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In the midst of that amazing time in my life came the worst, and that was when my friends just started dropping dead. They were sick today and dead tomorrow. And when you would go to the hospital to look for you friend they would be out in the hallway on a gurney pushed up against a wall dying for help, dying for love, dying to be saved. And some of them with that sign on their gurney that said "do not touch". And they suffered, and people wanted to act like they weren't good people, kind people, wonderful people, somebody's son, somebody's daughter, somebody. // SHERYL LEE RALPH receiving the Human Rights Campaign's National Ally for Equality Award 2022. (x)
After over 40 years in the industry, Sheryl Lee Ralph wins her first Emmy in her first nomination. She accepts by singing a line from "Endangered Species" by Dianne Reeves:
I am an endangered species, but I sing no victim's song. I am a woman. I am an artist. And I know where my voice belongs.
The way they use hair and makeup for story telling in abbott is top tier
In this recent ep (03x05) Barbara’s bold lipstick is insulted by sister sloss (I hate you sister sloss) and she reacts by covering her lips.
Then the rest of the episode she wears neutral lipstick colours.
It’s such a detail but tells you so much about how Barb internalises what those women say and how she wants to fit in and be respected by and be good enough for them.