Sinead O’Connor has died

[Anonymous]

She really was ahead of her time. Pointing out the hypocrisy and sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and refusing to perform when Andrew Dice Clay was performing due to his mysogyny. I feel like her career took a hit that it wouldn’t have had if she had entered the scene today. She stood up for what she believed in and was derided for it. I feel bad about that. And she had a beautiful voice.

[Anonymous]

I fervently hope she is reunited with her child. RIP

[Anonymous]

Two years ago she was scheduled to play at the birchmere to a sold out show. it was cancelled but could you imagine seeing her there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She really was ahead of her time. Pointing out the hypocrisy and sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and refusing to perform when Andrew Dice Clay was performing due to his mysogyny. I feel like her career took a hit that it wouldn’t have had if she had entered the scene today. She stood up for what she believed in and was derided for it. I feel bad about that. And she had a beautiful voice.

Absolutely and spoke up when she wanted to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one recovers from the type of child abuse she suffered. It’s a miracle she held on for as long as she did.

When I heard today that she died I thought if Sinead is done, I guess I can stop fighting too. But then I know how much her son’s suicide destroyed her and how she expressly stated that she hoped nobody would follow his example. So I will try to keep hanging on, because I know that even if Sinead succumbed to a suicidal impulse, it’s not who she was in her right mind.

But yes when you are cruelly abused by the person who brought you into this world, there is no healing from it - you just endure and make the best of things that you can from one moment to the next.

RIP Sinead

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one recovers from the type of child abuse she suffered. It’s a miracle she held on for as long as she did.

When I heard today that she died I thought if Sinead is done, I guess I can stop fighting too. But then I know how much her son’s suicide destroyed her and how she expressly stated that she hoped nobody would follow his example. So I will try to keep hanging on, because I know that even if Sinead succumbed to a suicidal impulse, it’s not who she was in her right mind.

But yes when you are cruelly abused by the person who brought you into this world, there is no healing from it - you just endure and make the best of things that you can from one moment to the next.

RIP Sinead

PP please keep fighting. There are people who love you. Call 988 if you need help. ❤️

[Anonymous]

This one is hitting me hard.

Sometimes I feel this world is too cruel for sensitive people, and they are the ones we need most in the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My favorite female voice of all time..loved her collaborations

So beautiful... her voice, her face, the song.

[Anonymous]

This is breaking my heart today. RIP, beautiful soul!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She really was ahead of her time. Pointing out the hypocrisy and sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and refusing to perform when Andrew Dice Clay was performing due to his mysogyny. I feel like her career took a hit that it wouldn’t have had if she had entered the scene today. She stood up for what she believed in and was derided for it. I feel bad about that. And she had a beautiful voice.

It’s maddening to look back on how she was treated. Her conviction was really admirable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one recovers from the type of child abuse she suffered. It’s a miracle she held on for as long as she did.

When I heard today that she died I thought if Sinead is done, I guess I can stop fighting too. But then I know how much her son’s suicide destroyed her and how she expressly stated that she hoped nobody would follow his example. So I will try to keep hanging on, because I know that even if Sinead succumbed to a suicidal impulse, it’s not who she was in her right mind.

But yes when you are cruelly abused by the person who brought you into this world, there is no healing from it - you just endure and make the best of things that you can from one moment to the next.

RIP Sinead

I’m so sorry for what you’ve been through and I hope things get better.

[Anonymous]

Pope John Paul won’t be seeing her!

[Anonymous]

https://consequence.net/2023/07/morrissey-sinead-oconnor/amp/

Kudos to Morrissey for calling out the hypocrisy of the music industry and celebs only heralding Sinead’s artistry after her death. The link contains his bold criticism of those who failed to support her when she was alive. He’s not wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually her mother has a lot to answer for. When she put her in a home run by Catholic nuns, one of them spotted she could sing, bought her a guitar and got her lessons.

She had nothing else good to say about that home, aside from the lovely nun with the guitar, and described the ways that they abused and shamed her. Please don't rewrite history for this woman who lived so honestly.

I am not rewriting anything, if you knew about that nun you should have mentioned her, not lumped her in with a bunch of seedy criminals.

DP. Right, and that nun continued to participate in the prison camps where she was held against her will, and exploited, and harmed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_asylum

Magdalene asylums, also known as Magdalene laundries, were initially Protestant but later mostly Roman Catholic institutions that operated from the 18th to the late 20th centuries, ostensibly to house "fallen women". The term referred to female sexual promiscuity or work in prostitution, young women who became pregnant outside of marriage, or young girls and teenagers who did not have familial support. They were required to work without pay apart from meagre food provisions, while the institutions operated large commercial laundries, serving customers outside their bases.

Many of these "laundries" were effectively operated as penitentiary workhouses. The strict regimes in the institutions were often more severe than those found in prisons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pope John Paul won’t be seeing her!

I agree. He’s surely in hell