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"content": "\u003cp>When \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/valentines-day/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Valentine's Day \u003c/a>rolls around, it's inevitable that you'll hear someone exclaim, \"It's just a holiday created by Hallmark!\" Sure, card and chocolate companies have come to define the holiday, but are they truly responsible for all the canoodling that goes on every February 14th? Short answer: nope! Here are some historical facts you might not know about Valentine's Day:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are many origin stories floating around and no one is really sure which one, if any, are true. But one of the most popular legends is that, back in third century Rome, Emperor Claudius II outlawed marriage because he believed single men made better soldiers than those who were pining for lovers back home. Despite the decree, a man named Valentine performed secret marriages and was jailed for doing so. While awaiting his execution, some say he wrote a love letter—arguably the first valentine—to his crush (who may or may not have been the jailer's daughter). He allegedly signed his note \"from your Valentine.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So now we have a figurehead for the holiday, but why February 14th? Some say that this goes back to an ancient Roman fertility festival called Lupercalia, which was celebrated from February 13th to the 15th. The event involved wine, nudity and slapping women with strips of goat hide drenched in sacrificial blood. Yes, you read that right. Ancient people do the darnedest things. Anyway, the women allegedly welcomed this because being marked in this way was thought to make them more fertile. The female festival goers would also put their names in an urn for the town's single men to choose from. The matches would then, um, \"get to know\" each other for the rest of the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/1329233306972_268177.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20472\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright wp-image-20472 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/1329233306972_268177-400x280.png\" alt=\"1329233306972_268177\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/1329233306972_268177-400x280.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/1329233306972_268177.png 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>The Christian church didn't exactly love all this naked blood-soaked hide slapping, so, in the fifth century, Pope Gelasius outlawed Lupercalia and made up a new family friendlier event to take its place: a day in honor of St. Valentine on February 14th, the day he was martyred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The secret weddings and the weird blood slaps are sort of romantic, but the love aspect associated with the holiday was turned way up in the Middle Ages. During that time period, people in England and France were said to associate February 14th with the beginning of birds' mating season. This belief is reflected in Chaucer's \"Parliament of the Foules\": \"\u003ci>For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day w\u003c/i>\u003ci>han every foul cometh ther to choose his mate.\u003c/i>\" This avian focus led to the superstition that a woman could tell what kind of man she would marry by the type of bird she spotted on Valentine's Day. A blackbird signified a priest, a bluebird meant a funny dude, a dove equaled a kind man, a goldfinch meant a super rich one and a woodpecker signified no man at all!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_109337']This loaded bird-watching wasn't the only weird superstition women took part in around the holiday. Medieval women would eat bizarre foods to bring on dreams of their future husbands. They also believed these dreams would come, if they pinned sage to their pillows or placed a slice of wedding cake underneath them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In France, there was a custom called \"une loterie d'amour,\" which translates to \"drawing for love\" and involved single people hollering at each other from windows across a street. They would eventually pair up, but, if the man didn't particularly like the woman he ended up with, he would ditch her for someone else. The women left behind would then make a bonfire and burn pictures of the ungrateful men, while cursing them. The French government eventually banned the custom because, if history has taught us anything, there's nothing scarier to men in power than single women who have opinions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1800s, the first box of chocolates was invented by Richard Cadbury, heir to the Cadbury chocolate fortune, who gave chocolates arranged in a heart-shaped box to his lover. Interestingly, physicians around this time often prescribed chocolate to calm patients' pining for lost love. You never have to feel bad about devouring a whole King Size Kit Kat bar again; it's medicine!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/loverboy.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20469\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20469 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/loverboy-400x555.jpeg\" alt=\"loverboy\" width=\"400\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/loverboy-400x555.