Ok, let's call Beyonce's 'documentaries' what they are - basically Beyonce advertisements for Beyonce as excellent, enlightened mother, and first-rate entertainer.

Are you kidding me?!!! You need to go see the wizard about giving you a heart.

How come the quote written out here in the article doesn't match what Ms Young says in the clip? Also, holy shit, not every 'arranged marriage' is bad. In fact, many are perfectly happy marriages. Jeez.

THIS ALBUM. Not the singer. The ALBUM.

*hugs to you*

It's his half-brother, Mildly Disinterested Cat!

These are so great! I love them!!! Excellent art and social commentary.

This makes sense.

They could be immigrants. My parents don't know any carols.

Oh, yeah, I completely agree with you. 100%. I shouldn't have described it in terms of the teenage female understanding. It's for the adult to understand the consequences and implications.

This makeup is really aging her. Way too much powder. She's so beautiful, less is always more on her.

I can't with this topic anymore... the cult of Beyonce is too strong. And I listened to the song a few times and then read the lyrics. Everyone has their own interpretation of songs, but some people's explanations of this song, used to defend Beyonce, is a stretch. She's an excellent artist, but I can't give her…

Ok, these are my comments on this topic: Please point out exactly where I stated "women who wear weaves aren't good feminist role models" and regarding everything else, I refer to my other posts in this thread. I answered an initial question, everything after that from other people strays from the original question…

You asked me this: Uh, Please tell me how Beyonce is encouraging women to harm themselves so they can be beautiful.

Weaves can be very painful. So can bleaching hair. Both can also damage a person's natural hair and scalp. This is a woman who has, in the past, gone through 4 hairstyles in one week, including a long blonde weave, then a short blonde pixie cut (natural except for the colour, I think) then a blonde bob weave, then…

But doesn't it make a difference that what she does is the opposite of what she's singing?

So the song makes the point that is opposite to everything Beyonce is. I'm not saying she can't make this point in a song and believe it, but I do think she makes this point in the song and everything she shows the public sends the opposite message: that women should buy in to all of these things even though it's…

That's extra creepy and wrong because Celine Dion met him when she was 12 and he was well in to his 30's. She also dropped out of school when she was about 14, and she had no significant interaction with males other than her many brothers, father, and manager. So of course when she's 19, after spending her formative…

Is that what he did?!!!

Yeah, and I think that in life, as an adult, we're forced to make some tough decisions and to not do things we want to. An adult might want to date a teenager, might believe that said teenager is 'mature for his/her age', etc. but can still make the decision not to date that person.