This is not a complete list, they are not in any specific order, but I personally want to thank these women for being strong enough to make it "do what it do" (i.e. - being a Black woman in this country, being real, being strong and keeping it CLASSY while being SASSY):
First Lady Michelle Obama
Oprah Winfrey
Ava DuVernay
Soledad O'Brien
Donna Brazille
Mothers of the Movement: women who have lost children due to police brutality/altercations
- Geneva Reed-Veal, mother of Sandra Bland
- Lucia McBath, mother of Jordan Davis
- Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin
- Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner
- Lezley McSpadden, mother of Michael Brown
- Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley, mother of Hadiya Pendleton
- -Maria Hamilton, mother of Dontré Hamilton
Cicely Tyson
Angela Bassett
Lynn Whitfield
Nichelle Nichols
Taraji P Henson
Viola Davis
Octavia Butler
Erykah Badu
Janelle Monae
Jill Scott
Beyoncé
Serena Williams
Venus Williams
Iyanla VanZant
The main SHEro I wanna give a shout-out to this morning is the fantabulous Rev. Faith Green Timmons, pastor of the Bethel United Methodist Church in Flint, MI.
Pastor did not think it robbery to reach back to the ancestoral "Rules of Conduct When Dealing With Idiots".
She gave ol' boy a chin check, a mollywhop, a straight-from-Big-Mama-slap.
Pastor Timmons CLEAN corrected and reminded Orange satan about what he was there to do, and kindly cut him off before he. Went. There. On. Hillary.
She did (as sisters are wont to do, when placed in this position) what some MEN in her position could never do: tell an idiot to be quiet and have a seat.
She gave him the Mama "not in MY house you don't!" speech. Exit, stage lef'. Tail tucked right betwixt his legs.
To you, madam Pastor....you are my SHEro for today...quite possibly forevermore.
You get all the WINS today!!!
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