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July 7, 2015 Prachi Gupta

By now, you have probably read about the Melbourne skyscraper inspired by Beyoncé. Mimicking the singer in her music video for “Ghost,” the 68-story Premiere Tower is tall and curvaceous. But you know what else that building looks like? A rocket, a snake gestating prey, and literally any and every other curvy building in a […]

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April 29, 2014 Andy Cush

As part of a kinda-infuriating, kinda-hilarious segment on how Beyoncé is to blame when black teenagers get pregnant, The O’Reilly Factor aired the above image of Queen Bey’s Butt. Taken from the “Partition” video, it shows Beyoncé from the back, wearing a sparkly, two-tiered black thong. Bill O’Reilly, in service of his simpleminded, condescending point — […]

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March 4, 2014 Andy Cush

Earlier this year, artist John Michael Boling made an Emoji-based music video for Oneohtrix Point Never’s “Boring Angel” that we loved for the way it built emotional narrative with such a limited palette. This unofficial “Drunk In Love” clip from Austin artist Jesse Hill isn’t exactly that, but it is fun to see the lyrics […]

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September 18, 2013 Marina Galperina

Here’s a single-serving Tumblr that re-imagines the Carters and their various friends as personages in famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt and etc — The Carter Family Portrait Gallery! Vivid snapshots of the life and times of The Carters – Jay Z, Beyoncé, and little Blue Ivy – as captured by their official portrait […]

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May 3, 2013 Kyle Chayka

Here’s today’s best art history x pop cultural mashup Tumblr account. I mean, Cosmarxpolitan and You Can Have Soda are good, but Beyoncé Art History is “so crazy right now.” Thanks a lot Leigh Silver, we’re loving it. […]

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April 23, 2013 Marina Galperina

It must be nice to live inside Beyonce’s head. Remember all those “unflattering” photos of Beyonce doing the Half-Time Show that had her publicist running around the internet issuing take-down notices because HOW DARE they show B externalizing physical strain? So she didn’t look perfect in a few of those photos — WELCOME TO REAL LIFE — […]

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February 26, 2013 Andy Cush

Hip-hop entrepreneur Michael “Blue” Williams is proposing an unusual plan to deal with gun violence in New York: offer tickets to see Jay-Z or Beyonce at their upcoming shows to anyone who brings in a firearm for buyback. Williams also plans to augment the buyback model in more substantiative ways, giving the option for kids […]

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