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A prime example of a contemporary feminist working within the media is Beyonce. She is an active feminist with many references to her own stand point evident within her songs. As well as this, she exudes a general presence of power and fierceness, which in my opinion isn't apparent enough for females within the entertainment industry.
Songs that focus on female issues/empowerment
(there are too many to name, but here some examples)
Pretty Hurts - Aesthetic expectations
If I were a boy - Male/Female gender roles
Run the world - Female empowerment
Single Ladies - Solidarity
Flawless - Includes quote from Ted Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg3umXU_qWc
We should all be feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TEDxEuston
We teach girls to shrink themselves to make themselves smaller. We say to girls, ‘You can have ambition but not too much. You should aim to be successful but not too successful otherwise you will threaten the man.’ Because I am female I am expected to aspire to marriage. I am expected to make my life choices always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important. A marriage can be a source of joy and love and mutual support, but why do we teach girls to aspire to marriage and we don’t teach boys the same? We raise girls to see each other as competitors, not for jobs or for accomplishments, which I think can be a good thing, but for the attention of men. We teach girls that they can not be sexual beings in the way that boys are. Feminist: A person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes
Literally every song on the Lemonade Album - Female empowerment
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