Chimamanda Adichie has on an interview with the Dutch newspaper de
Volkskrant gapped herself from Poplar
American singer, Beyonce’s notion and ideology
of feminism
On the course
of the interview she said that ever since Beyonce’s music ‘’flawless “which quotes from her were featured , she has
received numerous calls from media houseS on an interview regarding the song. She
has this to say
“I think Beyoncé is lovely and I am convinced
that she has nothing but the best intentions… But I was shocked about how
many requests for an interview I received when that song was released.
Literally every major newspaper in the world wanted to speak with me about
Beyoncé. I felt such a resentment (laughs loudly). I thought: are books really
that unimportant to you?“Still, her type of feminism is not mine. As it is the kind that, at the same time, gives quite a lot of space to the necessity of men. I think men are lovely, but I don’t think that women should relate everything they do to men: did he hurt me, do I forgive him, did he put a ring on my finger? We women are so conditioned to relate everything to men.
“Put a group of women together and the conversation will eventually be about men. Put a group of men together and they will not talk about women at all, they will just talk about their own stuff. We women should spend about 20% of our time on men, because it’s fun, but otherwise we should also be talking about our own stuff.”
She also refused the idea that the song made her famous and has kept silent about it because she doesn’t want it to seem as if she is feeding on beyonce’s fame. In her words she said
“Another thing I hated was that I read everywhere: now people finally know her, thanks to Beyoncé, or: she must be very grateful. I found that disappointing. I thought: I am a writer and I have been for some time and I refuse to perform in this charade that is now apparently expected of me: “Thanks to Beyoncé, my life will never be the same again.” That’s why I didn’t speak about it much,” Adichie said.
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