Cheat To Win

I find it impossible to agree that Beyoncé’s best work is behind her, but I was nodding my head vigorously when I came to this paragraph:

The focus on style and showmanship is probably in part due to the genre Beyoncé works in—despite the popist efforts of folks like Sasha-Frere Jones, it’s still a lot easier to be declared a musical genius if you’re playing a guitar than if you’re dancing in heels. And part of it is probably gender. Justin Timberlake regularly gets acclaimed as an auteur in a way that Beyoncé almost never does. And of course there’s Michael Jackson. If Beyoncé was a guy, it might be easier for people to see her as both musician and god than it is for them to see her as musician and goddess.

Besides the glaringly obvious focal point of the photo, what’s better - the Hova symbol or the Hook ‘Em Horns hand gesture?

I will let you decide.

Je veux.

Best possible way to report the “Beyoncé performing at the Super Bowl” rumor:

In what will hopefully become tradition for all future Super Bowls, the Associated Press is reporting that Beyoncé has signed on to perform at the half-time show of Super Bowl XLVII in February.

She will kill it. She will not give anyone the middle finger. She will whip the crowd into such a frenzied state of collective effervescence that the players will vote to toss out the scores because “we’re just playing for fun here.”

An unexpected side-effect of the AP story is that it underscores just how little there is to say about Beyoncé aside from “DIVA,” “KILLIN’ IT,” “BOW DOWN TO THE QUEEN,” and other things in capital letters.

So damn easy to love.

Oh! Killing me softly, and I’m still fallin’…

You forgot to add the accent mark.  Christ, New York, get your shit together.

I found my twin last night, and we talked about how we’re going to teach on the intersectionality of race, gender, and socioeconomic status as viewed through the work and careers of Beyoncé and Kanye.

We have yet to find ANYTHING upon which we disagree.

• He hates Taylor Swift
• He loves Melissa Harris-Perry and Sister Citizen
• He drinks whiskey like it’s water
• He knows that Patty Griffin is the official mascot of Team Feelings slash is perfect
• He loves tattoos
• He is literally obsessed with The OC and can’t wait to play the drinking game I invented for it