'Tuition' Is Beyoncé's 'Partition' Except About Student Loans
Here's what Beyoncé's "Partition" would sound like if Beyoncé had student loans: "Sallie Mae pay off my tuition please…"
Beyoncé Wants Everyone to Join the Feminist Train
Beyoncé did a very Prince-like thing: She conducted a feature interview with Out magazine via email. Still, the writer got a trip to see her perform in Glasgow, Scotland and the chance to hang out with her Parkwood entertainment business crew (which he calls her “inner sanctum”) as trade.
Hallelujah: How I Met Your Mother Could Get An Alternate Ending
OK, stop screaming at me through your computer screen and calm down for a second. After a week of fans having a collective meltdown over the ending to How I Met Your Mother, it seems producers may be taking note. Sort of:
Let These Beyoncé-Loving Men in Heels Show You How It's Done
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Yes to all of this.
The Truth About Photography and Brown Skin
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Photography is the science and art of creating images using light. But if you've ever seen oddly-colored pictures of Gabourey Sidibe, Lupita Nyong'o or Beyoncé, you know that when it comes to dark skin, photography has issues.
James Franco Tried To Pick Up a Teenage Girl on Instagram
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Everyone's favorite Spring Breakers star/MFA student James Franco was up to some sketchy shit two days ago. Namely, he attempted to pick up a 17-year-old girl via Instagram direct message.
Delicious 'Partition' Parody Combines In-N-Out Burger and Beyoncé
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The title— In N Out Mission — is a little clunky, but the rest of this In N Out-tailored parody of King B's Partition is on fucking point.
This Recut Video for Beyonce's 'Grown Woman' Is Bananas
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Because you can always use a little bit more Beyonce in your life, here is a trippy alternate version of the video for "Grown Woman." Better watch quick, because it's already being disappeared off the Internet by lawyers!
Here's Beyoncé Doing an Ugly Cry on the Last Night of Her Tour
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A gentle wind blows flaxen locks. Sad notes plink from the keyboard. She speaks: "Tonight is the last show of the Mrs. Carter show. We started a year ago… and I want to say this has been such a journey… I am so lucky […] I'm giving y'all the ugly cry."
Now There's a College Class on Miley Cyrus, Too
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Well, it's come to this: Skidmore College will be offering a course this summer on "The Sociology of Miley Cyrus: Race, Class, Gender, and Media."
Jay-Z Is Lying About Being 44, Is Actually 50 Years Old, Source Claims
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BETRAYAL ALERT. Drop everything! Sound the alarms! Light the beacon of Amon Dîn! According to radio host Troi Torain, noted just-born wrinkle-free pre-teen heartthrob and patron saint of spring chickens Jay-Z has been lying to us about only being medium-old this whole time, and is SECRETLY ACTUALLY AN EXTREMELY OLD…
Beyoncé Wants You To 'Get Going' In a Toyota in Her Latest Commercial
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Everyone wants Beyoncé to endorse their products—like Toyota, naturally!
All the Girls Love This Video About the Wardrobe for Beyoncé's Tour
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Designer clothes! Many sequins! Beyoncé! Friday! You know what to do: hit play.
Zadie Smith Interviewed Beyoncé's Favorite Feminist
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Something awesome happened in New York last night: literature goddesses Zadie Smith and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie united in feminist power and rose into the heavens … but before they did, the pair sat down for a long chat at Harlem's Schomburg Center.
Pop Songs Are Unpredictably Predictable
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It turns out that hit pop songs aren’t so random and when we say we’re "not really listening to the lyrics" we, in fact, are.
Solange Serves Up All the Colors of the Rainbow in Bazaar
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Solange Knowles is back and as colorful as ever in Harper’s Bazaar this month. The singer-songwriter and sartorial It Girl is giving face and fashion so tough that I almost got excited for spring ... until I remembered that it will be 32 degrees in New York tonight.
Some Cobbled Together Thoughts On The #BanBossy Campaign
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I've been thinking a lot about Sheryl Sandberg's new #BanBossy campaign over the last week or so since it debuted. I've read the thinkpieces both for and against, and even the ones that fell in the middle of the road. And after considering all of the very valid critiques, I've realized why this campaign bugs me so…
Two Dudes Cover Beyoncé's Album In 5 Minutes and it's ***Flawless
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Two male members of famed a cappella group Pentatonix took the daunting task of covering Beyoncé's latest album upon themselves, and the results are better than any Upworthy headline-style opening sentence could possibly convey.
Three Old Ladies Try to Make Sense of the Lyrics to 'Drunk In Love'
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"We never talked when we had sex, what’s with all this talking?"
Newsflash: Beyoncé Can Be Both Sexual and a Good Role Model
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Well, here we are in 2014 back at square one trying to explain that women—just like people!—have the extraordinary ability to enjoy sex without being completely defined by it. Didn't Madonna already cover this a quarter of a century ago?