Some of the survivors who joined Lady Gaga on stage that night (video at link) — Wagatwe Wanjucki and Zerlina Maxwell chief among them — are women whose work has long inspired me and whose fierce vulnerability continues to break me down and heal me up.
For more background on the song, the performance, and the survivors.
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Fierce vulnerability. Yes, that.
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Yup. True vulnerability — not just being raw or brittle — is one helluva thing.
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Yes, it was awesome. I think it got lost in all the other controversy of the night.
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Oh yeah. The “shocking diversity humor” was shockingly bad. And racist and sexist, to boot.
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