Just reading the title of this is probably enough to trigger some people, but honestly, I don’t get all the rage around “Queen Bey” or whatever people call her. Of course, I can’t deny that she’s talented and deserves respect as an artist — I may not bow down to her, but she managed to get most of the world to, and that is not a feat to be ignored — and I can’t say I won’t jam out to “Single Ladies” like everyone else.
Let’s just be honest for a second, though: Her songs aren’t generally works of lyrical genius. Yes, the messages are there and some of them are really important — like “Formation,” in which she expresses being proud of and loving her background and who she is — but I have a hard time noticing them when most of what she says is just “’cause [she] slay[s].”
On top of that, she became a feminist icon while simultaneously having a lot of her brand based around her sex appeal and raising male standards of female appearances. I have personally never felt empowered by the idea that I don’t, nor will I ever, look like the woman that the world holds to be the pinnacle of beauty, no matter how many times I listen to “Flawless.”
The thing that boggles my mind the most is how she became so much of a phenomenon that her pregnancy blew up the internet for basically an entire week. First of all, this isn't her first child, and everyone in her fan base knows that because they’re all obsessed. Second, pregnancy is completely normal and Beyoncé is certainly not the first woman to experience it.
For instance, the world population right now is a result of over 7 billion pregnancies, give or take some twins. The average American family has about 2.5 children. I have two pregnant professors right now. Point being: It’s not that big a deal, chill out.
Is it because Beyoncé and Jay Z are such stars that they assume all of their children will become mega-talented legacies of their parents? I’m sure they’ll at least be in the media all the way to adulthood if we’ve learned nothing else from the Kardashians.
Now that I’ve sufficiently upset the pop culture apple cart, I suppose I should find a really good hiding spot.