The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Eartha Kitt

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  @KazRowe · 3 years ago · pinned

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  @stares_mthrfckrly · 3 years ago

  “I wasn’t blacklisted, I was whitelisted.”<br><br>Truly powerful words.

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  @damascus9876 · 3 years ago

  &quot;Why should I be upset about her being embarrassed that&apos;s HER PROBLEM.&quot; -I CHOKED. GET EM EARTHA!!!

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  @damascus9876 · 3 years ago

  That conversation between her and the former president WAS SO FRUSTRATING. &nbsp;Eartha looked pissed, but she handled that so much better than I would have.

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  @damascus9876 · 3 years ago

  &quot;So she was stalked by the CIA after challenging Johnson during the Vietnam War...&quot; <b>I swear you could hear a record scratch at that moment</b> They did WHAT NOW?!?

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  @silversamantha · 3 years ago

  Love Eartha Kitt so much. Publicly she was the embodiment of &quot;Do not harm, take no sh!t&quot; and gave <b>4 generations</b> some of the most iconic performances they&apos;d ever see. Thanks for this!

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  @celery8059 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Holy fuck she’s actually the most badass person alive. Dealing with so much hardship , and coming out not only on top, but using her position in the industry to do good! We can only strive to be just like her.

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  @PixieLovesItAll · 3 years ago

  &quot;You adopted me when nobody else did.&quot; out of the blue after hearing her story made me absolutely BURST into tears with a bite of dinner in my mouth, oh my god. The humility and strength in the face of so much cruelty and pain, what an incredible person.

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  @briansmith9439 · 3 years ago

  In 1999 I was living on Fountain Avenue in Hollywood and was out for a walk. As I passed a small lounge on Cahuenga Blvd just south of Hollywood I heard what could only be Eartha Kitt&apos;s voice. I stood there transfixed and when that song was over and she started chatting, curiosity got the best of me; I cracked the door open and there she was, entertaining less than a hundred people in a very small venue. It was so small that she saw the door open; she interrupted her monologue with &quot;Come on in darling, I won&apos;t bite unless you want me to. &lt;laugh&gt; There&apos;s a seat right here.&quot; I was floored and had a front-row seat and was entertained like never before. Only in Hollywood.

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  @mystery1317 · 3 years ago

  The way she CACKLED at the idea of compromising for a man took me out 😂<br>The bit about her leaving the world screaming gave me chills tho. Great video!

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  @chelseawhite7117 · 3 years ago

  To Kaz’s point about her becoming fiercely independent from any particular man, my favorite quote of hers is: “a man has always wanted to lay me down, but he never wanted to pick me up”. What a power in recognizing herself as being valuable outside of the presence of a man especially through the middle and end of the 20th century, when no one else empowered her but her

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  @NoiseDay · 3 years ago

  Eartha and her daughter talking about how her traumatic experiences made her who she was and how she shouldn&apos;t have to let go or forget really spoke to me. Especially the part where these experiences can act as a sort of fuel for her activism and proof of her strength. I don&apos;t want to wallow in my past, but I don&apos;t want to forget it either. I want to bring it with me and bring it to light so that other people can know what it&apos;s like to suffer in ways they haven&apos;t or to feel less alone knowing there&apos;s someone out there who has suffered just as they have.

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