Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: We Should All Be Feminists, Kendrick Lamar, Age Disparity In Sexual Relationships

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Ws lecture 5 evolution of beyonc and celebrity feminism. Politicizing her newer songs: poc will get criticized more. People have been critical of beyonc before and after 2014: ties with medias tend to pit women against each other. It"s women shaming: problematic that she used this in one of her performances of the song diva. Criticizes women that take pride in their appearances: criticized for naming it after her husband. Student with sugar daddy: there is some merit in what she said i guess. She was criticized for not being revolutionary enough: where have you been 2 years ago? (cid:498)too much race in our face(cid:499) She is involved in empowering black people, she"s just not public about it. Bc she"s not doing it for attention and for publicity mainstream media (cid:498)kendrick hailed, beyonc failed(cid:499) bc of said visibility symbolic of the treatment of black women in general? formation performance.