Comments on: Beyonce Studies

By: Let’s Say You Can’t Stand Beyonce |

Let’s Say You Can’t Stand Beyonce | — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:35:33 +0000

[…] who have criticized Beyonce have been subjected to the wrath of her fans and the loss of their jobs. Some have endured death […]

By: Dj

Dj — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:14:44 +0000

Sister, I want to hear the black button explained please…

By: Sister Wolf

Sister Wolf — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:27:58 +0000

Boss – Are you talking to me?

By: ali

ali — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 19:52:11 +0000

Oh it makes sense that it is a gimmick dissertation… gross

By: Eek

Eek — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 06:06:47 +0000

Sister Wolf, I need an answer on this. I am a simple person. i assume that most people want to appear sexually attractive and to get laid often, correct?

Can you explain to me how having a large black button in your ear, esp if a man, makes one more fuckable? Why would I want to have sexual relations with someone who has created an enormous flapping hole in their earlobe? I understand wearing a dress in which one’s tits hang out or wearing tight jeans, but pls explain the weird button earlobe destroyers.

Also why do people get earrings in their eyebrows? How does this make them erotically more appealing?

By: annemarie

annemarie — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:17:30 +0000

Well hello, co-ed Mystique.

The sad truth is that this is the exact kind of drivel that will be published and land this asshole a tenure-track job. I bet he’s already added the NPR Interview to his CV. I know all about these assholes. I could write a dissertation on them if I hadn’t already finished one– I just got my Ph.D, but I’ll never get a job because the kind of work I do (committed intellectual labor, fuckers) is no longer valued or rewarded by the institution. If I only I hadn’t been so high-minded, I could have written my dissertation on pretentious know-nothings who write gimmick dissertations that require no real research and even less thought.

By: Bessie the Cow

Bessie the Cow — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:09:47 +0000

If he had any brains, balls, or ovaries he would discuss people like Immortal Technique, Brother Ali, Lowkey, CunninLynguists, and even Dead Prez, or Bob & Ziggy Marley would be better fodder for his students than someone as meaningless and corporate as Beyoncé. (Please God of Cows, may I never hear one song of hers!)

Great piece Sister Wolf!

By: ali

ali — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:37:45 +0000

Erika- I would take a class on Nina Simone!!!!

By: ali

ali — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:51:19 +0000

Nobody (especially the oaf with the hair) should be studying mainstream contemporary pop music as though it is complex material with artistic relevance.

The truth is, “regular” people look up to (and emulate) famous people. As long as these idiotic figures have social influence, they’re relevant. Unfortunately.

Beyonce name dropping feminism in some magazine (and she only did this because feminism is TRENDY right now) was enough to create waves and make headlines (and inspire *THINK PIECES*).

Woe to us all.

I’ll stick up for Destiny’s Child though. I loved them when I was 13!

By: Erika

Erika — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:58:01 +0000

It’s common to have classes on contemporary topics like this. I met a nice girl once who was taking a class on Radiohead at UC Berkeley. He seems to be putting his own ridiculous spin on this. I’m guessing hes a real fan.

I’m a big fan of Nina Simone and seeing her name in the same sentence or category with Beyonce makes me cringe.