Articles tagged "beyoncé"

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Why Sasha Fierce is more than just “the female version of the hustler”

by Diepiriye Kuku

[7.Apr.09] :. Seeing these moves come home confirms that they’ve always been the source of B.’s latest trends. This pop diva has managed an effective way of reproducing stardom, like Madonna, mining our dance floors, hiring us sissies to teach them how to assert their masculinity and femininity at the same time.

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Morality and the Principles of Pleasure

by Diepiriye Kuku

[3.Mar.09] :. I was 31 before the lyrics to the 1987 chart-topper Pleasure Principle meant anything to me. When the song debuted, I was already a staunch Janet Jackson fan. I was the first in my seventh...

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‘Irreplaceable’ & more attacks on love

by Diepiriye Kuku

[16.Feb.09] :. We live in a world were the love ethic is under attack from all sides, not lest of which is its commercialization and commodification, or even distillation down to the romanticized romantic view, providing plenty of excuses for acting unloved, satiated with material possession.

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Beyoncé: I Am… Sasha Fierce

by Colin McGuire

[6.Feb.09] :. A so-so double-disc that would have been better served cut in half.

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Beyonce: B-Day

by Mike Joseph

[11.Sep.06] :. I still think that Beyonce has a perfect masterpiece in her, but I guess we'll have to wait until the next album to find out.

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Beyoncé: Dangerously in Love

by Mark Anthony Neal

[11.Jul.03] :. With Daddy Knowles in the background like the puppet-master, it was often hard to take his daughter Beyoncé seriously when she shrilled “I’m a survivor” and claimed to be...

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