cheshirelibrary: What to read after watching Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ [via Fusi

cheshirelibrary: What to read after watching Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ [via Fusion] “Lemonade” is not simply another “he done me wrong” album or video. The relationship at the heart of the lyrics is a Trojan horse, opening to the shores of black womanhood as healing and salvation. It’s also obvious that Beyoncé and her collaborators have combed through some college syllabi and taken a few trips to the bookstore. “Lemonade” is basically a video version of Black Feminist Lit 101. The Way Forward is With a Broken Heart by Alice Walker Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime by J. California Cooper for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange Mama Day bu Gloria Naylor Beloved by Toni Morrison Click through to view the full list. -- source link
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