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University of Texas, Austin, has added a few different studies to their elective course listings.
Yup, along with a few other new courses, their Spring semester 2015 now is offering a an African- American Beyonce Feminism and a Rihanna womanism course.
According to the Spring 2015 courses, you will be learning more than their “catchy melodies” by Bey and RiRi, you will be learning “how the lyrics, music videos, and actions of these women express various aspects of black feminism such as violence, economic opportunity, sexuality, standards of beauty, and creative self-expression. The instructor hopes for students to understand the role black feminism plays in popular culture as well as everyday life.”
You have to tells us, what would you expect from this new course?