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Essence article touching, witty reflective, but after reading the handwritten note to the First Lady, one asks, which one is the real Beyonce?
To read Beyonce Knowles handwritten letter to First Lady Obama, one is immediately touched by her obviously unrehearsed candor. Her clear and well placed admiration for the accomplishments of the latter as a professional, a mother and wife is refreshing for a celebrity.
Still, it begs the question that with so many resources available to her, why the star would not have one of her PR people review the letter before hitting the “upload” button? As heartfelt as it is, the atrocity of her writing skills is undeniable and not at all indicative of the savvy business woman image that Beyonce likes to portray. The first lady must have agreed as she responded to the celebrity with a rather whimsical Twitter response.
Aside from water cooler banter, however very little of the letter is newsworthy, that is until the Black Journalists of New York, the largest news media market in the country decides to give her a journalism award for an article that she wrote in Essence Magazine. That article was about a nine month hiatus that the singer took in order to get much needed rest and relaxation, which resulted in a spiritual journey to self-renewal – or something like that.
The award begs the question from many however of the extent to which the money and people worship that is going on in our community will continue, particularly in news and media circuits. At times it appears that it has reached such sad proportions that one must be careful to trust anything that is read anymore.
Cori Murray, of Essence defends the award and the article stating that the celebrity is a “real writer” who was edited not unlike any other journalist who would have made a submission to the magazine for publication. “Everyone is edited, except Toni Morrison”, she explained to the Daily News.
That is perhaps an acceptable response from Essence Magazine, which often fancies about on the lighter side of news, but what about the serious mainstream news journalists? What about those who each day challenge their readers on such difficult issues as economic disparity, failing educational systems and crime epidemics in our community? One might venture to say that there is not much serious journalism being composed these days, in African American or any other media venue. If that is true, then they may as well acknowledge one of their own.
go 2 a Prince concert or related event it's all 
up in the house but when 
I posted the article on how she really got the award in here. 
Right next to Shakespeare. Matter of fact, fuck Shakespeare. "My body's too bootylicious for him baby" - Beyonce