Knowles’ body is more representative of that ideal than Dunham’s might be, but it’s no less scrutinised and picked apart. Nor is she absolved of the so-called ‘responsibility’ to constantly role model exemplary behaviour to young girls and women (an expectation notably not applied to famous men, even ones who beat their partners). Beyonce has an enormous amount of power (she topped Forbes rich list in June, with an estimated worth of $115 million) and society has an unfortunate problem with powerful women behaving in ways that are anything less than supportive of the status quo. In Knowles’ case, that status quo carries a double whammy. She must represent and conform to everything that is beautiful and desirable about mainstream femininity - and do not underestimate how much of this is related to having a ‘perfect’ body - but she must also, crucially, never appear to be complicit in misrepresenting that. I wrote a longer piece about that annoying Beyonce gotcha shit.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:13:33 +0000
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