Dramacow Kevin Allred - Professor of Beyoncé Studies (no, seriously), arrested for threats to kill Trump voters.

She's right, discerning truth from fiction in details is extremely difficult after years of mixing the two. He could pick up an entry-level psychology textbook for that but instead he's just gonna listen to some more Beyonce.

As to the 'sealed' interview, that sucks, but I'm sure it's the only way she was willing to talk and therefore the only way ANY of this information would be revealed.

And lying is not murder, kevy boy. Murder is stringing a man up without a trial based on shit a chick said about him whistling at her and grabbing her waist. But wait, what about believing the victims? #metoo
 
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...Wait, here's one thing I don't get. Did she deliberately lie to get Emmett Till lynched, or did she lie and that was it?
 
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...Wait, here's one thing I don't get. Did she deliberately lie to get Emmett Till lynched, or did she lie and that was it?
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There's no concrete answer to that. By her statements she never intended for him to get killed (even the things she lied about were not that extreme... she never suggested that he raped her or anything) but I think it's fair to say she has a lot of culpability for the lies she told that night... although not nearly that of the people who actually killed him (they claimed they were taking him out to beat him up a little and throw him in a river but then he said something that pissed them off).
 
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I'd like to point out that 20-30 pages ago, in one of his interminable twitter screeds, Kevin unironically said that he had to fight against "white supremacy" because of his original sin of being white. There's being a walking caricature, and then there's...this.
I've seen it said before that the true test of whether or not you're going to A-log is reading Andrew Dobson's thread. I'd argue that Kevvy here can be used as a similar metric. The unwarranted self-importance, the terminal smugness, the constant background rhetoric of "I'm not owned", all combined with half-baked pop-culture "analysis" that make him the archetypal example of a pseud, it's just awful. Not even the Neckonomics guy was this delusional, though he did somehow become more irrelevant than Kevin here so that might have something to do with it.
In summary, Kevin Allred is ugly and even if I were gay and extremely desperate I would not have sex with him.
 
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Reading Kevin's autistic interest in Beyonce makes me want to start a field of study/religion based around some similarly marginally talented but popular (at one time) performer. Who wants to attend Adjunct Professor Shadow's class on The Deep Philosophy of Dave Coulier's Comedy?
 
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Someone bit Beyond-shite in the face?
Must be an animal. A person wouldn't have risked HIV.

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I think Kevvie is right on that.

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Don't bother Kevvie. No one will hire you.

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As if anyone has the right to do "whatever the fuck they want to do".
 
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Someone bit Beyond-shite in the face?
Must be an animal. A person wouldn't have risked HIV.

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I think Kevvie is right on that.

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As if anyone has the right to do "whatever the fuck they want to do".
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Let's break this down point by point:

1) Kevin, you don't even seem to understand basic human interaction, so Beyonce downplaying a weird incident and not wanting to make a scene doesn't make her a saint, it just makes her a person with an understanding of how others can perceive them. Which still makes her better than you.

2) What's an earth sign? Is this some Magic the Gathering thing?

3) "Whoever did it will be punished". For fucks sake, he never learns anything about not threatening people.

4) I agree that Lena Dunham has probably bitten people in the face. I disagree that she wouldn't be allowed close to Beyonce. They're both ass-kissed by the media based on mediocre talent.

5) If you hate filling out job applications so much, maybe don't make terroristic threats that cause your employer to want to sever ties with you.

6) Is this in response to something? What can't trannies do?
 
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2) What's an earth sign? Is this some Magic the Gathering thing?
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Astrology. Taurus and shit.

The stunning and brave Kevvie is having a PTSD!

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TV shit re: Roseanne.

I can't stop thinking about how the #Roseanne reboot cloaks itself in queerness only in order to contain it and sanitize Trump's virulently anti-queer politics for the viewer...First, you've got the traces of queerness the show brings with it from its first run and from the cast. The original run featured plenty of queer storylines including one of, if not THE first (not sure), lesbian kiss on TV...
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I've seen so many lesbo kisses on TV I no longer care.

...It also had its share of homophobia. I'm not praising anything here. Sandra Bernhard as a person and through her character brought queerness in as well. Sara Gilbert is now out as a lesbian though Darlene is straight. Then you've got Wanda Sykes as one of the lead writers for the reboot. And the gender fluid storyline in 1 of the 2 episodes that aired for the premiere. So the show actually has queerness all over it. BUT...That's all placed against the backdrop of vocal Trump support as storyline (and real life in the case of Roseanne herself), not to mention Roseanne's transphobia and other disgusting politics. So how do we make sense of a show that's covered in queer symbolism/representation/writing/etc. with the show's actual support to explain and ultimately uphold the Conners' (and Roseanne Barr's) really ignorant regressive shit? Not to mention the willing participation of queer-identified folks whether as actors or writers. And obviously, this is all about capitalism too because the show is being packaged to appeal to a wide variety of people but ultimately quietly uphold the same shitty systems. Anyway, the example of the genderfluid grandchild is a perfect illustration: both Conners have negative reactions to Mark's presentation though they both learn to "tolerate" the clothing choices over the course of the show...Only after both try and talk him out of dressing the way he wants. They even include tender moments of support from the Roseanne and Dan, but when you zoom out, they're just empty gestures and not connected to any larger challenge of their politics or ideology. The Conners are allowed to stay comfortable in supporting Trump and all the anti-LGBTQ things that entails while offering quiet support to their grandkid, but also continuing to harbor personal disapproval.
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I have no idea about the "genderfluid" shit, but I guess most grandparents are able to ignore their grandchildren's idiosyncrasies at least for a while? Provided, of course, the grandchildren are sensible and not antagonizing their grannies with their alphabet-soup shit.

