4. Run The World (Girls)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U In appropriating one of the loudest most garish Major Lazer tracks into the pulsing backbone of her manifesto on work-related pay equality and acceptance in the male gaze, Beyoncé brings major social issues to the forefront of a raging dance-floor masterpiece. This kind of song-craft should be applauded for wanting equality rather than patriarchy, and in the fight for such goals Beyoncé guides an existence built upon understanding and respect for women everywhere through their efforts personally and professionally. Beyoncé graduates women to a new level of understanding about their bodies, their minds and their abilities. She represents everything a woman should be allowed to become, levelling the challenges women face in being accepted or treated with dignity. Run The World (Girls) empowers all women to stick to their beliefs never altering who they are, never sacrificing the interior quirks that should be held aloft and embraced rather than forced to fit some culturally accepted caricature.
Ryan Curtis Outcault
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Two years on in Los Angeles and I am no closer to unearthing the secrets to its successes and riches as portrayed on inspirational programming like The Hills and NUMB3RS, maybe I just haven't joined the right cult yet. My hobbies include buying music on analog formats, considering the implications of Inception to this day and not sunbathing. I might be bewildered, but its better than sitting pretty and ignorant.
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