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1.  It’s no secret that women, even in the modern era, are still oppressed. Feminism is known for being associated with liberal, radical man-hating, but in reality, it’s about embracing women as multidimensional human beings and giving them equal power and recognition in all spheres of life. In a world that constantly reduces women to making sandwiches in the kitchen, feminists stand up and proclaim that women are awesome. Beyoncé is one of those feminists, and she has made said proclamation with the release of her song and music video, “Run the World (Girls)” in protest to the patriarchy. This song explicitly states “Who runs the world?/Girls! Girls!” The empowerment message is pretty direct, because one can’t help but contrast it with the current patriarchal power systems in place.

Original Characters (7):

Women

Feminism

Feminism (again)

Feminists

Beyonce

Beyonce (again)

Beyonce’s song

The message of the song

A person listening to the song

2. Characters that should be focused on:

Feminism

Beyonce

3. The purpose of the paragraph is to connect Beyonce to the feminist movement through the fact that she released a song that can be used as protest.

4. Feminism is a movement that grew out of women recognizing and fighting against their oppression. It is not about hating men. Rather, feminism is about embracing women as multidimensional human beings and giving them equal power and recognition in all spheres of life. Feminism relies on people who identify as feminists to actively promote the formerly unrecognized awesomeness of women. One such person is Beyonce, who released a song and music video, “Run the World (Girls)” in protest to the patriarchy. Beyonce uses the song to empower women by literally saying that “girls run the world”. She forces the listener to think about whether what she’s saying compares to the real world, and to question the patriarchal reign.

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Topic position	Stress position
Feminism is a movement	that grew out of women recognizing and fighting against their oppression.
It is	not about hating men.
Rather, feminism is	about embracing women as multidimensional human beings and giving them equal power and recognition in all spheres of life.
Feminism	relies on people who identify as feminists to actively promote the formerly unrecognized awesomeness of women.
One such person is Beyonce	who released a song and music video, “Run the World  (Girls)” in protest to the patriarchy.
Beyonce	uses the song to empower women by literally saying that “girls run the world”.
She	forces the listener to think about whether what she’s saying compares to the real world, and to question the  patriarchal reign.

6. Feminism progresses with the spreading of the message by feminsts like Beyonce, who released a song in protest of the patriarchy.