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Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR
If you think that "singing about giving blowjobs" is antithetical to empowering women, then you don't understand what feminism is. It's about giving girls and women freedom of expression. Beyoncé's singing about sucking dick should be no more or less acceptable than Trey Songz singing about "diving in".
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His point is that it was frowned down upon by the Hive when the other girls were doing it, Rihanna specifically, before BEYONCE came out. They used to drag the **** out of Rihanna for "selling sex" and being a bucket. Now since Bey is all about freedom of sexual expression and **** and she's walking around singing about getting nutted on and swallowing loads it's okay. I don't give **** about the argument itself. I'm a feminist and I'm all for women being able to let their freak flags fly while receiving the same treatment as their male counterparts, but to just jump on board when your "fave" is finally embracing it is ignorant as ****.
Clark, you know I don't have a problem with Beyonce and recognize her for her talents and actually listen to her music so it's not me "hating" at all. Nor am I generalizing the entire BeyHive because there are a few pleasant ones, such as yourself; however, some are downright insufferable.
Anyway, that wasn't even why I said they were annoying. I said that from offline encounters with the dumbasses and because one of the few threads I've seen since my lack of activity on here was "Is BEYONCE the best female pop album of all time?". Like, it's all a matter of opinion, but are there people who truly think that album is better than: The Velvet Rope, Rhythm Nation 1814, Ray of Light, Like A Prayer, Butterfly, Back to Black, Jagged Little Pill, Blue, Whitney Houston, etc? I don't even consider it to be Bey's best album.
Then, yesterday, one of my friends (who is Hive) was talking about how Beyonce has done more for music than Mariah, Janet, and Whitney.
And I do agree, Clark. There's a thin line between underrating and overrating a person, but damn.