I think it’s interesting to note that she is guilty of the fetishisation of the female body and in particular, the black female body. The claims to be feminist whilst her performances appear to be completely under the control of or for the benefit of men on one side of the scale and to claim superiority over other women at the other side – this is also littered through her lyrics. There seems to be little consideration of “sisterhood” whilst appearing desirable to men is centri-focal. I think that there is a lot of duality in Beyoncé ‘s messages – I’m a feminist whose primary focus is to provide titilation for men, you are a woman who provides titilation for men and are therefore not a respectable female. I produce an album to punish a promiscuous husband and prove I am a strong female, I stay with my promiscuous husband. I am a proud black woman who bleaches my skin, has cosmetic surgery to give myself a more European nose And wears weaves which provide me with European hair. The black panther performance seemed less about black empowerment and more about capitalisation off the back of black sufferance. I don’t know if this is helpful, but they are just a few thoughts I had. Also, if you are doing a paper on this it might be interesting to look at the authenticity of her feminism – where is the line between being empowered by your own sexuality and being enslaved by fetishisation and male titilation – could be good to look at some Nietzsche (papers on authenticity).