EEEEEE. >o<
Eartha Kitt was a singer, actress, civil rights activist and generally super-sexy super-awesome WOC. Even if the name isn’t immediately familiar to you, I guaruntee you’ve seen or heard her somewhere - she was a Broadway star and sang “C’est si bon” and “Santa Baby” in the 50’s, she was Catwoman in the 60’s, and in 1968 she publicly spoke out against the Vietnam War at a dinner party at the White House. This bravery lead to two things - first, the President’s wife cried and stormed out (hehehe) and second, her career was pretty much shot, in America at least.
But it was ok, because by the late 70’s everyone was pretty much begging for her to come back from Europe (where she’d been performing since the White House fiasco) and she went back to blitzing Broadway, recording loads of awesome songs (including “Where is my Man” and “Cha-Cha Heels”) and making movie and TV appearances. But she wasn’t done being badass yet - she became a vocal LGBT rights activist and gave frequent performances at HIV/AIDS benefits in the 80’s, as well as publicly stating her support of same-sex marriage. She is quoted at saying “I support it [gay marriage] because we’re asking for the same thing. If I have a partner and something happens to me, I want that partner to enjoy the benefits of what we have reaped together. It’s a civil-rights thing, isn’t it?”
Eartha Kitt’s last big gig was as a spokesperson for MAC cosmetics in 2007, and she died of cancer on Christmas Day, 2008.
She’s forever my hero. Can you imagine - a young woman of color telling the President and his wife that they’re idiots in the sixties? Who can honestly say that they have that much spunk?? I will try to be like her every day of my life and I think everyone should.
perfect woman
