'Rhetorical Analysis Of Beyonce, Sex Terrorist'

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So you think I am too sexy? Is that right? Beyoncé, Sex Terrorist. By Noah Berlatsky. In this article, Noah Berlatsky, who writes stories on the website theatlantic.com, discusses the opinion two people had after watching the music video that Beyoncé made in 2014. Bill O’Reilly, a conservative and a television host on Fox, and Bell Hooks, a liberal and a feminist, social activist. Both people make informed opinions. They discuss the impression, they think Beyoncé is leaving on the young girls who look up to her. They both think that the video Beyoncé was not wearing enough clothes; they didn’t think it would be a good image to show the young girls. Is Beyoncé showing too much skin? Here the author talks about how two politically opposite people discuss the …show more content…

She definitely over sexualized herself there, as a result many articles and interviews were done about her afterwards. I think people would agree that it is Beyoncé and that most love her no matter what she is wearing or isn't, but I don’t think they will agree with the evidence given in the article because there is a lack of it. Bill O’Reilly and Bell Hooks both seem amenable on the fact that they don’t consider Beyoncé an artist. Bill O’Reilly is reluctant to see her music video “Partition” as art. Bell Hooks thinks that maybe the reason Beyoncé is so “appealing” to the world is not really because “of her beauty, but because of her money" (Berlatsky, (Berlatsky, Noah. “Beyoncé Sex Terrorist," theatlantic.com.. May 12, 2014)The author of the article suggests that Bell Hooks does not consider the fact that maybe Beyoncé’s appeal is due to her musical talent. Their misconceptions of Beyoncé might be due to them not seeing her as an artist. The author uses repetition when he keeps

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