Her name was Marion Stokes and in addition to being an amateur archivist, she was also a civil rights activist and got fired from her job as a librarian for being a communist.
no shade it’s actually scary how many people think misogyny has to present itself as extreme hatred of women and violent rhetoric for them to consider it as such. casual misogyny is dangerous precisely because it often presents itself as normal, harmless, or “just a joke”
women being mean to her are insane. you’re justifying a man not treating her well because “she’s not the one”… ok, then why did he waste this woman’s time? it says everything about him, not her. but bird brains think how a man acts toward a woman reflects her value or idk.
She also mentioned that because of these losses, there's a big void in artistic advancement across the board. The people who died would have mentored the next generations, the way it's always been. Their absences are absolutely felt. Didn't put this together until she said it.
I told yall it was a literacy issue and everyone wanted to rip my head off. Back in the day, rappers had vast and diverse vocabulary. They used figurative language, and literary devices. And this is not about AAVE, because that’s a dialect. the new cats are vastly illiterate.