I think your confusion/misunderstanding stems from two false assumptions

This. I was actually reading about the whole idea of double consciousness and whether it is healthy or revolutionary for people on the margins who have dual, triple or multiple identities to “hide” it. Audre Lorde covers this issue a lot and she believes that to hide one portion of yourself for the sake of someone…

Soooooooo tired of people trying to pinpoint EXACTLY what Beyonce means to women. I am a Beyonce fan and I don’t follow mindlessly in the slay trick slay mentality, which is what a lot of critics think fans do. It is exciting to watch her evolve and I look forward to the day when I am 65 and trashing current music and…

I agree. All Beyoncé did was let white women play in same "thick is it" sandbox that black women have lived their whole lives in.

This is why I hate reading Beyonce articles on Jezebel. How the fuck do you try to “15 minutes of fame” someone who’s been making music for 20 years? When do you move the fuck on and just stop trying to delegitimize someone’s talent/popularity? 25 years? 30?

I completely agree.

understanding black/Latino music and culture. The music does not dictate black culture. It is the culture that influences and dictates the music.

Heh. How many metas deep are we?

The premise that Beyoncé is the one that gave black and Hispanic “permission to flaunt the things that make them unpopular ...their coloredness and their weight” is the part where I’m gonna have to strongly disagree. For one, I feel like this gives Beyoncé both too much credit and not enough. I agree that Beyoncé has…