Talking #Formation #QueenBey

In case you missed it, or have already watched it 100 times, watch (again):

As I posted to Facebook this weekend:

All hail the queen. I can't say anything more than everyone on the interwebs already has and will, and I feel kind of unqualified to be saying how pro-Black, pro-Black woman, pro-Black queerness this is, and the politics, the 40 lines to quote, the references, how the ancestors must be fist raising/fist bumping, Nola, and Blue Ivy, but OMG!!!!!

As a white woman, this song is not about me, or for me. I couldn't find the words to say that until a friend shared this:

Formation doesn't include me - and that's just fine.

"It’s time for us to stop singing along — to Formation, to Kendrick Lamar’s Alright, to any song that has the N-word or celebrates blackness in a way we will never understand."

So in that spirit, I'm cheering from the bleachers while reading some amazing posts. Here's a few.

We Slay, Part 1 

Beyonce Gets Political, and I Get Snatched Bald: An Overview of Themes and Motifs in the Formation Music Video

Beyoncé’s “Formation” is Two Middle Fingers to the Sky in Celebration of Black America

Beyonce Is The New Black: The 10 Blackest Moments In Beyonce’s “Formation” Video

Beyonce's Formation is Her Best Thing Yet and it's the IDGAF Anthem 

Beyonce’s New Video Formation is a Big Political Ratchet Mess, and That’s What Being Unapologetically Black is All About

Beyoncé as Conjure Woman: Reclaiming the Magic of Black Lives (That) Matter

And then came the Superbowl: 
 
Beyoncé didn’t just steal the Super Bowl halftime show. She made it a political act.

 

And the tweets - please take to Twitter to see the best of the best in 140 characters. Try the hashtags #Formation and #QueenBey for starters.

And the GIFS:

 

 

 

And a World Tour. That supports the Flint water crisis.

Thank you, Queen.