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Tag: Beyoncé
The Top 10 Feminist Pop Culture Shake-Ups of 2017
2017 certainly qualifies as the year of feminist resistance, punctuated with these memorable, quirky and provocative moments in pop culture.
We Heart: Girls From Around the World Lip-Syncing to Beyoncé to Fight Inequality
Good news! We found your Day of the Girl anthem, and it’s chock-full of feminism.
The Top 10 Feminist Moments in Pop Culture from 2016
Despite the setback of the 2016 election, pop culture this year was crowded with messages of gender equity, racial justice and social liberation.
Beyoncé, the Dixie Chicks and Presidential Politics
Every time we think we’ve reached peak “Beyoncé’s Fierce Feminism,” the pop star manages to top herself.
Lemonade: Beyoncé’s Redemption Song
Beyoncé knows how to pick her moments (and her platforms). There is something quite poetic (both literally and figuratively) in the premiere of her sixth album, Lemonade, as a music-meets-film experience […]
What Beyoncé, Black Girls Rock! and Popular Education Mean for the Feminist Movement
Having been aware of celebrity DJ Beverly Bond’s nonprofit organization Black Girls Rock! and its annual awards show for quite some time, I must confess that this year was the first time […]
Can a “Feminist Anthem” Ever Truly Be Feminist?
What makes a song feminist? And what’s the best way to acknowledge the movement’s complex and storied history without erasing anyone’s contributions or appearing ill-informed? Those were the tough questions tackled by […]
Beyoncé as Conjure Woman: Reclaiming the Magic of Black Lives (That) Matter
The first image we see of Beyoncé, in her newly released video for her song “Formation,” is the pop star atop a New Orleans police car, partly submerged in flood […]
Gloria Steinem on Beyonce: “You Had Me at Hello”
Good news: Gloria Steinem loves Beyonce as much as you do. In an interview with Cosmopolitan published online this week, the cofounding Ms. editor opens up about sex, relationships, Hillary Clinton’s chances at […]