"All the ladies who truly feel me, THROW YOUR HANDS UP AT ME!"

Don't ask why, but a few days ago, a friend of mine sent me an email asking how we went from "Independent Women Part 1" to "Single Ladies." And you know, she has a point.  It kinda makes me sad.


Back in 2005, we had:

Question: Tell me how you feel about this

Try to control me boy you get dismissed

Pay my own fun, oh and I pay my own bills

Always 50/50 in relationships

And now Beyonce's giving us:

Pull me into your arms 

Say I'm the one you own

If you don't you'll be alone

And like a ghost I'll be gone

She's willing to stick around as long as the guy wants to "own" her?  Wack.


It's only fair to concede, though, that another lyrics site listed that second line from "Single Ladies" as "Say I'm the one you want."  Not own. Either way, in "Single Ladies" she's all, WHY DIDN'T YOU BUY ME A RING. Whereas in "Independent Women Part 1," she let's us know that she buys herself THE ROCK SHE'S ROCKIN'. I liked her better then, even if she did make one of the best videos of all time for "Single Ladies."


I do like the way she spoofs June-Cleaver-housewifery in her "Why Don't You Love Me" video, but I get nervous every time I watch it.  I worry that at the end she's not going to say "... dumb!"


This song, "Independent Women Part 1" has been on my mind, you see.  So yesterday after writing camp, I made this wall-hanging for my best friend from high school, featuring the first few lines of the lyrics:

And now my fingernails are filled with black paint and look like this: