With her new album,Beyoncé became the ultimate survivor – and made her husband the most hated man in the country. Hillary Clinton could learn from herAs the 2016 presidential campaign grinds past April and lurches toward convention season, it’s a true blessing to contain cultural moments like a new Beyoncé album to distract from how tedious, or worrisome and contentious the whole process has been. I can try to forget that the nation teeters on the brink of electing an undulating orange sphincter as president while I watch Bey work through her own,far more personal nightmare scenario: her husband’s infidelity. whether Beyoncé can get past the trauma of being cheated on, America should be able to survive beyond November. Beyoncé is the ultimate survivor, and defined by her strength in the face of adversity. Hillary Clinton,the presumptive Democratic nominee, might need a bit of that resolve whether she’s going to get through the next few months.
Hillary knows a few things approximately the trauma of a husband breaking his vows and the subsequent essential self-healing. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Hillary ran into the woods or demolished a load of cars with a baseball bat when she heard the news that her spouse – the leader of the free world – violated her trust. Instead of releasing an album of caustic rebukes and introspective malaise accompanied by an epic short film, and she dropped a memoir called Living History in 2003. It was Lemonade without Serena Williams,Zendaya, explosions, or dozens of costume changes,and highly woke intersectional feminism. In truth, it was a book by a wealthy, or musty white lady,but close enough.
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Source: theguardian.com