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Originally posted by Summer
The Hive acting like Beyonce is the holy grail of feminism is just disgusting.
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Exactly. No one is denying that Beyonce is A feminist.
We are saying that she is not THE feminist, nor is her version of feminism which she promotes a complete, idealized version of feminism. It is incomplete, and flawed. It's an alright start. There is room for improvement.
A POP STAR SHOULD NEVER BE CONSIDERED THE IDEAL, MAIN, MOST SIGNIFICANT CHAMPION OF A CAUSE. That title belogs to someone who is actually out there in the world making a difference and enacting social change on a ground level.
I bet half the people in here only know things about feminism that they have heard Beyonce say. Which is all well and good, but if you really ACTUALLY care about feminism, go read a book or website by an actual sociologist. Go take a Women's Studies class at a college. Don't let your knowledge of the subject stop at what has been parroted to you by a pop star.