ivy-and-twine:If you’re not obsessed with Eartha Kitt you’re doing it wrong. Orson Welles declared h
ivy-and-twine:If you’re not obsessed with Eartha Kitt you’re doing it wrong. Orson Welles declared her the “most exciting woman in the world.” She spoke four languages, sang in seven, was accomplished in the worlds of cabaret, film and stage, and once told Lady Bird Johnson “ You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot.“ She was very active in the world of social justice, most notably a youth group in the DC area called “Rebels with a Cause,” and later becoming active in LGBT fundraisers. “We’re all rejected people, we know what it is to be refused, we know what it is to be oppressed, depressed, and then, accused, and I am very much cognizant of that feeling. Nothing in the world is more painful than rejection. I am a rejected, oppressed person, and so I understand them, as best as I can, even though I am a heterosexual“ -- source link