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it's kat! 🇵🇸✊

: eunice kathleen waymon (whom, inspired by simone signoret in 'casque d'or', changed her name so she could play clubs without embarrassing her mum) was - from the instant she felt earth's cold air on her newborn's skin - fierce. [A THREAD]

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it's kat! 🇵🇸✊

by the age of three, she was playing piano. it wasn't too much later that she realised how many obstacles lay between her & the success her talent warranted: at her first recital, the 12-year-old refused to play until her parents were permitted to move from the back of the hall (where they'd been relegated in favour of white folk).

it's kat! 🇵🇸✊

this desire for equality reached its apex for nina simone in 1964. she wrote furious protest songs like 'mississippi goddam' & 'old jim crow', which she incorporated into her live shows - along with impassioned entreaties for civil rights. after a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, she settled in france & kept kicking against injustice until breast cancer killed her body. her spirit? it's as loud & right as ever. just listen.

Feb 21, 2025, 10:57 PM·Public·Elk
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