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Meet Queen Gabby

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Queen Gabby is a flight attendant for a major airline and the female Advice Columnist. She is a Slam poet and spoken word artist from Chicago. Queen Gabby is one of the founding members of SaYes2Poetry. She landed a position as an Advice Columnist for The Soultown Magazine after dominating the Oakland poetry circuit with her provocative, opinionated poetry pieces. She also coached San Jose’s youth Brave New Voices poetry team to competitions in Berkeley, CA, and Chicago, IL. She is working on her first novel and currently resides in Las Vegas.
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Been with us for 99 Issues

Queen Gabrielle Shirley has written for The Soultown Magazine since inception, January 2017. She is also an international Correspondent and has covered stories from Atlanta, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and shared her journey of flying the friendly skies.

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March 2025 Issue

 Q:  Dear Queen Gabby,

On TikTok, I see a lot of videos about strong, Black women.
What makes you a strong woman?

~ Ms. Shero

~

A:  Ms. Shero

What makes me a strong black woman is my ability to be resilient, along with being able to detach. Often, I’ve faced situations that I didn’t think I could get out of. It didn’t take a lot for me to rea

 Q:  Dear Queen Gabby,

On TikTok, I see a lot of videos about strong, Black women.
What makes you a strong woman?

~ Ms. Shero

~

A:  Ms. Shero

What makes me a strong black woman is my ability to be resilient, along with being able to detach. Often, I’ve faced situations that I didn’t think I could get out of. It didn’t take a lot for me to realize that I don’t have a depressed spirit. I take a minute to sulk, then I’m right back on the bike, cycling along. I also detach from things that I feel like make me weak. It’s easy to turn into a pessimist. If I rid my thoughts of stuff that isn’t good for me, I won’t fall into negativity. I correlate being strong with being positive.  

~ Queen Gabby 

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