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Beyonce & Rihanna Become Course Topics At American Universities by dabrats(f): 2:37am On Oct 29, 2014
GIRL POWER!
University of Austin at Texas is offering a course titled ”Beyoncé Feminism, Rihanna Womanism” for it’s spring 2015 semester.

According to the university’s website “The course will focus on “how the lyrics, music videos, and actions of these women express various aspects of black feminism such as violence, economic opportunity, sexuality, standards of beauty, and creative self-expression.”

Studying Beyonce or Rihanna at uni? Why Though

According to Kevin Allred, the professor of “Feminist Perspectives: Politicizing Beyoncé” at Rutgers University, featuring celebrities in course material is a strategic way to draw students in.
This isn’t the first time a university has offered a female pop star centered course. Skidmore College offered “The Sociology of Miley Cyrus,”, while the University of Virginia recently offered a course called, “GaGa for Gaga: Sex, Gender and Identity.”
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Re: Beyonce & Rihanna Become Course Topics At American Universities by julisa2020(f): 3:09am On Oct 29, 2014
hmmm...this whole thing is really getting akward by the day...what will studying a celebrity do in their lives..... and even if they have to..why pick beyonce and rihanna...?? anyways thats not my problem...soon maybe its ariana grande or justin bieber they would start studying...(thats if they've not already startedgrin)
Re: Beyonce & Rihanna Become Course Topics At American Universities by Nobody: 3:30am On Oct 29, 2014
so u av nt heard cry even me am studying wasiu ayinde masculinism here in uk. grin and I must confess its rilly fun grin

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Re: Beyonce & Rihanna Become Course Topics At American Universities by echobee(f): 5:03am On Oct 29, 2014
Kaeboy:
so u av nt heard cry even me am studying wasiu ayinde masculinism here in uk. grin and I must confess its rilly fun grin
sad

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