographing the atrocities i... 1,201 likes, 11 comments - bittersoutherner on November 19, 2025: "Today we’re sharing these powerful Jesse Barber photos. Appalachia based, this isn’t Jesse’s usual beat, but over the weekend he was ...

“The atrocities in Charlotte” is a perfectly measured lacerating phrase. Hat’s off to @bittersouth.bsky.social. Love you guys. Never stop fighting the good fight.

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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week - Longreads In this edition: metal medicine, hyped humanoids, carnival crossroads, divine defiance, and optimization obsession.

This week's Top 5:

* Metal medicine, @highcountrynews.org
* Hyped humanoids, @harpers.bsky.social
* Carnival crossroads, @bittersouth.bsky.social
* Divine defiance, @placesjournal.bsky.social
* Optimization obsession, @aeon.co

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For our Holiday Minit Market, we’ve created a Super-Duper-Deluxe Sticker pack that includes all the stickers we currently sell. (We’ve sold 58 of these sticker packs so far today! These big packs are available until next Sunday the 23rd or until we sell out.😊) bsgeneralstore.com/products/sup...

Choices, choices.

"Bless your heart" sweatshirt is cleannnnn

Wow. So sorry. Will check on it and get back to you!

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