Voices: R.I.P. Whitney Houston (1963-2012)
She was a power house and a natural from the beginning, from the time I saw her in her mother’s act to the time I introduced her on the Merv Griffin show. You went to see the show and heard what they...
View ArticleWhitney: Why Does It Hurt So Bad
By Guest Contributor Aurin Squire, cross-posted from Six Perfections I was in the middle of chairing a meeting. We were at break when someone rushed in and interrupted our separate conversations....
View ArticleOpen Thread: The 2012 Grammy Awards
By Arturo R. García The more I think about this year’s Grammy Awards, the harder it becomes to figure them out. For starters, I can’t imagine what Jennifer Hudson was feeling while singing her take on...
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Whitney: Victim Of The “Strong Black Woman” Stereotype
by Guest Contributor Keir Bristol It was not inevitable for everyone that Whitney Houston was going to die. Many of us expected her to make a comeback. For those people, her death came as a shock. Many...
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Whitney’s ‘Homegoing’ And The Spiritual Divide
By Guest Contributor Tami Winfrey Harris, cross-posted from What Tami Said Media coverage of singer Whitney Houston’s funeral evoked a disappointment I often feel as a black woman in America. It...
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‘It’s Not Right’… On Whitney Houston, Black Women, And Loss
By Guest Contributor Andreana Clay, cross-posted from QueerBlackFeminist Like others, I can’t really believe that I’m writing about the death of Whitney Houston. I learned about her death in passing,...
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The queer afterlife of Whitney Houston
By Guest Contributor Pier Dominguez It is perhaps a queer time to be writing about Whitney Houston. After all, she died over one year ago and the many memoirs and remembrances that trickled out since...
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