Run the World (Girls)

The video is full of interesting imagery that makes it fun to watch. I would love to point out all of that I can think of but, it's a lot of work to logically interpret all the frames of a video in an interesting manner. The initial seconds when Beyonce is riding the horse...

As the horse rears itself, the scene makes a transition as the horse is in the air. This pose is an emphasis of power and dominance, in my opinion, made immortal in a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte as he rests on a horse in a similar manner.

The lingerie with capes also implies that women are super heroes but at the same time are sexual. Women are not whores but rather, humans that must perform superhuman tasks every day while remaining "dominant" sexually and utilize it to their advantage.

Biologically, in most cases when one is not dealing with a rapist or misogynist, women control their relationships and have humanity's chances of survival in a vice. They are half the genes for a child and they birth the damn thing. If all women suddenly stopped having children, humanity would be extinct in a century. Men may have imposed the image of dominance but the idea of the "woman behind the man" is everpresent.

Finally, although I missed a lot and forgot a lot of what I want to say... Women demonstrate their control in purposely acting submissive or giving into the demands of men. They constantly manipulate the male gender but carefully utilize all that they have to do so. This form of sacrifice is experienced by almost every strong woman and is exemplified in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eye's Were Watching God" as Janie willingly accepts a beating from Teacake with no fuss to empower him rather than fighting back as most women would.

This sacrifice is shown at the end in the video. Although the men are fearful of the power of women, the women have a sudden change of face. As Teddy said, speak softly but carry a large stick. Further emphasizing the idea of a superhero, women live lives as normal people until they must break out the capes and demonstrate their superhuman powers.

I am a man and have a passion for all things beautiful and women are especially fierce and enthralling. I do not care much for the supposed Illuminati imagery since it's silly stuff, I am actually more curious about the people who continually proliferate those ideas on the internet.

c:

Shrug. I liked the song and video.