It reinforces the fallacy that personal "tolerance" (and note that's very different from acceptance) is actually all the change we need and that it's divorced from larger systems. It also gives the illusion that those two contradictory positions are perfectly fine to hold.
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One can treat one's relative differently, indeed even in the opposite manner, from strangers. A person can hold any number of contradictory positions. This is being human.

Large-scale systemic change starts with the personal. Didn't your feminist professor overladies taught you "The Personal is Political"?

& it's packaged as change, progress, getting along with family members that have different views, etc. Though I do think the messaging might get some real folks like the Conners reevuluate their thoughts re: gender, it's a dangerous form of "politics" to celebrate. ANYWAY...it's important to note a show with queer attachments (no matter how many) can still be so anti-queer. it's a bait and switch meant to further normalize Trump's agenda, make us more comfortable with the anti-queer policies because a few people are a tiny bit more tolerant. and it's a pre-deflection of anticipated criticism. we can't be a homophobic show -- we've got Wanda Sykes, we've got Sara Gilbert. look at the gender fluid storyline. but with an ounce of critical analysis, all that falls apart.

Qhat i'm MOST interested in w/ the reboot actually is hearing directly from Wanda or Sara, both of whom I like and respect, about how they understand all this. Because as it stands, it feels like they're being used to insulate Roseanne from more criticism. I'd be interested in hearing from any of the cast that purports to have progressive politics on whether they see their own participation in this reboot as dangerous and how they justify it with the overall politics of the show.

(I know actors can/should play roles that are politically different from them personally. There's often great utility in pointing out larger issues through those characters. But I don't think that's what's happening here.)

And this is another example of how identity alone or surface representation, through actors, characters, or writers, does not necessarily equal progress. Ok. I'm done. Just needed to get that all off my chest.

(patiently waiting for Roseanne to block me on here now for offering measured, constructive critique of what used to be considered a progressive, feminist show. but Roseanne herself has foreclosed that hope for the reboot )
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Attention whore. And he is not over yet!

i've said a lot about the #Roseannereboot re: queerness, but race is also a major factor. 1 episode dealt with how the genderfluid grandchild fits into the mix, but there's also a black granddaughter in this Trump supporting family in 2018. DJ has a Black daughter. His apparent Black wife is absent so far (SIGNIFICANT). & they explain that by saying she's in the military (w/ multiple "thank you for your service" jokes). Coupling the Black woman's narrative with imperialism before she's even on screen. Woah. Ok...but to defer and direct attention to the white genderfluid kid without contextualizing and/or questioning the experience of a Black granddaughter in this fucked-up Trump supporting, white-as-hell Conner family is also a choice made. So...without direct attention and explicit care --attentiveness-- these stories get subsumed into the ignorant overall regressive Trump-supporting Conner narrative (and I can't help but think that was the intent all along...) i.e. Roseanne and Dan love their granddaughter but are just as racist towards black folks in the world at large. They made space for one black kid as their granddaughter but don't have to grapple with how their lives and politics are racist from the get go Or how their very lives and history and politics and ideologies would erase their granddaughter. And that's not something that can be remedied with a cute kiss on the check or dinner table scene where everyone is present and mildly agreeable.
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Really nice, kind and friendly people can have views that offend sheltered academics. Color me shocked.

Main thing for me is: Why is the Black mom absent? If they truly want to be representing middle America, why couldn't' anyone imagine a Black mother as present after locking in a story where DJ had a Black daughter? That's one of the most fucked pieces of this #Roseanne reboot. Couching it in military patriotism is bullshit too FYI. there were a million options available for this story -- INCLUDING FOREGROUNDING A BLACK MOTHER -- but ok...a Black mother protecting her own child might also have a lot of conflict with Roseanne in Trump's America so maybe that says something about that choice...idk...
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The Astrology thing is pretty hilarious. I thought that went out at Universities along with Alchemy.

And I'm genuinely surprised he's not persona non grata at Rutgers. He brought a big shitstorm down on the school and made them look like clowns. And I'm sure the school security would have a good time throwing all 120 lbs of Kevin out into the street.
 
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The Astrology thing is pretty hilarious. I thought that went out at Universities along with Alchemy.
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But nowadays we're all woke and don't restrict ourselves to the closed minded Western scientific method which ignores the lived experiences of marginalised people. There are other ways of knowing u guise!
 
