It is a distortion of the notion of romantic love to want to see obedience as the quintessential expression of respect.

It is poetry that changes everything.

Without justice there can be no love.

To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.

I can be critical of Beyoncé and yet also appreciate aspects of her power and representation. I can especially critique the way white supremacist aesthetics more often than not informs her presentation of self and yet still acknowledge her beauty.

Dare I speak ,to oppressed and opressor in the same voice? Dare I speak to you in a language that will move beyond the boundaries of domination- a language, that will not bind you, fence you in, or hold you? Language is also a place of struggle. The oppressed struggle in language to recover ourselves, to reconcile, to reunite, to renew. Our words are not without meaning, they are an action, a resistance. Language is also a place of struggle.

Representation is a crucial location of struggle for any exploited and oppressed people asserting subjectivity and decolonization of the mind.