General Article Tina Turner: the singer’s resilience and defiance were typical of a survivor of intimate partner abu

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Tina Turner: the singer’s resilience and defiance were typical of a survivor of intimate partner abuse

Dr Sarah Tatton, Sheffield Hallam University

There was something elemental about the ferocity of Tina Turner’s stage strut and the grit in her voice. Her death last week, aged 83, was met with an outpouring of tributes celebrating her musical prowess. But as we mourn her passing, it’s worth noting that Tina was also a model survivor of intimate partner violence.

In 1981, following her split ...

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