Celeb News: Chimamanda: Bey inspires people to talk feminism

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Says Beyoncé Inspires People to Talk About Feminism

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The Nigerian novelist, whose TED talk about women being expected to aspire to marriage, was sampled on Beyoncé’s track ‘***Flawless’, thinks the ‘XO’ hitmaker () is inspiring.

She told The Times newspaper: ”Because of Beyoncé many young women are talking about feminism and hopefully young men because she has such a following.”

She said: ”Well, I suppose there are different feminisms. I am all about bringing people to the party and having a good conversation, rather than saying you can’t come in. I have had young people in Nigeria who probably would have never heard of my TED talk without Beyoncé and who are now talking about feminism.”

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FattMatt

I do not disagree, she definitely has made Feminism a hot topic

qa3bool

Ha ImpacT

Timber

Stop it with the "XO hit maker" thing.

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Release ***Flawless Bey!!

bey0nce

Bey her global reach getting the children of Nigeria to talk about feminism

Maiko

She has though

Iman

KORDEI

I've been waiting for her to comment for the longest

Maiko

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”Well, I suppose there are different feminisms."

um is this shade

Mayonnaise

Bey promoting the social, political and economic equality of da sexes

Daydream

Absolutely.

22 Two's

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thinks the ‘XO’ hitmaker is inspiring.

QueenBLadyG

Nippy'sReceipts

To me, Bey is not a feminist, she's a brand.
But yeah,, I guess it's good that she inspires women to be successful & in charge.

Maiko

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Originally posted by Nippy'sReceipts

To me, Bey is not a feminist, she's a brand.
But yeah,, I guess it's good that she inspires women to be successful & in charge.

Hannah Montana was a brand.

Beyoncé is a businesswoman that has branded products over time but she isn't a brand. In the Brand/Company Relationship, Beyoncé would be the company.

Beyoncé HAS, however, branded her own type of feminism. That is very, very, clear.

JustActinUP

Her global impact>>>>>>>

JustActinUP

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Originally posted by maiko

um is this shade

More like shade to those that have a narrow view of feminism .lol

Shelter

Surprised she said this, didn't think she would discuss Bey.

Ascension

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Originally posted by Nippy'sReceipts

To me, Bey is not a feminist, she's a brand.
But yeah,, I guess it's good that she inspires women to be successful & in charge.

Beyoncé is a woman who has built a brand on her name. Why does branding your image and believing in the core values of feminism have to be two mutually exclusive things?

This is why a lot of women don't relate to and discuss feminism because there's such a narrow perspective of only the bra burning, picket sign holding breed of feminists and that can be the ONLY way to earnestly have and promote certain beliefs of feminism and that's just not true.

GeezusHaberdash

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Originally posted by Nippy'sReceipts

To me, Bey is not a feminist, she's a brand.
But yeah,, I guess it's good that she inspires women to be successful & in charge.

literally anyone can be a feminist as long as they believe in the equality of the sexes. You don't have to be a PhD-holding scholar or a political figure to qualify as a feminist. There's no one way to be a feminist.