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/loverboy.jpeg 706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>Passing around handmade cards and small tokens as symbols of affection became popular in the 1700s. A century later, Esther A. Howland, also known as \"Mother of the Valentine,\" began selling the first mass-produced valentines in America. Around this time, a new trend called \u003ca href=\"http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/happy-valentines-day-i-hate-you/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vinegar Valentines\u003c/a> became popular. They were rude cards sent anonymously to either spurn advances or just to stick it to someone you didn't like. The YouTube comments of yore, if you will. It wasn't until 1913 that Hallmark got in on the action. Fast forward to present day, and over 1 billion cards are sent every Valentine's Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So there you have it: the bizarre historical twists and turns that have led us to this point. 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"content": "\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYzlVDlE72w\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem> (Note: This post made its debut \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/12/no-boo-no-problem-a-singles-guide-to-valentines-day/\">three years ago today\u003c/a>! This is an updated version with brand new events so you don't end up showing up to that Icona Pop concert expecting an encore 1,095 days later.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So you don't have a boo. No biggie. Sure, it's fun to hold hands and have someone buy you an eclair for no reason and all that jazz. Loving someone else is super. But there's another form of love that predates loving someone else: the love you have for yourself a.k.a. The Greatest Love of All! So this Valentine's Day, let's not be so terribly obvious and transform into Bridget Jones. There's really no reason you need to cry while eating chocolate and singing Celine Dion ballads in your underwear. You're cute and fun and you should get out there and do cute and fun things! Here are a few ideas of ways to spend your Valentine's Day:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>1. TREAT YO' SELF\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ug3vCqbd1rungpko1_500.gif\" alt=\"\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You work hard and you deserve nice things. Forget about waiting around for someone to buy you something you've always wanted and treat yo' self! Some good ideas: sweaters, fragrances, massages, mimosas. You get the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>2. CALL ALL THE SINGLE LADIES (all the single ladies)\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcoez1NsMW1rdhbryo1_500.gif\" alt=\"\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes it might seem like you're the only person not living in Boo Land (favorite activities for residents include forgetting about their friends and saying annoying things like \"you'll have this someday, too!\"). But there are plenty of friends who are flying solo just like you. So call your favorite friends from this group and be each other's Valentines. Make a three course meal for each other. Or hit up a karaoke joint and sing love songs to each other. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/01/25/karaoke-survival-guide-10-commandments/\" target=\"_blank\">Just make sure to follow the rules.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>3. GO TO AN EVENT, EXHIBIT, OR SHOW\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are always 101 things to do at any given moment in this town so surely there is something for you out there. Here are some friendly suggestions:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Event:\u003c/span> If you have something to get off your chest, why not belt it out with a bunch of nostalgic randos? The Roxie Theater is hosting an \u003ca href=\"http://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/sf-indie-fest-power-ballad-sing-long/\" target=\"_blank\">'80s Power Ballad Sing-a-long\u003c/a> featured Journey, Bon Jovi, Guns N' Roses, and all those other bands your older sister teased her bangs to back in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Exhibit\u003c/span>: \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/garden/magnificent-magnolias-20141.html\">\u003cem>Magnificent Magnolias\u003c/em>\u003c/a> at the SF Botanical Gardens. They're blooming just in time for your hot date with yourself! If that isn't cute enough for you, head on over to the Academy of Sciences to \u003ca href=\"http://www.calacademy.org/events/special-events/penguin-valentines\" target=\"_blank\">watch biologists give Valentines\u003c/a> to African penguins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Concert:\u003c/span> Spend the holiday showing love for early aughts power couple \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/02/03/ja-rule-and-ashanti-want-to-be-your-valentine-also-relevant-again/\" target=\"_blank\">Ashanti and Ja Rule\u003c/a> at 1015 Folsom. Or, if that's not your thing, local music makers are paying homage to dearly departed \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/david-bowie/\" target=\"_blank\">David Bowie\u003c/a> (miss you, boo!) at \u003ca href=\"http://www.rickshawstop.com/event/1068797-lets-dance-david-bowie-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">Let's Dance: A David Bowie Tribute Party\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1 class=\"headliners summary\">\u003c/h1>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>4. HOLLYWOOD CRUSH MARATHON\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1197\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 333px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/02/12/no-boo-no-problem-a-singles-guide-to-valentines-day/6331185462_244649c8d2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1197\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-1197 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/02/6331185462_244649c8d2.jpg\" alt=\"Flickr | poldberg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/poldberg/6331185462/\">poldberg\u003c/a>, via Flickr\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If you don't feel like going out, why not watch a marathon starring your number one crush?