By Gabriel Barr<\/p>\n
[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tEddixS-UoU]<\/p>\n
Our society is one that prides itself on its differences but still chooses to judge others on the ones that stick out the most in relation to restrictive norms. There are stigmatizing labels for everything from sexuality to gender to whether or not one enjoys certain foods. One way that people battle the stigmas created through these terms is reclamation. Many groups (racial, sexual, gender, etc.) take back and claim the slurs that have been used against them. It\u2019s difficult to learn about any topic related to social justice without learning about how a group has reclaimed any number of words as a form of pride. From racial slurs to homophobic names, the reclamation of derogatory labels is a great force in civil rights arguments today. In our society, the internet and similar forms of communication have made it easier to find others who share similarities with them. People are thus more easily able to organize marches and festivals around their differences from mainstream society.<\/p>\n
One term to be reclaimed is the word \u201cfreak.\u201d The recording artist Janelle Mon\u00e1e uses her song \u201dQ.U.E.E.N.\u201d to turn the word \u201cfreak\u201d around on those who impose it on others. Mon\u00e1e uses \u201cQ.U.E.E.N.\u201d as a declaration of independence from a society that tells her, and so many people like her, that the way they are is unacceptable.<\/p>\n
Mon\u00e1e\u2019s \u201cfreaks\u201d aren\u2019t what one would normally think of when they hear the word. The connotations of the word \u201cfreak\u201d relate back to the freak shows of the late 1800s to the mid-1900s. It conjures images of one-armed men, bearded women, and people whose gender is not identifiable with the binary system of male and female. Instead of relying on these tropes, Mon\u00e1e uses both queerness and blackness as examples of modern \u201cfreakishness.\u201d The \u201c\u201dfreaks\u201d here are people whose identities have been stigmatized and marginalized throughout history. The lyrics to \u201cQ.U.E.E.N.\u201d declare those differences as things to be proud of and to be loud about. \u201cQ.U.E.E.N.\u201d is a song that claims difference and individuality as prideful assets.\u00a0 Mon\u00e1e and fellow recording artist Erykah Badu illustrate the ways in which their blackness has been \u201cfreakified\u201d within the larger culture by acting out parts of their largely black culture. In modern discourse, fun had by black people is often seen negatively because of racist stereotypes. The hook of \u201cQ.U.E.E.N.\u201d highlights these feelings, asking:<\/p>\n
\u201cAm I a freak for dancing around?<\/p>\n
Am I a freak for getting down?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m cutting up, don\u2019t cut me down.<\/p>\n
Yeah I wanna be, wanna be Queen.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here, Mon\u00e1e and Badu illustrate their confusion as to whether or not their behavior is \u201cweird\u201d enough for them to be called \u201cfreaks.\u201d They use slang to build familiarity with the audience and then cause the question to be turned on the listener as to what \u201cfreakishness\u201d entails.\u00a0 \u201cCutting up\u201d is a black slang term that means \u201chaving fun,\u201d\u00a0 and it\u2019s used here to ask whether or not their joy and celebration is out of the ordinary (\u201cCutting+up.\u201d)<\/p>\n
The first verse of the song sees Mon\u00e1e facing judgement from others, saying<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe all of the things they say about me<\/p>\n
Walk in the room they throwing shade left to right<\/p>\n
they be like, \u2018Ooh, she serving face\u2019<\/p>\n
And I just tell \u2018em cut me up and get down.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Here, Mon\u00e1e and Badu introduce queerness as a sort of modern \u201cfreakishness,\u201d using terms from both queer and black communities. \u2018Throwing shade\u201d is a term particularly coined by black queer persons that means \u201cto insult in a coy manner\u201d (\u201cthrowing+shade\u201d).\u00a0 \u201cServing face\u201d is another term that means that the makeup or appearance that one has is perfect (\u201cserving+face\u201d).\u00a0 Later on, Mon\u00e1e asks \u201cAm I a freak because I love watching Mary? Hey, sister, am I good enough for your heaven?\u201d Here we see Mon\u00e1e introduce queerness into the argument, asking point-blank whether or not queerness necessitates alienation and discrimination.\u00a0 Throughout the song, Mon\u00e1e doesn\u2019t freakify queerness or blackness herself, but instead dares the listener to do it for her. By doing this, Mon\u00e1e makes the listener analyze just what would make these things \u201cfreaky.\u201d Throughout her work, Mon\u00e1e has used the idea of \u201candroids.\u201d In a 2011 interview, Mon\u00e1e stated that she sees \u201candroids\u201d as the \u201cnew other,\u201d a symbol for blackness, queerness, or any other differences that society sees as worthy of discrimination (\u201cRnB sensation Janelle Monae\u2026\u201d).<\/p>\n
Mon\u00e1e uses terms that are used very prominent in black queer communities to highlight the ways in which society ostracizes and excludes black, queer, and queer black persons. She proposes that what is being freakified is the act of being true to one\u2019s self. She asks, \u201cam I a freak?\u201d repeatedly, forcing the listeners to answer (even if just to themselves) yes or no. If yes, the listener must analyze why Mon\u00e1e is a \u201cfreak.\u201d If no, the listener has accepted self-expression, individuality, and community as completely valid in any form. Mon\u00e1e uses \u201cQ.U.E.E.N.\u201d as an anthem of self-love and independence in a world where people would rather have compliance than individuality. She brings queerness and blackness to the forefront in tandem, dancing, singing, and celebrating pride in herself even when the world tells her to fail.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Works Cited<\/p>\n
“Cutting+up.” Urban Dictionary<\/em>. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2016<\/p>\n
Mon\u00e1e, Janelle, and Erykah Badu. Q.U.E.E.N.<\/em> Nate “Rocket” Lightning, 2013. MP3.766.<\/p>\n
“Serving+face.” Urban Dictionary<\/em>. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2016.<\/p>\n
“RnB Sensation Janelle Mon\u00e1e Is Here Because We Need Her.” Evening Standard<\/em>. N.p., 04 July 2011. Web. 10 Apr. 2016.<\/p>\n
“Throwing+shade.” Urban Dictionary<\/em>. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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