Strictly Alright

I just read the Vice piece because I am always the first person to fall for linkbait. Anyway, to sum it up, Beyoncé disappoints the writer of the piece because B’s lyrics and lifestyle fails to live up the writer’s version of feminism, of being progressive. All this despite, and this is important, and also correct me if I’m wrong, but B has never really explicitly come out in support of feminism. Sure, a large majority of her songs deal with female empowerment but at the same time, you can’t really blame her for failing to live up to your standards when a part of your image of her is an extrapolation, a projection that could I safely assume is somewhat based on her fans?

Also, the writer spends most of the time dealing with a bunch of strawmen. When he’s not poo-pooing Beyoncé for getting married and starting a family (what a sin!), he’s busy comparing her to past pop stars (irrelevant - you’re trying to convince me how poor of a feminist Ms. Knowles is, remember?), or arguably worse, saying that it’s hip-hop’s fault. The same old tired arguments, I’m sick of it. If you’re still reading, your job from now on is to stop me from clicking on this BS.