Beyonce controversially includes a section of Ngozi Adichie's speech within her song 'flawless', as beyonce 'came out' as a feminist this is highly controversial as she is questioned to use feminism for capitalist gain. As the album, Lemonade, is owned by her husband, Jay Z, it is also suggested that she used feminism to benefit her husbands capitalist gain. This may also be commented upon within the magazine.
Ngozi Adichie on the matter:
'Her style is not my style, but I do find it interesting that she takes a stand in political and social issues, since a few years. She portrays a woman who is in charge of her own destiny, who does her own thing, and she has girl power. I am very taken with that.'
'Still, her type of feminism is not mine, as it is the kind that, at the same time, gives quite a lot of space to the necessity of men. I think men are lovely, but I don't think that women should relate everything they do to men: did he hurt me, do I forgive him, did he put a ring on my finger? We women are so conditioned to relate everything to men. Put a group of women together and the conversation will eventually be about men. Put a group of men together and they will not talk about women at all, they will just talk about their own stuff. We women should spend about 20 per cent of our time on men, because it's fun, but otherwise we should also be talking about our own stuff.'
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