Diva Discourse

Episode 9: "Why Don't You Love Me"


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Episode nine finds Beyoncé at home in 1957, ironing, scrubbing, washing dishes in bright blue rubber gloves, and drinking so many martinis that we see our Stepford wife glitching and, finally, breaking. "Why Don't You Love Me" is as much Beyoncé's take on her relationship to culture as on 50 years of American matrimony. Our analysis takes you from Los Angeles to Rio de Janeiro, with special help from Betty Friedan, Mr. Clean, Solange, Nina Simone, James Brown, and, naturally, B.B. Homemaker herself.

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Diva DiscourseBy Enzo Escober and Shaan Sachdev