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you like boys, I suggest this Ryan Gosling triple feature:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Drive\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Lars and the Real Girl\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Half Nelson\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cdel>\u003cem>Blue Valentine\u003c/em>\u003c/del> (tonight is not the night for this)\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cdel>The Notebook\u003c/del> \u003c/em>(or this)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you like girls, I suggest this Winona Ryder triple feature:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Beetlejuice\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Heathers\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Reality Bites\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>5. OPEN YOUR THIRD EYE\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11077\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/12/no-boo-no-problem-a-singles-guide-to-valentines-day-2014/kitten_headstand/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11077\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11077\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/kitten_headstand.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: That Cute Site\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/kitten_headstand.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/kitten_headstand-400x264.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.thatcutesite.com/kitten-doing-morning-exercises.html\">That Cute Site\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Our society tends to stigmatize spending time by yourself. Loners are weird and wear trench coats and talk to themselves, right? Wrong. The ability to be alone without feeling lonely is something we should all strive for and the surest way to get there is by practicing yoga. Tune into your body, breathe and relax a little. If this really doesn't sound like fun, find comfort in the 96.7% probability that your bendy teacher will be a babe.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>6. SAN FRANCISCO IS YOUR LIFE PARTNER\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://lisacongdon.com/blog/2012/07/san-francisco-i-love-you/\">\u003cimg class=\" \" src=\"http://lisacongdon.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/sfiloveyou_lowres1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"408\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://lisacongdon.com/\">Lisa Congdon\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Significant others come and go and often take your favorite records with them. But San Francisco is always there for you. Spend some time in a place in the city you love or maybe have never gotten around to visiting. And take a bottle of red, while you're at it (that's not weird, it's \u003cem>classy)\u003c/em>. I suggest biking to the Sutro Baths or climbing Bernal or losing yourself in \u003ca href=\"http://mntsutro.com/\">the little-known cloud forest on Mount Sutro\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>7. 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The Roxie Theater is hosting an \u003ca href=\"http://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/sf-indie-fest-power-ballad-sing-long/\" target=\"_blank\">'80s Power Ballad Sing-a-long\u003c/a> featured Journey, Bon Jovi, Guns N' Roses, and all those other bands your older sister teased her bangs to back in the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Exhibit\u003c/span>: \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbotanicalgarden.org/garden/magnificent-magnolias-20141.html\">\u003cem>Magnificent Magnolias\u003c/em>\u003c/a> at the SF Botanical Gardens. They're blooming just in time for your hot date with yourself! If that isn't cute enough for you, head on over to the Academy of Sciences to \u003ca href=\"http://www.calacademy.org/events/special-events/penguin-valentines\" target=\"_blank\">watch biologists give Valentines\u003c/a> to African penguins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Concert:\u003c/span> Spend the holiday showing love for early aughts power couple \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/02/03/ja-rule-and-ashanti-want-to-be-your-valentine-also-relevant-again/\" target=\"_blank\">Ashanti and Ja Rule\u003c/a> at 1015 Folsom. Or, if that's not your thing, local music makers are paying homage to dearly departed \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/david-bowie/\" target=\"_blank\">David Bowie\u003c/a> (miss you, boo!) at \u003ca href=\"http://www.rickshawstop.com/event/1068797-lets-dance-david-bowie-san-francisco/\" target=\"_blank\">Let's Dance: A David Bowie Tribute Party\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch1 class=\"headliners summary\">\u003c/h1>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>4. 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OPEN YOUR THIRD EYE\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11077\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2014/02/12/no-boo-no-problem-a-singles-guide-to-valentines-day-2014/kitten_headstand/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11077\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11077\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/kitten_headstand.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: That Cute Site\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/kitten_headstand.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2014/02/kitten_headstand-400x264.