All posts by Guest Contributor
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#eulogizingaretha: Her Royal Legacy
By Rev. Hannah Hooks Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul was just that; a full grown woman of indomitable spirit and the embodiment of her...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Celebration of Life
By Nettrice Gaskins When Aretha sang, the birds, though they sang sweetly, hushed of their own accord. On August 31, the world witnessed a Celebration...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Queen with a Crown (That Be Down for Whatever)
By Lyvonne “Proverbs” Picou The great elder ancestor Lucille Clifton wrote, “come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Eulogy for and to Aretha Franklin
By Maisha I. K. Handy I wonder if she knew. As she spun “Respect” on repeat time and time again, living vicariously through your voice. Longing...
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#eulogizingaretha: Miss Aretha’s Daughters
By The Reverend Raedorah C. Stewart ©2018 On the occasion of her passing the baton to eternal womanhood Miss. Aretha. Franklin. ……….My southern sensibilities always put...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Eulogy for Aretha Franklin
By Melanie C. Jones I first heard your voice. An indelible voice that needs no introduction. A voice that had the ability to sustain social...
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#eulogizingaretha: The Audacity to Be Free
By Rev. Lacette Cross So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. – John 8:36 (NRSV) “It ain’t necessarily so It...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Queen’s Kwansaba!
By Marshata Caradine-Randall ARETHA lived, birthed, aborted, sang, played, gave ARETHA denied, forbade, led, taught, learned, was ARETHA chang’d, heal’d, mold’d, creat’d, reveal’d, contrl’d ARETHA...
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#eulogizingaretha: In the Belly of the Feast & the Favor…
By Esther A. Armah I think the Ancestors call her ‘Queen Re Re’. This voice. Unsaid words and sounds that erupted, sometimes emerged, soothing, or...
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#eulogizingaretha: From a Daughter Whose Mother Loved Aretha
By Idrissa Simmonds There is a generation of Black girls born at a time when our mothers spoke the name Aretha in the house with...
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#eulogizingaretha: She was ours
By Crystal deGregory She was ours. So many of us called her simply, “Aretha.” For so long, there was only one person so singularly associated...
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#eulogizingaretha: For Aretha
By Frances Gaillard Parker In 1970, I considered myself a “supporter” of The Soledad Brothers and Angela Davis. I entered high school in the fall...
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#eulogizingaretha: A Final Good Word
By Janell Hobson On the day we gathered for the homegoing of Aretha Franklin, undisputed Queen of Soul, the Buckingham Palace guard paid tribute with...
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Effects of Generic Cialis on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Traditionally, the main indication with which the intake of such a drug from the category of PDE-5 inhibitors as Cialis is identified is erectile dysfunction,...
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Thank You, Sir. May I Have Another…Pad?
By Adrienne Kitcheyan and Tuesday Brauer Arizona House Bill 2222, menstrual equity legislation that many have referred to as “the tampon bill,” was introduced to...
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IT IS TIME — #Feminism4the99
By Zillah Eisenstein On March 8th women—in our complex identities—across the globe and across the U.S. will join together to make our resistance against the exploitation...
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Uncoddling White Women: An Interview with Community Organizer Becky Rafter
By Amanda Hendler-Voss Becky Rafter could have been among the 67% of white women voters in Alabama who cast their lot with Roy Moore. She grew...
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Trans Multitudes and Death Reality: A Coda
Tw; Death Reality. I’ve come to accept that I will die. I know this. And frightening it is But I refuse to live in...
