Beyonce Rant

ShimmyMommy
ShimmyMommy Posts: 7,505
edited June 2011 in A Moving Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_mbPV7OA9s

Just thought this was interesting... :think:

The name of her website is kind of ironic...
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,674
    Thanks for posting this, ShimmyMommy. Just a few hours ago I saw a guy riding down Main St. on a motorcyle. As he passed I noticed these words on the back of his shirt, "If you can read this, the bitch fell off the bike." I thought, yeah, because you probably pushed her off, hemorrhoid. Needless to say, I was not impressed with his sick sense of humor. So posting Beyonce's rant here is good timing!
    Thanks!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • ShimmyMommy
    ShimmyMommy Posts: 7,505
    You are welcome and thank you brianlux. I never really understood why women are still underestimated as human beings in society after all these thousands of years. We were "granted" all those "rights" to shut us up and make us think we have power?

    Without out equal parts of women and men, there would be no humanity.

    She really does make some excellent points indeed.
    Lots of love, light and hugs to you all!
  • Lone Drawn Meteor
    Lone Drawn Meteor Posts: 1,230
    Another Beyonce rant. Maybe not as politically accurate…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZapc7rXATI
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    ShimmyMommy wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_mbPV7OA9s

    Just thought this was interesting... :think:
    I liked this. :clap:
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  • snow_board_rider
    snow_board_rider Posts: 943
    I Love Women and women's lib, pick the damn box up yourself lady. :lol::lol:
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    That is the definition of a rant. Complain about others and the message they are spreading without offering any solutions ... well, besides these two:

    "there needs to be a huge shift, but it's going to take some time"

    and

    "I recommend buying this feminist book"

    Also, her website, Feministing.com .... man, better make sure you don't make a type in the URL or you may accidently see some things that can't be unseen. ;)
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    ShimmyMommy wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_mbPV7OA9s

    Just thought this was interesting... :think:

    The name of her website is kind of ironic...
    I'd rather watch Beyonce' any day than that!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U

    it's entertainment, I think she is grand :D
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,882
    snow_board_rider wrote:
    I Love Women and women's lib, pick the damn box up yourself lady. :lol::lol:


    And quit bitchin and just actually look first and put the damn toilet seat down for yourself. Jeez.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • Blockhead
    Blockhead Posts: 1,538
    all the single ladies...
  • EmBleve
    EmBleve Posts: 3,019
    Interesting.. She does bring up good points.
    From Beyonce's standpoint, girls could quite possibly rule the world considering she's a gazillionaire. For her, anything is possible. Just sayin. :) (yes, she worked her ass of to get there, no doubt, but her plight presently is quite different than the average female). She acknowledges some of these issues, in a roundabout way, in her song "If I were a boy". But, yeah, I don't think the song that this rant is about is empowering in any realistic way.
  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    thx shimmymommy!!

    it's part of the narcissistic epidemic sweeping the country ... people want to pawn it off as fluff but there's a reason why there has been very little progress when it comes to equality related issues over the years ...
  • Digital Twilight
    Digital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    A response to the OP video.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfN9s06wz34&NR=1
  • puremagic
    puremagic Posts: 1,907
    Funny thing about this person making the rant, of all the things she complained about on how women are being held back, she left out one of the most important factors – women hold the progress of other women back more than any man because they are the first person willing to put another woman down. Her first sentence is proof of such.

    Instead of using the song as a positive to say women still have a lot of hurdles to climb and someday they could rule the world – she went after the singer - totally forgetting that this is just a goddamn song, not a call for a political policy – not a UN edict – just a goddamn song.
    SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
  • Suzi78
    Suzi78 Posts: 362
    puremagic wrote:
    Funny thing about this person making the rant, of all the things she complained about on how women are being held back, she left out one of the most important factors – women hold the progress of other women back more than any man because they are the first person willing to put another woman down. Her first sentence is proof of such.

    Instead of using the song as a positive to say women still have a lot of hurdles to climb and someday they could rule the world – she went after the singer - totally forgetting that this is just a goddamn song, not a call for a political policy – not a UN edict – just a goddamn song.

    That might be somewhat true here in the US and many other Western countries...unfortunately the majority of women across the world still have much bigger obstacles to overcome than other women putting them down.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/ju ... rs-protest
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Suzi78 wrote:

    That might be somewhat true here in the US and many other Western countries...unfortunately the majority of women across the world still have much bigger obstacles to overcome than other women putting them down.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/ju ... rs-protest
    As a W.M.A, I cannot judge another religion's customs, or so I've been told. If I do, I have to find five things wrong with the religious culture most associated with me and get beat over the head with them while the original problem is ignored.
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    puremagic wrote:
    Funny thing about this person making the rant, of all the things she complained about on how women are being held back, she left out one of the most important factors – women hold the progress of other women back more than any man because they are the first person willing to put another woman down. Her first sentence is proof of such.

    Instead of using the song as a positive to say women still have a lot of hurdles to climb and someday they could rule the world – she went after the singer - totally forgetting that this is just a goddamn song, not a call for a political policy – not a UN edict – just a goddamn song.

    it's not just a song ... if you understand how this narcissism permeates society - you will see that is an extension to a larger problem ... the kids listening to these song are constantly being told by their parents, by their peers, by their idols how great they are without actually doing anything to be great ... americans consistently rank #1 in one category - confidence ... despite any actual statistic or fact to back that ... this is what spurns the entitlement related issues we see everywhere ...
  • puremagic
    puremagic Posts: 1,907
    It’s not about where women live – the person making the rant – could have used it as a ‘positive’. Even with the hurdles facing women, she could have pointed the female world leaders

    http://www.filibustercartoons.com/chart ... eaders.php


    instead she went after the singer – she outlined the hurdles facing women as if women have to live with such - as they are forever doom to live in a ‘man’s’ world as less than a equal. Where is the positive in that for any woman, anywhere in the world? So what if women make progress a small step at a time – is that any reason to believe that they could not rule?
    SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    polaris_x wrote:
    americans consistently rank #1 in one category - confidence ... despite any actual statistic or fact to back that

    All-time Olympic Gold Medal Count 8-)
    Gold
    Silver---Bronze---Combined Total

    United States (USA)---1016
    824
    709
    2549
    Soviet Union (URS)----473
    376
    355
    1204
    Germany (GER)
    336
    377
    386
    1099
    Italy (ITA)
    227
    189
    211
    627
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    Jason P wrote:
    [All-time Olympic Gold Medal Count 8-)
    Gold
    Silver---Bronze---Combined Total

    United States (USA)---1016
    824
    709
    2549
    Soviet Union (URS)----473
    376
    355
    1204
    Germany (GER)
    336
    377
    386
    1099
    Italy (ITA)
    227
    189
    211
    627

    Medal count without the use of PED's
    Gold
    Silver---Bronze---Combined Total

    United States (USA)---83
    102
    45
    Soviet Union (URS)----72
    55
    33
    Germany (GER)
    30
    29
    40
    Italy (ITA)
    27
    15
    21


    fixed ... :lol::lol:
  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    polaris_x wrote:

    fixed ... :lol::lol:
    Hey, the more PED's the better! The only time I can recall enjoying watching baseball was in the late '90's :mrgreen:
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