The Lemonade Syllabus
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Beyonce's Lemonade was a smash hit that dealt with similar themes including love, heartbreak, infidelity, as well as the creativity, spirituality, and resilience of the "colored girl." It received a huge response, especially from black women, and it received a maelstrom of internet attention. At the time Shange first wrote and staged for colored girls, hoping to at last give voice to the colored girl experience, social media did not exist. Since then, social media has revolutionized our capacity to share stories and information. This is the most famous brainchild from the "hive mind," and it would be interesting to...