to the masses, there is still largely a misconception about what feminism is.. a lot of people associate it with men-hating, even misattributing implied lesbian sexual orientation to the word. it's only as 'trendy' as it is now BECAUSE of people like Beyoncé, and then she gets ridiculed and told that her version of feminism is not true feminism because she's not outspoken enough and she doesn't make an active effort in the world of woman's rights issues... Wtf was her involvement in Chime For Change then? or her literally sampling a speech from a prominent feminist figure in the middle of a turn up jam?
Beyoncé had nothing to gain initially by associating herself and her music with feminism, she did it because that's what she believes in, yet all I'm seeing nowadays is people criticizing her when they themselves are doing exponentially less than what Beyoncé is doing / has done. It all just seems to convenient to criticize her.
the worst kind of feminists are ones who think that feminism has to be done in a specific way.. all that does is push women apart instead of bringing them together