[QueenBLadyG]

Originally posted by HumanitySector

I never seen anyone that photoshops personal Instagram photos. Instagram = fake photoshoots. Instagram is about sharing your personal life as it is.

Some you would never know. And just because YOU haven't seen any, doesn't mean a damn thing. People do. Whether you want to accept it or not, is up to you. But please do continue to be a weirdo and think Beyoncé is the SOLE user of editing tools for her Instagram photos.

[NewRihannaStan]

I'm over this .! So what

[MovinKindaSlow]

[Rafaela]

Originally posted by HumanitySector

I never seen anyone that photoshops personal Instagram photos. Instagram = fake photoshoots. Instagram is about sharing your personal life as it is.

PLS.

[Wink]

Originally posted by Trent W

This is so true! Maybe the poor woman is insecure because she thinks she can't do wrong, her fan-base and some part of the media has her in this pedestal that she feels she has to be perfect and then this happens. I have never seen a true member of the hive admit she did wrong or that she's screwing up at something, it's awful.

She displays her thighs every night on tour without any filter or photoshopping. Her unfiltered and unphotoshopped body was on display for more than a year while touring and she looks just as good as the pics you claim are photoshopped. You guys are the ones with the insecurities so you put her and her pics under the micro scope everytime she releases them just so point out she isn't perfect.

[elliotis19]

The "everyone else does it too" argument flies in the face of Beyonce being the superior being and the royalty everyone in her fanbase preaches her to be.

I don't have a serious problem with Beyonce, except for when it comes to moments like this, with the flawed logic and utter hypocrisy.

I cannot.

[elliotis19]

Originally posted by Wink

She displays her thighs every night on tour without any filter or photoshopping. Her unfiltered and unphotoshopped body was on display for more than a year while touring and she looks just as good as the pics you claim are photoshopped. You guys are the ones with the insecurities so you put her and her pics under the micro scope everytime she releases them just so point out she isn't perfect.

No one needs a microscope to see the bad photo-editing job in those pics.

That's not meant to get a laugh. Just saying.

[swissman]

Originally posted by elliotis19

You constantly choose to evade the issue at hand and talk around blatant topics when it comes to Beyonce.


Can you acknowledge her hypocrisy on some level, or does the concept of her contradicting herself by preaching one thing in her songs and interviews and doing another in public escape you?

Serious question.

Sure it is contradictory but what human is not? Like pick any artist and I can probably find a lyric that is negated by something they've done in their personal life. You guys are taking this too seriously, as usual, because any flaw in Beyoncé's flawlessness needs to be magnified and exaggerated so everyone can know she isn't flawless. Half the time the media calls her these things it's hyperbole anyway. You need to learn the difference.

[Bounce]

[Trent W]

Originally posted by Wink

She displays her thighs every night on tour without any filter or photoshopping. Her unfiltered and unphotoshopped body was on display for more than a year while touring and she looks just as good as the pics you claim are photoshopped. You guys are the ones with the insecurities so you put her and her pics under the micro scope everytime she releases them just so point out she isn't perfect.

There are like 3 articles by major sites reporting on this, I would never even notice that. If she wasn't insecure she wouldn't post edited pictures, period.

[Beethoven]

It's the soul that needs the surgery!

[swissman]

Originally posted by Javan

Can we look at the song in it's full context:

As a "feminist" surely she she would be against the unrealistic beauty standards for women. Then why is she perpetuating them, when she is in a position of power? That's like preaching about racial discrimination in the working world and never once hiring an ethnic minority.

Yes, and what of it? It argues against beauty standards, through the eye of Beyoncé's experience. Does she vow at the end to never feel insecure or something?

Your example also is not really the same. Beyonce can be both inspiring and insecure. She's a human not a robot or a corporation with a public policy.

[MaRy]

She's so insecure

[6_INCH_HEELS]

So we taking song lyrics literally now? K.

[swissman]

Originally posted by elliotis19

The "everyone else does it too" argument flies in the face of Beyonce being the superior being and the royalty everyone in her fanbase preaches her to be.

I don't have a serious problem with Beyonce, except for when it comes to moments like this, with the flawed logic and utter hypocrisy.

I cannot.

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that Beyoncé is superior to her peers because of her immatucale security in her body. We raise her up for her amazing stage presence, her soaring vocals, her impeccable dancing, her ability to create a brilliant album and release it in a way that truly infiltrates pop culture. NOT because she's never saw a flaw in herself. You should go listen to Flaws and All.

[Javan]

Originally posted by swissman

Guess you don't understand what empowering songs are all about.

It's like shading Gloria Gaynor for feeling depressed one day, like GIRL WASN'T IT YOU WHO SAID 'I WILL SURVIVE'?… stop putting an impossible standard on Beyoncé and maybe she will stop feeling that there is an impossible standard to live up to. Beyoncé sings these songs are a means of empowerment but she does not automatically have to never succumb to not feeling flawless. Or did you forget why Sasha Fierce exists?

LOL @ that comparison. Don't try to diminish how philosophically driven that song and music video was. It wasn't just a cute trivial song that was supposed to make you feel good like Diva and Flawless. It was her attempt at a feminist statement. You think she stood in the front cover of time with minimal make up for no reason? (even though the pic ended up photoshopped). But at the end of the day, the thing with beyonce, is that she's weak sauce. It's all just words, when you think about it, what has Beyonce really done for feminism? What doors has "Mrs Carter" opened that Madonna and Janet haven't already seen too? Yup that's right.

[M!X]

It's so obvious, how can she not understand that everyone will notice?

[Trent W]

I was wondering why lately why Beyoncé gets more backlash than anyone in the media right now for the most stupid stuff, and this is the perfect example of it. People are waiting for her to fail and fail big time, but this is all on the person whose in charge of making her image ''perfect''.

[Superbitch]

Mess @ me picturing her using some kinda photoshop tool asking Jay if the gap looks good enough so she can post it

The sad thing is her body is the definition of a perfect female why does she feel the need to do this to her thighs? She looks so damn good without that messy photoshop already.

[Javan]

Originally posted by swissman

Yes, and what of it? It argues against beauty standards, through the eye of Beyoncé's experience. Does she vow at the end to never feel insecure or something?

Your example also is not really the same. Beyonce can be both inspiring and insecure. She's a human not a robot or a corporation with a public policy.

Find me another self proclaimed feminist who goes out of her way to photoshop candids in order to look like some perfect figured barbie doll? Those other feminists probably have insecurities too. What makes Bey different?

What's next, one argues against racism and racism and intentionally uses racial slurs, or profiles because they have "succumb to the pressures of society".