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Beyonce’s Clothes Do Not Create Sex Trafficking. Pimps Do.

Not responsible for violence against women. Via Feministe, I present to you what may be the world’s worst understanding of what actually causes sex trafficking: Variations of Beyonce’s body suit can be found in brothels, strip clubs and red light districts across the world – where sex is for sale…

Republican rep. on Cuba trip probe: ‘The diva of Beyonce’ is not ‘above the law’

A Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives vowed on Tuesday to press forward with an investigation into a trip to Cuba taken by singers Beyonce and Jay-Z last week even after sources at the Treasury Department suggested that the trip had been authorized. During an interview with Rep.…

Florida Republicans seek investigation into Beyonce’s trip to Cuba

Two US Republican lawmakers want to know if popular American pop star Beyonce and her husband, rap singer Jay-Z, had the US government’s permission to travel to Cuba despite an economic embargo. Representatives Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida on Friday sent a letter to Adam Szubin, director of…

Watch live: Beyonce holds press conference on Super Bowl performance

Beyonce holds a news conference in New Orleans to discuss her performance at the Super Bowl. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Jan. 31. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…

Jay Smooth decries ‘slut-shaming by association’ of Michelle Obama

First Lady Michelle Obama surprised observers this week when she answered a question from People Magazine about who she would be if she could be anyone in the world by replaying, “Beyonce.” Loop21 lit into Obama for her remark, claiming that even the comments on African-American websites found it”embarrassing,” apparently…

Buzz around Beyonce as fly named in diva’s honour

It might not be the most flattering accolade for the “bootylicious” American pop star, but new mother Beyonce now has a fly named after her. Just days after the singer and actress gave birth to a baby girl, Australian scientists said Friday they had named a rare horse fly from…

A dialogue in pop music

Argument, by Beyonce: ; Counterargument, by Jarvis Cocker: To be clear, while the term "cunts" is sexist as hell, it functionally means "asshole" in this context, and this post doesn't make sense unless you take the word in the spirit in which it was intended.   I think Beyonce is…