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://www.thatcutesite.com/kitten-doing-morning-exercises.html\">That Cute Site\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Our society tends to stigmatize spending time by yourself. Loners are weird and wear trench coats and talk to themselves, right? Wrong. The ability to be alone without feeling lonely is something we should all strive for and the surest way to get there is by practicing yoga. Tune into your body, breathe and relax a little. If this really doesn't sound like fun, find comfort in the 96.7% probability that your bendy teacher will be a babe.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>6. 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I suggest biking to the Sutro Baths or climbing Bernal or losing yourself in \u003ca href=\"http://mntsutro.com/\">the little-known cloud forest on Mount Sutro\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>7. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>“I’ll go out and meet with everyone in San Fran and they’ll dis the f-ck outta me!”\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>— Kanye West, Feb. 11, 2016\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oooooohhhhhhh you don’t know the half of it, Kanye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I mean, sure, any grand premiere by you is sure to leave viewers shellshocked by inanity — so much that whatever tatters of your once-thriving musical genius remain are, like, buried completely. But today’s Yeezy Season 3 at Madison Square Garden, debuting a new collection of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/698020127460077568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">torn sweaters\u003c/a> and an aggressively mediocre new album, called — I’m serious — \u003cem>The Life of Pablo\u003c/em>?! I know you love your outsized id on majestic display, but come on, how much more scattered, crass, hypocritical and exhausting can you get from here?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11320279\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/KanyeFashion1-800x555.jpg\" alt=\"A model wearing Kanye West's new collection at Yeezy Season 3, Madison Square Garden, Feb. 11, 2016. \" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11320279\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/KanyeFashion1-800x555.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/KanyeFashion1-400x278.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/KanyeFashion1-768x533.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/KanyeFashion1-960x667.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/KanyeFashion1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A model wears Kanye West’s new collection at ‘Yeezy Season 3,’ Madison Square Garden, Feb. 11, 2016. \u003ccite>(Lukas Wassmann/@kanyewest)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Look, you’ve got 20,000 paid fans in the building. You’re livestreaming all over the world. You’ve got dozens of models dressed in your burlap whatever-the-hell-it-is. ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE PUTTING IN TIME AND SWEAT AND ADHERING TO \u003ca href=\"https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca93SxYVIAA8Va8.png:large\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YOUR DEMANDS\u003c/a>. And you waltz in the room playing second fiddle to a pile of \u003ca href=\"http://hollywoodlife.com/pics/kanye-west-yeezy-season-3-pics-fashion-show-nyfw-2016-photos/#!1/yeezy-season-1/\">tittering cotton balls\u003c/a> and a scripted Made-for-TV-E!-Online-TMZ-Perez-Hilton-Every-Stupid-Tabloid-Ever moment walking Lamar Odom up to his seat with Khloe? And you open a laptop to play an album that seems like it was finished 10 minutes before showtime? You rehearse nothing, because hey, I’M KANYE, I JUST GO FOR IT?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This wouldn’t hurt so much if it weren’t for your past glories. \u003ca href=\"http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/critics/2013/gabe-meline-6596527\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Your most recent was your most glorious\u003c/a>. Even your lack of filter was once a great thing. You issued uncensored the thoughts that most of us were too scared to say; you said things we found especially refreshing for a celebrity to say. But “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” eventually gave way to “I made it so we could wear tight jeans” which \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/697199554807099394?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave way to\u003c/a>, \u003cem>a-f’ing-hem\u003c/em>, “BILL COSBY INNOCENT !!!!!” \u003cem>And you’re calling this a gospel album.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Really?\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11319582\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/PableCover.jpg\" alt=\"'The Life of Pablo' cover art.\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11319582\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/PableCover.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/PableCover-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/PableCover-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/PableCover-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/PableCover-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/PableCover-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/PableCover-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘The Life of Pablo’ cover art, apparently.