I was getting ready to get food when Beyonce dropped her epic, Melina Matsoukas directed video Formation. It was two hours later when I heard my stomach groan in protest that I realised I was still sitting naked and hungry, face awash with tears. “Is it that serious?” Yes. Beyonce has long signified to me, and many others, what true glory looks like. In this, her latest in a never-ending parade of wig snatching masterpieces, Beyonce presents us with so many powerful images; the police car drowning in Katrina, the black boy wearing a hoodie dancing in front of a line of police officers, “stop shooting us” spray painted on the wall. I could spend hours analysing each of them. But because I know for a fact that Beyonce wants me to win in my own life too, she’ll be happy if I focus on just one; black women’s hair.
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