And that, in truth, is what concerns me.” And she speaks passionately about the power of female relationships.īut some pundits are hesitant to award the singer feminist laurels.įor instance, Anne Helen Petersen, writer for the blog Celebrity Gossip, Academic Style (and Bitch contributor), says, “What bothers me-what causes such profound ambivalence-is the way in which been held up as an exemplar of female power and, by extension, become a de facto feminist icon….Beyoncé is powerful. She employs an all-woman band of ace musicians-the Sugar Mamas-that she formed to give girls more musical role models.
The performer has enjoyed record-breaking career success and has taken control of a multimillion-dollar empire in a male-run industry, while being frank about gender inequities and the sacrifices required of women. Carter Show-the must-see concert of the summer.īeyoncé’s success would seem to offer many reasons for feminists to cheer. She who, in the last few months alone, whipped her golden lace-front and shook her booty fiercely enough to zap the power in the Superdome (electrical relay device, bah!) produced, directed, and starred in Life Is But a Dream, HBO’s most-watched documentary in nearly a decade and launched the Mrs. Who run the world? If entertainment domination is the litmus test, then all hail Queen Bey.
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