What I’d love to see is this new crop of celebrity feminists strongly coming out in support of social justice issues: using their newfound (or quiet but long-standing) politics to create change influenced by that gender justice lens.īeyoncé already got us started – she directly references feminism in her work and penned an article in support of equal pay, among other things. But while Swift and others calling themselves feminists is great, being feminists every day is better. When one of the most popular artists in the world has been calling herself a feminist for a while, it’s easy for others like Swift to shout her feminist allegiance from the rooftops.
And just this week, after years of equivocating, Taylor Swift came out as a feminist. Feminism is no longer “the f-word”, it’s the realm of cool kids: Beyoncé, Lena Dunham, Amy Poehler, Kerry Washington and Joseph Gordon-Levitt all call themselves feminists.
The zeitgeist is irrefutably feminist: its name literally in bright lights.Īs feminism’s star has ascended, so has the number of celebrities willing to lend their name to the movement. And, as in her music video, the superstar sampled author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s speech on feminism and expectations for girls. Pingback: On Beyoncé and feminism: a writer’s take | eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.Beyoncé, in the midst of an epic 15 minute medley at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music awards, performed her song “Flawless” in front of a giant screen blazoned with the word “FEMINIST”. Pingback: Weekend Reads: Fashion Choices, Otters & Karl Lagerfeld | frijolita Pingback: Sampling Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED talk, ‘We Should All Be Feminists’ | Living Memory Pingback: Why Almost Everyone Loves “Bowing Down” To Beyoncé | Giant Magnets Here’s why | Sunili Govinnage | Octo-Blog Pingback: In 2014, I’ll only read books by writers of colour. Here's why | Sunili Govinnage - Mister-BA Pingback: In 2014, I'll only read books by writers of colour. Here’s why – The Guardian | Kids Clothing Mart
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From there, Beyonce croons - with strong language that will likely be objectionable to some - on the pressure women feel to be perfect and to think of marriage as the main goal of their life. The song starts out with a sample of Ed McMahon of Star Search, announcing Beyoncé and her friends in the female rap group Girl’s Tyme back in 1992. But the highlight of the album (and yes, we are biased): The song “***Flawless,” which samples the message author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie delivered in a talk at TED圎uston called “ We should all be feminists.” It’s what she’s calling a “visual album,” and it features 14 songs and 17 music videos - including a song about her daughter, Blue Ivy, and guest appearances from husband Jay-Z, pals Justin Timberlake and Frank Ocean and her Destiny’s Child compadres Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland. Because late last night, she unexpectedly dropped her fifth studio album, Beyoncé, on iTunes.
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