MARTHA DAVIS OF THE MOTELS, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1982

📷 Michael Grecco (in his 'Days Of Punk' Book)

Toni Basil, Martha Davis (The Motels), Grace Slick (Starship) and Cyndi Lauper. 2nd American Video Awards, Los Angeles, CA. 1984.

Martha Davis (The Motels)

1957 wife and husband vocal jazz duet (sung by Martha Davis and Calvin Ponder) with piano and backing band, originally composed by George Gershwin and lyrics written by Ira Gershwin in 1933

The Motels - Martha Davis

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

directed by Stephen Herek, 1989

Martha Davis of The Motels - The Coach House; San Juan Capistrano, CA (3-18-22). @TheMotels #marthadavis

Photo: Jeff Bliss

Portraits of musician/lead singer Martha Davis of the Californian New Wave group "The Motels", Chicago, Illinois, July 23, 1982.

📷: Paul Natkin/Getty Images.

Posting a throwback of The Motels at Dantes in Portland 2006. I had a point n shoot camera at the time. Still classic pics of the legendary Martha Davis. Such a sweet lady with a beautiful voice 😍

The Motels - Shame

Song 🎵 of the day 2: Shame by The Motels (1985) from Shock #themotels #marthadavis #shame #shock #80s

L-R: Toni Basil, Martha Davis (The Motels), Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane) and Cyndi Lauper

Source: IG

Cherry: shes got them apple bottom jeEaAns, boOots with the fuUuur, got the whoOLe class loOkin' aAt heEerr~

Martha: [-slams through the door-} CHERRY.

Cherry: (☉_ ☉)

Martha: did you sleep with your GOD DAMN boyfriend

Cherry: NO I DIDN-

Martha: YES YOU DID

Happy birthday MARTHA DAVIS! Lead singer for The Motels.

(January 19, 1951)

The Motels - Only The Lonely

Because this 1⃣9⃣8⃣2⃣ track by @TheMotels came up on the 80s playlist I was playing in the car last week. 

What did Russel T Davies do to Freema Agyeman? (I love her and I need to know who i have to kill and why)

I love her too! But to answer your questions: RTD wrote Martha Jones in a racialised way that made her more susceptible to fan racism than she already was as a visibly Black woman. He wrote Ten in a way that he's straight up cruel to her, doesn't protect her from racism or even have the same level of empathy for her as other white companions. To this day, discussing the racism Freema endured at the hands of fans as a result of the way RTD wrote Martha has brought Freema to tears. Princess Weekes dropped a whole video essay on the racism in the way Martha and Mickey were written, which you can watch here. Also, I've shared this article before but this is a great breakdown of the Misogynoir in Martha's characterisation <3