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Second Take: Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé&#039;s &#039;Flawless&#039; remix subverts feminist message - Daily Bruin

Second Take: Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé&#8217;s &#8216;Flawless&#8217; remix subverts feminist message

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If Beyoncé’s first version of “Flawless” was angry, then her remix with Nicki Minaj is seething. But in that seething remix, Beyoncé loses what was originally a powerful message about feminism and convolutes the theme of being a flawless woman.

https://dailybruin.com/2014/08/19/second-take-nicki-minaj-beyonces-flawless-remix-subverts-feminist-message/

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Second Take: Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé’s ‘Flawless’ remix subverts feminist message

By Alicia Sontag

Aug. 19, 2014 1:40 p.m.