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That leads us into the Taylor Swift lines, and the Ray-J lines, which are a guaranteed media distraction from this album being phoned in and which I’m sure are being blogged about as we speak — of \u003cem>course\u003c/em> they are, you knew they’d be. Drake’s instantly gif-able dance moves, Kanye’s instantly “OMG LOOK WHAT HE SAID!” lines = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, buddy. You know what? There’s a guy in my neighborhood that walks down the street shouting at himself too. No wonder Michael Jordan \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/697220614105468929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">didn’t want to come\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seriously, how does one go from “artists can’t be controlled by corporations” to 10 seconds later shilling for Adidas? Leading chants of “F-ck Nike”? Thanking Adidas for helping make your dumb overpriced shoes the “number-one Christmas present”? Did no one tell you that the only thing dumber than fashion is being bought by a global corporation and pretending it’s freedom?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this album: Man, you tried. You got Chance to hop on the first track to continue his whole your-Grandma’s-favorite-God-lovin’-rapper thing. You got Frank Ocean to come back from the dead. You got Rihanna and Thug and the Weeknd and Dream and Metro Boomin and I’m pretty sure I heard Whitney Houston singing about the Lord in there. \u003cem>All that’s exciting\u003c/em>. But in the service of what? To interpolate “This Little Light of Mine” minutes before talking about bleached anal? To sample Sister Nancy from one of reggae’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcaPu9JPenU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great female-empowerment hits\u003c/a> in the same song as “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex”? To fantasize about strapping a GoPro on; “unswallow”ing; Joseph meeting Mary in a club; going at it on the kitchen table? You really think you \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/alshipley/status/697909845886767105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made Taylor famous\u003c/a>? Bleeeagghagahgahagh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11319583\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/KanyeSet-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"The set at Madison Square Garden, Feb. 11, 2016.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11319583\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/KanyeSet-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/KanyeSet-400x225.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/KanyeSet-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/KanyeSet-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/KanyeSet-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/KanyeSet-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pre-show set at Madison Square Garden, Feb. 11, 2016.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>But oooooohhh, he’s talking about the Lord! He’s throwing in a completely obligatory and totally vague reference to putting hands up for cops! He says “pray for Paris”! He’s sad about his mom, still! He’s pretending he’s Oprah giving away fur coats! He’s saying that bloggers don’t get laid! Haw, haw!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The worst part is that maybe parts of this album are good. “FML,” damn — it’s, like, on par with “Runaway” or “Hold My Liquor” in the epic department. We knew “Fade Away” was a floor-killer, and at least “Real Friends” passes the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxni-FM-UVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whodini test\u003c/a>. But the rest of this jumbled mess? Gimme some time, but for right now, 30 minutes after that whatever-it-was at Madison Square Garden, it feels like homemade garbage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You say you’ve been “thinking about your vision”; “pouring out your feelings”; “revealing the layers to your soul.” But you might wanna do some more thinking. Really. You might even wanna get out of the comforts of this tabloid-royalty fortress you’re in. It’s good for the soul. I know you have one left.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only Total Chodes Call it “San Fran,”\u003cbr>\nG.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Drake’s instantly gif-able dance moves, Kanye’s instantly “OMG LOOK WHAT HE SAID!” lines = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, buddy. You know what? There’s a guy in my neighborhood that walks down the street shouting at himself too. No wonder Michael Jordan \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/697220614105468929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">didn’t want to come\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seriously, how does one go from “artists can’t be controlled by corporations” to 10 seconds later shilling for Adidas? Leading chants of “F-ck Nike”? Thanking Adidas for helping make your dumb overpriced shoes the “number-one Christmas present”? Did no one tell you that the only thing dumber than fashion is being bought by a global corporation and pretending it’s freedom?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And this album: Man, you tried. You got Chance to hop on the first track to continue his whole your-Grandma’s-favorite-God-lovin’-rapper thing. You got Frank Ocean to come back from the dead. You got Rihanna and Thug and the Weeknd and Dream and Metro Boomin and I’m pretty sure I heard Whitney Houston singing about the Lord in there. \u003cem>All that’s exciting\u003c/em>. But in the service of what? To interpolate “This Little Light of Mine” minutes before talking about bleached anal? To sample Sister Nancy from one of reggae’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcaPu9JPenU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great female-empowerment hits\u003c/a> in the same song as “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex”? To fantasize about strapping a GoPro on; “unswallow”ing; Joseph meeting Mary in a club; going at it on the kitchen table? You really think you \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/alshipley/status/697909845886767105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made Taylor famous\u003c/a>? 