Greg Tate, on the $: “The double standard is fascinating n disgusting—i mean, the press fawns over every bite Lady Gaga takes out of Madonna’s ass. Like the pop version of racial profiling—Beyonce gets called thief; Gaga gets points for ‘quotation’ and postmodern pastiche… tension caused by the self-mastery of ex-slaves, even entertaining ones, is why there’s a Tea Party.

Josh Kun quoting the forever on-point Greg Tate on Gaga on Twitter. I think this also sort-of correlates to how many [straight white male] reviewer dudes were bored by the Beyonce album (which I like quite a lot), but more on that later. Or not! (via jawnita)

Of course, since Beyonce is the latest to shill for the still-totally-antigay-and-antiworker Target, we’re not fully down with her either, even though her all-female backing band is pretty badass.