I have the BIGGEST side eye for anyone who says shit like 'celebrities aren't obligated to make political statements' or 'why do you even care what they think?'. Why the fuck would I want to support someone who sees what's happening in Palestine and has the power to inform their audience/fan base and simply doesn't? Why don't they care enough to say anything at all? How do they, as millionaires and billionaires with very real influence whether we want them to have it or not, not want to help? When they see these people suffering and begging to just survive, how do they continue about their lives and not WANT to speak out even once??
Like how do they see children being bombed and go 'oh, that's so sad...anyway, nothing I can do about it', when they absolutely can do something about it. Small content creators with only a few hundred people listening are doing more to help Palestine than Taylor Swift, Beyoncé or literally any other big-time celebrity with the power to both make massive change and preserve their careers through it all. So why, why the actual FUCK, would I want to support these celebrities in ANYWAY when I know that they are capable of ignoring what's happening in Gaza or any atrocity like this. Why would I give my time and possibly money to some cunt who can't get on Twitter for two minutes and post something as simple as 'I stand with Palestine' because sometimes that's all they need to fucking do!
Y'all can ask 'why do you even care what they think?' all you want, but I do care if someone I was openly supporting doesn't have the basic decency to want to help the people of Palestine when they are screaming to be heard. Where they stand on issues like this will ALWAYS be more important to me than their next album or TV show. Silence is compliance.
Did anyone else catch that voting reference on Beyoncé's new album? 👀 🏇
Beyoncé, thank you so much for the gift that is COWBOY CARTER. Your new album reminds us that we ALL have power. Together, we can stand up for what we believe in and this year is the perfect opportunity to do that at the ballot box.
From voting rights and access to reproductive healthcare to student debt relief and climate change, the issues that impact us most are on the ballot across the country. And as Queen Bey says at the end of Ya Ya, we need to “Keep the faith, and VOTE!”
You can register to vote in the time it takes you to listen to Sweet Honey Buckin’ (or whichever song is your favorite!). Visit weall.vote/register now! 🤠🗳️
I like Beyonce just as much as the next person but I cannot sit here black person to black person and say that she is relatable bc she is one of the prime examples of black capitalism and how wealth will make anyone including people of color out of touch in multiple facets
It took Beyonce making a cover of "Blackbird" for me to learn that the Beatles refused to play for segregated audiences-- in the 1960s when that was a big deal. These guys managed to be super-famous in the US even when they rejected one of the US's biggest rules at the time. They risked a paycheck or being blacklisted.
Being anti Israel, is NOT nor will it ever be ANTI JEWISH! Being ANTI ZIONIST is NOT nor will it ever be ANTI SEMITIC! What IS anti semitic is a government of COLONIZERS carpet bombing innocent civilians to “make a parking lot”, YALL hear free Palestine as ‘Anti Jewish’ when in reality it’s ANTI Colonizer, anti government, anti ethnic cleansing.