Tina Theory Analysis

In "Tina Theory: Notes on Fierceness," Madison Moore mostly concentrates on Tina Turner to explore the numerous layers of fierceness and how Turner impacted his life. On the other hand, Moore connects, with political issues about African-Americans and their contribution to the entertainment world and pop culture while utilizing fierceness to identified black individuals in the mid-twentieth century. Moore paints a boisterous essay by utilizing Tina Turner to explain his "concepts of fierceness" (Moore 176); yet, why does Moore think Tina Turner is the ideal way to approach and define fierceness? Moore also expresses that "fierceness embodies several contradictions all at once" (161). Does it genuinely have any kind of effect that he imagines

that fierceness has a spot just to Tina or black society?

I need to stay vigilant in my search for fierceness, because "fierceness embodies several contradictions" as Moore would put it. As I process the Madison Moore essay I understand quickly why Tina Turner is important to Moore. Moore states, " Everything I know about being queer I learned from Tina Turner" (159). What I don't know is when or how he find his sexuality as a connection to Tina Turner. He doesn't illustrate enough fully to understand exactly when Turner became important to him.

Writing an essay like Moore's, requires one to remember memories, and trying to recall specific moments in time requires remembering decades old memories and that's a hard thing to do. Because when one recalls a memory, that memory now has been solely altered. One can look at the many layers of memory that have been recalled many times before and might see change over time. It's like how Moore uses the word fierceness to give Turner the many layers of contradictions that come with fierceness. Why does he choose Turner to emphasize his queerness? Moore writes, "fierceness embodies several contradictions all at once" (161) and "fierceness is both ownership and the loss of control,

simultaneously deliberateness and spontaneity" (161). So why does he uses fierceness? Why does Moore use a "contradiction" to identify Turner? Moore states, "This set of contradictions allows the term to be noticeable yet unpredictable, which, the way I see it, help to keep it interesting" (161). Does he really believe that Tina Turner is his reasoning to his queerness; again Moore states, "it was through my performances as Tina Turner that I learned what queerness meant for me--it meant a spectacular presence--and quoting a diva five times my age, that I was able to touch queerness" (160). He makes good notion utilizing Turner for queerness; in the meantime, he uses Turner to justify his sexuality. He doesn't explain his revelation to his sexual preference, but he does make it clear that when finds inspiration from one of the following parents, grandparents, siblings, coaches, teachers, friends, animals, celebrities, artist and so forth- this creates new perspectives in your mind to open the windows of opportunity to shine. A good example is, Madison Moore because his ideal structure to his queerness connects him to Tina Turner; therefore he is motivated to be fierce like Turner and make an impact on today society. Type his name via The internet and see all of Madison Moore achievements.

Moore essay conveys a good argument with the usage of fierceness while having "theorizations of black glamour and the political thrust of spectacular sartorial style" (160). His concept of "theorizations" attracted him to Tina Turner to make a connection to articulate how "black and queer bodies are made around black sartorial culture and the political potential of black glamour" (160) Moore brings up Turner to make his readers aware of how African-Americans were viewed in pop culture back in the mid-twentieth century. Utilizing Tina Turner as a prime sample to bring up political issues is an extraordinary decision in his essay. Why? Turner made her way in the entertainment world by "transgress and transcend restrictive boundaries of race and gender" (164), Moore quotes about black entertainers. Retreating to American history, one will figure out how African-Americans were dealt with in the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. It's trying to imagine that quite a long time ago in America, Americans transport Africans from their country and used them as slaves. In any case, in American history, we get the chance to peruse the development of Africans getting to be Americans while stripping away the label of being a slave. None of this could happen without the assistance of thoughtful individuals who comprehended that no human ought to be dealt with, in any form, as a slave. We can even now think back in history to view others, like Tina Turner, who also affected history to make clear that ethnic minorities are pretty much as equivalent as their white partners in America.

Returning back to topic Moore cites Royster, 'Hollywood glamour is framed by white, western eye' (163).

Moore makes a visual of what white pop culture and society looks like in the mid-twentieth century and the perpetual labels that are given to black society during the time. Moore brings up that "few studies of glamour have sufficiently addressed the crucial role of people of color" (162). The word glamour almost sounds like it's a bad word, because "the crucial role" it plays for people of color. So what is the definition of glamour? Glamour is defined as: "The attractive or exciting quality that makes certain people or things seem appealing or special" or "Beauty or charm that is sexually attractive" (Oxford Dictionaries). Having an understanding of the definition of glamour helps make sense of why glamour fits both fierceness and Tina Turner; hence show exciting qualities and are appealing to some people. It's because of glamour that black people let others know that they too are essential to pop culture. Moore states, " the relationships between the body of color and glamour, work that focuses on black glamour and performance with a particular interest in fashion, a major intervention for the field of fashion studies which still fetishizes white women's bodies and white femininity" (164-165). The way Moore depicts glamour in his essay makes it sound bad to be label as glamorous. I can't help but contradict (see what I did there) Moore's utilization of glamour and

fierceness to recognize black people. Words don't belong to just one color or race, they belong to all walks of life, but I have to say that both glamour and fierceness are a million times better as an identifier than the word slave. If we strip away labels, identifiers and words away from people, one will see that at the core we are all the same. A world of perfect equality. But try to image the world where no one can establish an identity to oneself while being surrounded by others. It's like being in the world with nobody in it to help retain one own identity. Madison Moore uses a lot of great words to help identify problems to black society and finding a great meaning to his life with the help of Tina Turner. He does it with the help of writing. He put words down to create his essay to bloom out to something great. What I'm trying to say, like Moore and Turner, our body's are symbols, but it's words that represent everything about us and it a description to let others recognize others. A simple example is our clothes, home, hobbies, etc. We make these things our connections through our consciousness to create a new perspective to add in our life. Moore makes a connection with fierceness, Tina Turner, queerness, black society and glamour to help him to shape his essay and identity ups and downs to black society while making his own impact onto history. Most likely, he inspiring others to emerge out and to voice out their ideas to establish their own identity in today society.