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Originally posted by Circinus
You make it seem like there's some concerted effort to discredit Beyoncé or reduce her achievements. I don't think that's the case at all. I think there are just people who have issues with her brand of feminism. For instance, I think it was a GQ article where she talked about feminism, while doing basically a half-naked spread for a men's magazine. Like, that's not really empowering. That's selling yourself as a sexual object specifically for men, not owning your own sexuality. And I'm not women can't be sexual, not at all, but you really think she'd have the same career if she didn't have such a sexual image or didn't conform to certain standards of beauty? It's easy to see why people are confused about that. And beyond general "female empowerment" and I've never really heard of her bringing a wider awareness to specific female issues.
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Here's the thing with ATRL, there's A LOT of hypocrisy when it comes to Bey's sexuality. People on here discredit her as a feminist for the most simplest of things, such as what she named her tour. And the problem is 1. most posters have a one-sided view of what feminism is 2. don't really know what feminism is.
I fail to understand why advocating that women can be sexy and powerful by being sexy and powerful somehow contradicts what feminism is to HER. If anything, Bey is living up to her views on feminism.
All I get from most of these debates is that Bey isn't a true feminist because she's always to sexy. No one ever mentions that she has actually put in work raising money and bring awareness to female issues and causes. People discredit her because they choose not to accept what feminism is to her and some others.