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Honda also hit the cute animal chord with a spot featuring sheep singing Queen’s hit \u003cem>Somebody to Love\u003c/em>; they learned it courtesy of the farmer’s Ridgeline truck, which has a sound system in the rear bed blasting the song. Ample proof that ’70s rock paired with cute animals equals Super Bowl advertising gold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTaCT8ZmdJA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best ad to turn a massive mistake into promotional success: T-Mobile “Drop the Balls”\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI8YZdejPKg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner in the Miss Universe contest, he was lampooned so mercilessly it looked like a serious setback. But he’s rebounded with a Super Bowl commercial that features him “admitting” a different mistake: alleging Verizon used old data to misrepresent T-Mobile. 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It leads the guys in the commercial in a conga line set to a bouncing beat while it says the phrase “puppy monkey baby” over and over. Frankly, it’s the kind of nightmare you might expect to have after one too many cans of Mountain Dew Kickstart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Worst reference to bodily functions: Xifaxan, OICisDifferent.com, Jublia\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hnldf3z4bY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Super Bowl is known for inspiring lots of eating and lavish spreads of food. So why would advertisers pay millions to air ads focusing on constipation, irritable bowel syndrome and toe fungus? OICisDifferent.com had a commercial on opioid-induced constipation, while the diarrhea relief medication Xifaxan created a spot with a pink intestine made of clay cheering in a stadium. And the toe fungus medication Jublia somehow convinced former NFL greats Howie Long, Deion Sanders and Phil Simms to appear in its ad. 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But eagle-eyed, pop culture-savvy fans could recognize three of the actors playing bank robbers — Chris Bauer, Pablo Schreiber and James Ransone — as the guys who played members of the dock-working Sobotka family in the second season of HBO’s classic crime drama \u003cem>The Wire\u003c/em>. 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For its Genesis sedan, an ad with comic Kevin Hart following his daughter on a date highlighted the “car finder” tracking feature; the Elantra’s remote start was featured in a spot with campers chased by bears. Another ad promoting the Elantra’s emergency braking system featured women driving through a neighborhood where everyone looked like film hunk Ryan Reynolds. 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(Note: Was not \u003ca href=\"http://www.marketwatch.com/story/peyton-manning-handed-budweiser-32-million-in-free-ads-after-the-super-bowl-2016-02-08\" target=\"_blank\">paid to name that beer brand specifically.\u003c/a>) Or maybe you're dealing with whiplash after trying to recreate the dance moves from Beyoncé's video/Super Bowl performance of \"Formation,\" the new Black Lives Matter-soaked single \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/02/06/beyonce-surprise-drops-new-single-and-video-before-super-bowl-performance/\" target=\"_blank\">she dropped on Saturday\u003c/a> -- a track whose \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SarahKSilverman/status/696508320203608068\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics we all knew\u003c/a>, because she's Beyoncé, by the time of her performance on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I have \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/noise/2014/01/16/course-beyonc%C3%A9-feminist-gender-equality-and-women-entertainment\" target=\"_blank\">written\u003c/a> about \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbg.com/noise/2014/08/06/capitalism-performance-art-and-whole-lot-ass-shaking-notes-b%C3%A9yonce-and-jay-z-show\" target=\"_blank\">Beyoncé before\u003c/a>, and it should come as no surprise that I generally believe she's a force for good in the world. She is not without fault, but she is undeniably a marvel of an entertainer as well as a consummate businesswoman. I also think she's expanding notions of what pop music can be, the ways it can shape culture and drive much-needed conversation, and using her platform at the top of the charts in a more interesting and impactful way than perhaps any artist in the last 30 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said: I don't want to hear my own Beyoncé opinions right now. And, while \u003ca href=\"http://ideas.time.com/2012/04/09/theproblem-with-the-my-best-friend-is-black-defense/\" target=\"_blank\">some of my favorite music writers are white\u003c/a>, I don't want to hear their Beyoncé opinions either. To be clear, I understand the impulse and obligation that major news channels have, when an artist drops a video as racially and politically charged as \"Formation,\" to \"translate\" it for mainstream, confused, white audiences. But if there's one thing \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_feminism\" target=\"_blank\">black feminism \u003c/a>doesn't need, it's old white male music critics summarizing it in the hopes of making it more palatable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrCHz1gwzTo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With that in mind, instead of parsing each frame of Bey's new video or waxing poetic about what it means for most aggressively