--- title: "Aja Arnold - Mainline" language: "en-US" source_url: "https://www.mainlineatl.com/author/ajers/page/6/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/wurk-still.jpeg)](/linqua-franca-tackles-racist-capitalism-trauma-and-the-human-condition-in-new-album-bellringer/) [ May 6 2022 ](/linqua-franca-tackles-racist-capitalism-trauma-and-the-human-condition-in-new-album-bellringer/) ## [Linqua Franqa tackles racist capitalism, trauma, and the human condition in new album, ‘Bellringer’](/linqua-franca-tackles-racist-capitalism-trauma-and-the-human-condition-in-new-album-bellringer/) “If being radical is grasping from the root, that’s just what I’ll do. That’s just what I’ll do. Defund the CIA and the cops and the pentagon, Make ’em raise they money with a telethon, They racism that makes ’em […] [ Linqua Franqa tackles racist capitalism, trauma, and the human condition in new album, ‘Bellringer’ Read More »](/linqua-franca-tackles-racist-capitalism-trauma-and-the-human-condition-in-new-album-bellringer/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/5-1024x1024.jpg)](/interview-mariah-parker-linqua-franca-on-bellringer-album/) [ May 5 2022 ](/interview-mariah-parker-linqua-franca-on-bellringer-album/) ## [Interview: Mariah Parker/Linqua Franca on ‘Bellringer’ album](/interview-mariah-parker-linqua-franca-on-bellringer-album/) Hey y’all – Here’s an interview I did with Athens city council commissioner/organizer/rapper/artist Mariah Parker (aka Linqua Franca) about their latest album, ‘Bellringer,’ out now via Ernest Jenning Records. Catch LF’s show at 529 in Atlanta tomorrow – grab tickets [ Interview: Mariah Parker/Linqua Franca on ‘Bellringer’ album Read More »](/interview-mariah-parker-linqua-franca-on-bellringer-album/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-7-1024x1024.jpg)](/coming-out-of-the-woo-closet-on-may-day/) [ May 1 2022 ](/coming-out-of-the-woo-closet-on-may-day/) ## [Coming out of the woo closet on May Day](/coming-out-of-the-woo-closet-on-may-day/) Happy May Day & eclipse season—here’s an episode where I’m having a conversation I’ve never had publicly before. Some updates regarding Mainline, too. Some notes:A few weeks ago, I shared a part of my origin story covering my transition from [ Coming out of the woo closet on May Day Read More »](/coming-out-of-the-woo-closet-on-may-day/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-7-1024x1024.jpg)](/bad-vacation-with-chelsea-stone/) [ Apr 25 2022 ](/bad-vacation-with-chelsea-stone/) ## [“Bad Vacation” with Chelsea Stone](/bad-vacation-with-chelsea-stone/) This week, Chelsea and I did the first episode of a podcast I’ve been incubating/ideating since last summer called “Bad Vacation.” BIRTH PHASE COMPLETE. In this episode we talk about capitalism and addiction, how pulling a geographic doesn’t work, ego [ “Bad Vacation” with Chelsea Stone Read More »](/bad-vacation-with-chelsea-stone/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-1-2.jpg)](/deep-cut-freelancers-artists-in-u-s-labor-organizing/) [ Apr 17 2022 ](/deep-cut-freelancers-artists-in-u-s-labor-organizing/) ## [Deep Cut: Freelancers & artists in U.S. labor organizing](/deep-cut-freelancers-artists-in-u-s-labor-organizing/) Hey y’all, Sharing one from the archives I’ve always wanted to share but haven’t had a chance to. This is an interview I did in March 2021 with Nick B., a freelance dancer and artist in San Francisco. This interview [ Deep Cut: Freelancers & artists in U.S. labor organizing Read More »](/deep-cut-freelancers-artists-in-u-s-labor-organizing/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-7-1024x1024.jpg)](/moving-from-consuming-culture-to-creating-it-w-autumn-james/) [ Apr 8 2022 ](/moving-from-consuming-culture-to-creating-it-w-autumn-james/) ## [Moving from consuming to creating culture with Autumn James](/moving-from-consuming-culture-to-creating-it-w-autumn-james/) This week, Mainline senior music editor Autumn James and I came together to record our first ever podcast episode. Not sure how we managed to go almost three years without doing one together, but alas, here we are and time [ Moving from consuming to creating culture with Autumn James Read More »](/moving-from-consuming-culture-to-creating-it-w-autumn-james/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1-8-1024x1024.jpg)](/audio-an-origin-story/) [ Apr 1 2022 ](/audio-an-origin-story/) ## [An origin story](/audio-an-origin-story/) hey y’all, tonight i’m dropping a special episode in which i engage in a bit of storytelling—this time i’m telling some of my story of addiction and recovery. last week marked six years of sobriety for me, on march 22. [ An origin story Read More »](/audio-an-origin-story/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/1-3-1-1024x1024.jpg)](/updates-a-dose-of-media-criticism-of-the-ajc/) [ Mar 19 2022 ](/updates-a-dose-of-media-criticism-of-the-ajc/) ## [Updates & a dose of media criticism of the AJC](/updates-a-dose-of-media-criticism-of-the-ajc/) This episode features tracks “Vacation” by Night Cleaner and “Tension” by Sheperds, both local artists who have consented to having their tracks played in Mainline coverage. hey hello, felt some energy flowing today so I hopped behind the mic to [ Updates & a dose of media criticism of the AJC Read More »](/updates-a-dose-of-media-criticism-of-the-ajc/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/3125528-1646355301539-801cf4fbfe841-scaled-1-1024x1024.jpg)](/mainline-news-hour-gentrification-is-violence-interview-with-community-movement-builders/) [ Mar 4 2022 ](/mainline-news-hour-gentrification-is-violence-interview-with-community-movement-builders/) ## [Gentrification is violence: Interview with Community Movement Builders](/mainline-news-hour-gentrification-is-violence-interview-with-community-movement-builders/) This week, Aja is joined with Jasmine and Kwame of Community Movement Builders to discuss current events unfolding in District 12 as CMB continues to organize and build life-affirming solutions for residents. Organizers report they are being met with “misconduct, [ Gentrification is violence: Interview with Community Movement Builders Read More »](/mainline-news-hour-gentrification-is-violence-interview-with-community-movement-builders/) [![](/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1-6-1024x1024.jpg)](/extended-play-talking-gentrification-policing-how-it-affects-mutual-aid-w-community-movement-builders/) [ Mar 3 2022 ](/extended-play-talking-gentrification-policing-how-it-affects-mutual-aid-w-community-movement-builders/) ## [Talking gentrification, policing, & mutual aid with Community Movement Builders](/extended-play-talking-gentrification-policing-how-it-affects-mutual-aid-w-community-movement-builders/) Now playing / tracks featured in this episode:“W.D.E.” by Night Cleaner“911 is a joke” by Public Enemy Hey y’all, Early drop of an extended version of the episode airing on Mainline News Hour via WRFG Atlanta tomorrow. My talk with [ Talking gentrification, policing, & mutual aid with Community Movement Builders Read More »](/extended-play-talking-gentrification-policing-how-it-affects-mutual-aid-w-community-movement-builders/)