Beyoncé #Formation: A Don’t Overthink Piece

[KamaAina]

http://thembisamshaka.com/2016/02/09/beyonce-formation-a-dont-overthink-piece/

Let Beyoncé comment on half a century of police brutality that still goes woefully, criminally unchecked and completely unjustified.

Let Beyoncé pay tribute to her very mixed but clearly Black heritage, one wrought with struggle spun into lace and gold, woven into tracks and braids and thread wraps and crowns, some natural, some that come with receipts.

Let her video be narrated by, punctuated by, and elevated by the voices, gyrations, and signifying of queer Black at its unapologetic flyest.

Let Beyoncé summon her sistren to be themselves, be Black, be beautiful, be critically thinking, be sexual, be gracious, be wealthy. Be regal with fans and parasols in hand. Or be street, careening in low-lows and strutting in combat boots, synchronized swimming through air in a dry pool to preserve their glorious afros…all while being unified in all their gorgeous complexity.

[MagickMuffin]

1. Let Beyoncé … Be … Beyoncé

And K&RRRRR

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2. Nice!

Wonderful commentary and good writing.