I am a fan of hers but I definitely hear you. When I saw the “Single Ladies” video my mouth dropped open and my first reaction was disappointment. I like her and I didn’t want her to be “that way” so blatantly. I think she’s a tremendous talent but this Sasha Fierce stuff is a little too oversexed for my taste.

Is her ex-crack dealer husband a good role model? If I remember a particularly fawning interview around the time of the Black Album then some people seem to think so.

I don’t really care about either of them they both peaked in 2003 with Crazy in Love and 99 Problems respectively.

You raise a really good point DJ. Many people cite Beyonce as being a true role model and in interviews she really portrays a strong woman with even stronger values. Then when you watch some of her videos and see some of her photoshoots you’re left wondering where that wholesome, strong woman from the interviews is. She says that she’s a “good girl” and Sasha, her alter ego, is the “bad girl.” Is it appropriate for her to blame her distasteful decisions on an alter ego? I don’t think it is.

One more thing I HAVE to mention here is about body image. She has preached healthy body image which is something I really believe in and appreciate. What I didn’t appreciate is when she went on a liquid diet for 3 months for her role in Dream Girls so she could be really thin.

Sorry this has become a blog post in itself! haha I think Beyonce is incredibly talented but needs to make sure that what she preaches is also what she’s practicing.

@T. Michelle I think “Sasha Fierce” came out in both the Baby Boy and Beautiful Liar videos. Funny I know that since I don’t even watch videos. I guess I’m a Youtube addict.

@Peter Carter - Jay-Z a good role model for what?!?! I guess some people only look at financial matters and that’s too bad.

@Natalie - I liked her views on body image but I’m not longer buying it from her. I think it sounds good, especially when you make a song called Bootylicious, but as for following through….

Although I do think Jay Z is a great rapper I do think people are suspending disbelief about his past. I don’t think he’s a great role model myself - I thought the article I read in Vibe ( I think) was incredibly fawning and probably ghostwritten for him.

I think the glorification of “wealth” and “bling” is the saddest thing in mainstream hip and r’n'b - as Public Enemy said people should be getting a gold mind not a gold chain.

What Beyonce has done, in many ways like jay Z, is made is hard for there to be a new Whitney Houston or Aretha Frankin. What do girls learn from beyonce?
1. Dressing scanty and being salacious is being a woman.
2. You should feel ok will labeling a price on yourself and rejecting any man that cant “afford” you.
3. The greatest thing a woman can offer a man is her outside beauty.

Im sick of todays music. And i am even more sick that people around me arent sick of it. Jay Z is not KRS one.. Beyonce is not Gladys Knight. The Jay Z / Beyonce relationship is a symbol for what the world thinks black people are, yet an affront to any parent who:
tells their son never to sell drugs, kill another black man, and be humble or tells their daughter to earn respect with their mind and character and not their willingness to flop around on a stage half naked.

A whole generation of kids growing up thinking that Jayz and Beyonce are to be modeled after.

Imagine trying to teach math science and english to those kids, or better yet teaching them why it is more important that sexy clothes or easy drug money.

Id like to hear the conversation malcolm x would have with them.

Beyonce, a role model? If you want your little daughter acting like a hoochie. I don’t understand why people quickly label any celeb with high profile, lots of money and a bit of talent a “Role Model.” Come on. Beyonce has a video where she looks like she’s about to go down on JZ right there! Her lyrics encourage young women to go to a club, pick up a stranger and “Let him have it if he don’t go bragging.” I could go on. My answer is, NO! Beyonce is not a role model.