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DURHAM D

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7. To be honest -

Sun Feb 19, 2012, 10:44 PM

Feb 2012

what I have been thinking about since Whitney's passing is would this of happened to her if she had followed her true heart?

The questions you have raised are good ones. But I have moved my thoughts a step further back and tried to comprehend the pressures from her family, the church and community, and people promoting her career and dependant on her successes.

She was open, some would say careless, early in her career when she did not bother to hide her relationships with women. Who or what got to her? I assume there were many factors but what if she had used her remarkable talent not to the benefit of her first family but for herself and her greater family?

She did not owe us anything. I have not walked in her shoes and I certainly can not tell myself that I would have been strong enough to make better personal decisions than Whitney did under her circumstances. But I so wish she was not gone.

I wish she could of found and remained in a safe harbour.

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Whitney Houston and moving beyond tragic narratives for women [View all] Catherina Feb 2012 OP

if Charlie Sheen died tomorrow, somehow I think 'drugs' would also be listed in the first paragraph stockholmer Feb 2012 #1

That's why I was up for a while just thinking about it Catherina Feb 2012 #2

well, you definitely have my support in the war against sexism stockholmer Feb 2012 #3

Thanks for even more questions to think about Catherina Feb 2012 #4

To be honest - DURHAM D Feb 2012 #7

I wondered about this justiceischeap Feb 2012 #10

I can just shake my head in sadness after reading your words Catherina Feb 2012 #14

Autopsy results released today indicate that Whitney died of legal drugs in a lethal combination. yardwork Feb 2012 #22

I was more annoyed by the constant claims on message boards and in some tblue37 Feb 2012 #5

They had a biography of Whitney Houston on last night tammywammy Feb 2012 #8

Those infuriated me Catherina Feb 2012 #17

I've been thinking about this article too, I saw it a couple of days ago. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #6

When the Beatle's broke up, who did they blame? justiceischeap Feb 2012 #9

Right? I think she still catches shit for that. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #11

I heard a new twist on this story: John Lennon wanted to leave the Beatles no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #13

I agree but get confused when I throw in the race aspect on top of it Catherina Feb 2012 #15

The racism is definitely putting her at the bottom of the disrespect pile. Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #18

Other great women who sang their hearts out were given an asterisk next to their names no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #12

That list Catherina Feb 2012 #16

Don't forget "Mama" Cass Elliot - not Black but fat REP Feb 2012 #19

Oh yeah, my bad. no_hypocrisy Feb 2012 #20

That was a particularly cruel rumor that she choked while eating. Way to invalidate a person's life. yardwork Feb 2012 #21

I think so, since dieting may very well have killed her REP Feb 2012 #23

True that - "offensive on so many levels" DURHAM D Feb 2012 #24

Agree on all counts. Absolutely. yardwork Feb 2012 #25

I was so mad over the way she was treated. Rex Feb 2012 #26