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\"Beyonce<\/a><\/p>\n

The Beyhive, the fans of Beyonc\u00e9, say Lemonade is \u2018Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s evolution as an intersectional feminist<\/a> and her identifying with blackness and Civil Rights.\u00a0 So Bey is \u2018woke<\/a>\u2019. She has come a long way from saying \u2018It is not about colour or race.\u2019 Or has she? \u00a0I say Beyonc\u00e9, is the zeitgeist princess of pop, for her, social movements are about being relevant and ‘the Benjamins<\/a>\u2019.\u00a0 While I appreciate that celebrity can bring social causes to the fore, commoditization of social movements takes the impetus from people power and places in the hands of the very establishment which is in need of change.<\/p>\n

Lemonade has been created as a movie album and as a music album.\u00a0 Of the 12 songs, 10 are about a woman who is dealing with a cheating man.\u00a0 It is apolitical, aside from Freedom and Formation, the only political(ish) single, Bey has ever performed.\u00a0 There are no lyrics which directly address the killing, sex, race, educational, work or host of social injustices that confront black people.<\/p>\n

The movie album has cut-aways to political speeches and civil rights issues from third parties. \u00a0These are not part of the music album.\u00a0 The backdrop of civil rights and cultural identities are created with an Afrofuturism<\/a> (fantasy) feel rather than playing out historical fact.<\/p>\n

\"Beyonc\u00e9<\/a><\/p>\n

Formation<\/h2>\n

The song Formation is not about civil rights, but Bey saying she is black(ish), from humble(ish) origins, works hard, is rich and she \u2018slays<\/a>\u2019.\u00a0 I have ignored any sexual connotations.\u00a0 Bey reminds us that she is a racial mix of Creole (African and European) and Negro (African).\u00a0 Fortunately, America makes life easy, one drop of African blood makes you black.\u00a0 The Black Panther Party used the same premise to stop the white establishment from dividing African peoples by colour to control them.<\/p>\n

The live performance<\/a> of Formation included Black Panther symbolism.\u00a0 A potent symbol of the Panthers was the afro.\u00a0 Spot Bey in the photo above?\u00a0 She is the one not sporting an afro, not even a blonde \u2018fro.<\/p>\n

Black women\u2019s natural hair has long been a political issue for which we have been stigmatised and demonised.\u00a0 Bey has even made reference to this in Formation.\u00a0 So when a long haired blonde Bey is leading black beret wearing afro-haired women, I am confused by the in<\/em>formation.<\/p>\n

The Formation video<\/a> uses civil rights visuals but does not reflect transgender rights, though it owes much to the creative genius of Big Freedia<\/a>.\u00a0 While we devour the creativity of black transgender people, their murders<\/a> are regularly ignored.\u00a0 What an opportunity for Bey to have shown her civil rights credentials but such a stance would involve personal risk.\u00a0 Bey\u2019s social conscience rides on the crest of the wave already feeding into the mainstream not on being ground-breaking.<\/p>\n

Choking On Lemonade<\/h2>\n

It is okay to be a Bey fan; I have all her albums but let us be honest about who she is.\u00a0 Woke and feminist are not it.\u00a0 Pretending otherwise detracts from the politics of the social movements and makes them a commodity with a sell by date.<\/p>\n

Bey is an outstanding entertainer.\u00a0 Lemonade includes good pop songs, and her performances of Formation are exciting.\u00a0 However, Lemonade has rewarded alleged adultery, commoditised black politics, culture and feminism.\u00a0 It has placed women in the grateful position, where \u2018bitches bow down\u2019.\u00a0 No wonder I\u2019m choking on lemonade!<\/p>\n

Part one being\u00a0Feminist<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Beyhive, the fans of Beyonc\u00e9, say Lemonade is \u2018Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s evolution as an intersectional feminist and her identifying with blackness and Civil Rights.\u00a0 So Bey is \u2018woke\u2019. She has come a long way from saying \u2018It is not about colour or race.\u2019 Or has she? \u00a0I say Beyonc\u00e9, is the zeitgeist princess of pop, for […]<\/p>\n

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