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It's a long time in coming—Erykah Badu is finally releasing Amerykah, Part Two (Return of the Ankh) tomorrow. The album is a followup to the 2008's totally underappreciated release, New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War). Some of her best, most unexpected music is on that album. So I'm excited about the release, to say the least. (more after the jump)

Hildegard von Bingen was a German Benedictine abbess, magistra, composer, healer and author, one of the first female composers whose works are still intact. In an era where few women were allowed or able to read and write, Hildegard wrote songs, poems, theological texts and medicinal guides and even invented her own alphabet.

It's likely that Hildegard would have been forgotten...

Laura Wershler is Executive Director of Sexual Health Access Alberta. Recently she wrote a critical response for the re:Cycling blog to a study published in the British Medical Journal which reported that 'Women in the UK who have ever used oral contraceptives are less likely to die from any cause, including all cancers and heart disease, compared with never users.' She has previously served...

Alex Chilton, vocalist and founder of Big Star, died last week.

Big Star hardly sold any records during it’s brief 3 album stint, but is now recognized as one of the most influential and certainly under appreciated bands of the 1970s. Big Star was crucial in the emergence of alternative and indie rock in the 80’s and 90’s, and a key influence of pioneering bands like the...