Beyonce Knowles: Freedom Fighter

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http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/08/31/beyonce/

― Mr. Bribsly (drich), Monday, 4 September 2006 01:22 (eighteen years ago)

yeah i've had that thought too whenever i read about all the eminem fans in pakistan or whatever. at least it gives me a side to be on that's not bush's or bin laden's -- i'm on beyonce's.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 4 September 2006 04:12 (eighteen years ago)

(sort of vaguely related, from a historical perspective. and also cool as hell.)

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 4 September 2006 04:22 (eighteen years ago)

Weimar Republic culture and its aftermath pretty much refutes the idea that decadence and raw sexuality leads to the triumph of democracy over oppression, or at least should make us think twice before we consider Beyoncè or someone similar to be the cornerstone of Western civilization and freedom, as opposed to a new and improved Josephine Baker. Maybe that's why his timeline starts in the 1950s and not the 1920s?

― Cunga (Cunga), Monday, 4 September 2006 05:14 (eighteen years ago)

Two peripheral things:

1) People are really taking Boof seriously?

2) Iraqis have shitty taste in music.

― Post-Rodney (But no one called it that at the time) (R. J. Greene), Monday, 4 September 2006 07:07 (eighteen years ago)

Weimar Republic culture and its aftermath pretty much refutes the idea that decadence and raw sexuality leads to the triumph of democracy over oppression

it does? how's that thousand-year reich working out? yes i know, hitler was defeated with guns not guitars. it's just not a very good analogue. the article's talking about longterm change in repressive societies -- cultural change more than just political change. of course, there's a wave of increased repression in a lot of muslim countries, being forced by a radicalized generation of islamists, and there will be ebbs and flows for a long time to come. but i wouldn't bet money on the book-burners, longterm.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 4 September 2006 14:23 (eighteen years ago)

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