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During her performance at the Made In America festival this past weekend, Beyoncé introduced her song “Diva” with UFC fighter Ronda Rousey’s “Do-Nothing bitch” speech.
And it was, well, empowering. Kinda. Not really. Mostly, I wish it had been.
Bey used a recent interview of Rousey’s in which the mixed martial artist responded to body-shamers who called her “too masculine.” (Scroll down to see a clip of the performance.)Written on the main screen in big, flashing letters, Rousey is quoted saying:
I have this one term for the kind of woman that my mother raised me to not be and I call it a ‘do-nothing bitch.’ The kind of chick that just, like, tries to be pretty and be taken care of by somebody else. That’s why I think it’s hilarious, like, that people like say that my body looks masculine or something like that. I’m just like, listen, just because my body was developed for a purpose other than f**king millionaires doesn’t mean it’s masculine. I think it’s femininely badass as f**k. Because there’s not a single muscle on my body that isn’t for a purpose. Because I’m not a do-nothing bitch.
As a card-carrying member of the Bey-Hive and a supporter of Rousey as a fighter, you’d think I’d be yelling all the lyrics to “Diva” and dancing in circles after watching this performance. But it left the feminist in me quietly cringing.
