08-02-2016 21:32 via thestranger.com

Food and Identity in Beyoncé's "Formation"

"I got hot sauce in my bag."There's a lot I could say about "Formation," the new Beyoncé song and video that she dropped on Saturday, just before her performance at last night's Super Bowl. For now I'm going to leave most of that to scholars and critics at New South Negress, Red Clay Scholar, and the New York Times.One thing I will say is that last night Beyoncé very deliberately took the Super Bowl—arguably the country's largest orgiastic celebration of commercialism and mas
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