corporate, traditionally whitewashed sporting event in the country to have featured a Southern-born black woman singing about \"negro\" noses and Afros during the most-watched entertainment spectacle of the year, I'd like to use this space a little differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thus, here are some pieces about Beyoncé's new song that were written or co-written by women of color. You should read them. Fun extra credit homework: Start noticing bylines in general. When it comes to a topic like a video that deals directly with America's treatment of black female and queer bodies, especially, it's worth noting where and to whom you're turning when you want insightful cultural commentary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'\u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/08/beyonce-formation-black-american-narrative-the-margins\" target=\"_blank\">Beyoncé's Formation reclaims black America's narrative from the margins\u003c/a>,'\u003c/strong> \u003cstrong>by Syreeta McFadden in The Guardian (UK)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"Beyoncé’s work shows that revolution can be beautiful; protest and celebration are not contradictions when imagining a black future that isn’t overrun by images of black pain and death.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'\u003ca href=\"http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/02/beyonce_drops_formation_for_the_people_the_black_people.html\" target=\"_blank\">Beyoncé Drops ‘Formation’ for the People, the Black People\u003c/a>,' by Danielle C. 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In her latest work, Beyoncé opts to tell a sweeping history of her southern identity and the black South writ large, bringing the weight of black New Orleans, past and present, and black women's and queer black men's cultures to the task.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'\u003ca href=\"https://www.thefader.com/2016/02/08/beyonce-formation-essay\" target=\"_blank\">Beyoncé works hard\u003c/a>,' by Rawiya Kameir, The Fader\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"Beyoncé’s success with 'Formation” doesn’t come from the fact that she is publicly claiming a politic, but that she is casually weaving that politic in with the rest of her aesthetic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/07/arts/music/beyonce-formation-super-bowl-video.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Beyoncé in ‘Formation’: Entertainer, Activist, Both?\u003c/a>,' Jenna Wortham (as part of a roundtable with Wesley Morris and Jon Caramanica) in the NYT\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"Beyoncé’s control is an exquisite study in self-restraint, especially in the current social-media-saturated climate. One could also read this as an existential call to action to her listeners and viewers: 'Black women, join me and make your own formation, a power structure that doesn’t rely on traditional institutions.' It’s also not insignificant that she’s electing to parade her substantial wealth and ability to outearn most men in the music industry (including her husband, Jay Z) during the Super Bowl — the flagship event of male virility and violence in this country.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'\u003ca href=\"http://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/blog/beyonce-formation-op-ed-super-bowl-performance-2016\" target=\"_blank\">Get What's Mine: 'Formation' Changes the Way We Listen to Beyoncé Forever\u003c/a>,' by Naila Keleta-Mae, Noisey\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"Just as Billie Holiday brought social awareness back with 'Strange Fruit,' 'Formation' has the potential to usher calls for black freedom from anti-black racism, state-sanctioned violence, and institutionalized poverty back to the forefront of black popular music. We would all be well served by that change.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, Feb. 9: Here are two more recent critical pieces also worth your attention. \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'\u003ca href=\"http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/280129/beyonce-capitalism-black-activism/\" target=\"_blank\">Beyoncé’s capitalism, masquerading as radical change\u003c/a>,' by Dianca London in Death and Taxes\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"If the 'best revenge' or the answer to progress 'is your paper' as the lyrics to 'Formation' suggest, Bey’s brand of activism is ultimately doomed. Viewing monetary prowess as power is not only a familiar (and flawed) trope within her genre, it is also a predictably capitalistic formula for agency. Prefaced by a reminder to 'always stay gracious,' Bey’s suggested route towards liberation is contingent on two things: respectability and the mobility that comes with affluence.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://www.colorlines.com/articles/jackson-five-nostrils-creole-vs-negro-and-beefing-over-beyonc%C3%A9s-formation\" target=\"_blank\">On 'Jackson Five Nostrils,' Creole vs. 'Negro' and Beefing Over Beyoncé's 'Formation'\u003c/a> by Yaba Blay, Colorlines\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\"So while it may seem innocent that Beyoncé describes herself as a mixture of Creole and 'Negro,' this particular celebration of her self invokes a historical narrative that forces some of us to look at her sideways...Had this been any other artist, I likely would have pounced on these contradictions immediately. Instead, I’m now facing my own. I'm asking myself what it is about Beyoncé that can silence even me, a scholar who researches and writes about color issues and who grew up in a city where the deep shade of her complexion literally determined who she could be friends with.\"\u003c/p>\n\n",
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