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Valerie Rose Sterrett was bitten by the “performing bug” at a young age. By the age of five, she played the lead role and was the youngest performer in her school’s production of
Annie. But music and performance had already been in Sterrett’s bloodline for generations. Sterrett pulls inspiration from her family’s extensive performative roots while encompassing her own singer-songwriter flair, showing that she is a born-creative and an ever-evolving musician. Today, she exercises this history through her alternative-psychedelic music.
A source of inspiration for Sterrett was her great aunt
Isabel, a ragtime performer for local bars in the ‘30s, until she was hit on the head with a beer bottle after. “A jealous fight broke out with her husband and another man,” Sterrett says. This family history incident inspired an unheard song of Sterrett’s that she plans on releasing with a music video set in a vintage bar scene. The song is called “Miss
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State Rep. Diego Hernandez announced his resignation to OPB on Feb. 21, facing an upcoming vote that could have made him the first state lawmaker in Oregon’s history to be expelled from the Legislature. After monthslong allegations of harassment, the Oregon House Conduct Committee concluded Hernandez created a hostile work environment for women, and decided unanimously to bring a vote to expel Hernandez to the full House. Hernandez filed a lawsuit to prevent the vote to expel however, the effort failed after United States District Court Judge Ann Aiken refused to intervene in the case, insisting the Oregon Legislature has the power to police its own members. Hernandez’s resignation will take effect March 15.
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In a statement reported by the Oregonian, Green said that while she was disappointed, the lawsuit brought awareness to an issue many people were and still are unaware of.” Online, she fired back at hateful comments.
This was said to me on IG. There are valid criticisms to be had with pageantry. I know why it is I compete in pageants though. I do them because I like getting dolled up and I do it to promote a message of embracing the beauty each and every one of us has. pic.twitter.com/XyVFOz1Qit Anita Noelle Green (@anitanoelleg) March 2, 2021
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