God complex
As someone who saw part of her visual album, Beyoncé also uses Christianity to explain how a Black woman is expected to remain pure for a man through using white clothes and mentioning God in her lyrics, which is very powerful because it further implies how Black women are held to certain standards while men can behave as they please.
dwelling instead of leaving.
Beyoncé is also demonstrating a sense of hope through her album because at first she does want to find answers that may or may not reveal the lies of a man in order to confirm her insecurities. As the album continues, the audience can see the shift of attitude: Beyoncé focusing on herself, which is what she is encouraging black women to do.
Like some kind of majestic mother.
She is using her fame as a platform to speak about these issues, specifically to women who face emotional abuse. Beyoncé's attitude and words communicate to other women that they can also stand up for themselves.
She busts car windows with a bat and wears Yoruba paint and cornrows. Speaks through the words of Somali-British poet Warsan Shire. Swears a whole lot.
This line stands out to me because I can picture Beyoncé's music video "Hold Up", which demonstrates how she's breaking gender norms through showing and acknowledging her anger instead of letting herself be disrespected and accepting a man's behavior, as society expects.