Beyonce, if You’re Listening…

Time for the Texan to Take That Step!

Super Mrs. C.
2 min readSep 12, 2024
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https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4322757/beyonce-performs-national-anthem

Beyonce, you and Taylor Swift are two of the most powerful women in the world. Speakers of various languages by the hundreds of millions know every lyric to your songs. Parents have borrowed against their IRAs to give their daughters a chance to see you perform. People have crossed the ocean to see your shows. Fans are crazy in love with you.

Your bodies and your clothing are fashion statements. You are industries unto yourselves, and, as you both know, you can make or break economies. There are heads of state and Ministers of Finance who spend years trying to accomplish what you two do merely by showing up.

You already know what I’m going to say.

After the Harris/Trump “debate,” Taylor Swift gave a heartfelt endorsement to the Harris/Walz campaign and 300,000 visitors went to vote.gov to register. I’m intuiting that the majority of those folks will not be Trump voters.

Now, Queen, you are a Texas ‘bama, so you know something about how things work down there. Texas is a huge state with a lot of electoral votes, but most of its eligible voters stay home. If Taylor Swift can get 300,000 people to vote.gov to…

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Super Mrs. C.

Retired teacher. Humorous essayist about Life. Serious essayist about politics and “race.” Aspiring world saver. Cat mama. We can do better than this.