Beyonce's Bow Down and the concept of the "Modern-Day Feminist"

In the May issue of British Vogue, Beyoncé calls herself a modern-day feminist.

 “That word can be very extreme, but I guess I am a modern-day feminist. I do believe in equality. Why do you have to choose what type of woman you are? Why do you have lato bel yourself anything? I’m just a woman and I love being a woman."

- ForHarriet.com 

 While Beyonce agrees that equality to women is an important issue, posing in GQ in a crop top and underwear does nothing for the cause. Her latest song release "Bow Down (I Been On)" further pushes women apart. As an artist, she has the right to produce whatever type of music her heart so desires but to claim to be a feminist takes her art to a completely different level. If she want to claim the title of a "Modern-day feminist", her music must first encourage the uplift of women not a divide. A Feminist's goal is to not create divisions but to bridge all the gaps where sexism exists. Which takes us to the next issue.

She is contributing to the objectification of women by subjecting her self to the poses she headlined in the February Issue of GQ magazine. The photos in my opinion were distasteful and had nothing to do with displaying any type of men's fashion. The photos appealed to men in that they were risque images of the well built singer. 

There is one thing to be noted her, that celebs, primarily musicians cannot be looked up to as actvists or as feminists because they are often forced to succumb to the will of popular opinion to do whatever it takes to sell records. Unfortunately even very successful artists as Beyonce are still trying to "keep up with the Kardashian's".