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Reading Kevin's autistic interest in Beyonce makes me want to start a field of study/religion based around some similarly marginally talented but popular (at one time) performer. Who wants to attend Adjunct Professor Shadow's class on The Deep Philosophy of Dave Coulier's Comedy?
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Damn, Dave Coulier? That brings back 80s memories.
 
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okay, this was pathetic of me and i hate that i gave this man 5 bucks but curiosity got the best of me and i signed up at Politicizing Beyonce.

not. a. single. soul. has commented in the forums aside from Kevin himself:

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It might appear that "monthly syllabus entries" looks active, but that's only because he posts the "assignment" and then posts youtube videos after in separate posts.

To start this party right, we’re gonna discuss “Schoolin’ Life.” An oldie (kinda), but a great and really important track (in Beyoncé’s career trajectory) with lots of associations packed in. Even just the the title points towards deeper analysis, it’s a great introductory jumping off point.

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Context (though I’m sure many of you know): “Schoolin’ Life” is a bonus track from the deluxe version of Beyoncé’s fourth album,4, released on June 24, 2011. There’s no formal video for this song, but I’m including YouTube links to both the audio and a live condensed version of the song from Beyoncé’s Live In Atlantic City concert special, packaged as a bonus DVD with the Life Is But A Dream release (November 22, 2013).

Readings for “Schoolin’ Life:”

  • Assata Shakur — Assata: An Autobiography (ch. 12)
  • Audre Lorde — “Poetry is Not a Luxury”
Both are available through the resources tab here — Shakur’s full autobiography and Lorde’s essay as part of her collection Sister Outsider which is available in full; you can also find Lorde’s stand-alone essay here (though the listed 1985 is not its correct publication year).

Discussion:

This month’s theme is “education” broadly and the way it gets constructed by those in power. What counts as correct education? Whose knowledge counts as important, necessary, worthwhile? Why? How can we challenge those notions? How does Beyoncé? Why do you think Beyoncé includes the various pieces of information she includes in the lyrics?

Additional suggested reading:

  • Nell Irvin Painter — Sojourner Truth: A LIfe, A Symbol
  • Sojourner Truth (as told to Olive Gilbert) — The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
  • Florynce “Flo” Kennedy — Color Me Flo: My Hard Life and Good Times
  • bell hooks — Teaching To Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
The above books have a lot to say about education, politics, activism, and power in different ways. Truth and Kennedy were activists with differing levels of formal education; while hooks and Painter are educators themselves.
 
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okay, this was pathetic of me and i hate that i gave this man 5 bucks but curiosity got the best of me and i signed up at Politicizing Beyonce.

not. a. single. soul. has commented in the forums aside from Kevin himself:

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It might appear that "monthly syllabus entries" looks active, but that's only because he posts the "assignment" and then posts youtube videos after in separate posts.

To start this party right, we’re gonna discuss “Schoolin’ Life.” An oldie (kinda), but a great and really important track (in Beyoncé’s career trajectory) with lots of associations packed in. Even just the the title points towards deeper analysis, it’s a great introductory jumping off point.

new-beyonce-lyrics-gallery-schoolin-life.jpg


Context (though I’m sure many of you know): “Schoolin’ Life” is a bonus track from the deluxe version of Beyoncé’s fourth album,4, released on June 24, 2011. There’s no formal video for this song, but I’m including YouTube links to both the audio and a live condensed version of the song from Beyoncé’s Live In Atlantic City concert special, packaged as a bonus DVD with the Life Is But A Dream release (November 22, 2013).

Readings for “Schoolin’ Life:”

  • Assata Shakur — Assata: An Autobiography (ch. 12)
  • Audre Lorde — “Poetry is Not a Luxury”
Both are available through the resources tab here — Shakur’s full autobiography and Lorde’s essay as part of her collection Sister Outsider which is available in full; you can also find Lorde’s stand-alone essay here (though the listed 1985 is not its correct publication year).

Discussion:

This month’s theme is “education” broadly and the way it gets constructed by those in power. What counts as correct education? Whose knowledge counts as important, necessary, worthwhile? Why? How can we challenge those notions? How does Beyoncé? Why do you think Beyoncé includes the various pieces of information she includes in the lyrics?

Additional suggested reading:

  • Nell Irvin Painter — Sojourner Truth: A LIfe, A Symbol
  • Sojourner Truth (as told to Olive Gilbert) — The Narrative of Sojourner Truth
  • Florynce “Flo” Kennedy — Color Me Flo: My Hard Life and Good Times
  • bell hooks — Teaching To Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
The above books have a lot to say about education, politics, activism, and power in different ways. Truth and Kennedy were activists with differing levels of formal education; while hooks and Painter are educators themselves.
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Thank you for your sacrifice; make sure not to let the autism consume you.
Regarding Kevin's course and the activity in it, it's way more pathetic than I could have imagined. It's like that forum people discovered where the only posts were one user replying to himself thousands of times over the course of years, except he's charging people money to view it. I'd feel bad for Kevin if he wasn't who he is.
 
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