How Beyoncé Keeps Her Secrets

Just issues, news, and other stuff that matters to you [Fusion] April 25, 2016 So it turns out that the predator in the bathroom or the locker room isn’t a trans individual at all—it’s former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who was [arrested] recently for having sexually abused at least five minors while he served as a wrestling coach. Among other things, comedian Andy Richter recalled Hastert setting up a [chair] outside the showers so he could watch the boys bathe. Sound familiar? Many of the accusations against former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky also involved things like “horsing around in the shower.” But instead of keeping grown, ostensibly straight cis men out of reach of vulnerable young people, right-wing legislatures are determined to put the trans community in danger by [enacting] [bathroom laws] forcing everyone to use the facility that accords with the gender they were assigned at birth. The fevered transphobia and misogyny involved in passing these laws seems to eclipse common sense as well as [comprehension of recent history]—as they say, the best predator is the one you’d never suspect. —[Mikki Halpin] THE LIST 1 Discussing 'Game of Thrones'—'The Dragons Never Deliver' Three Fusion reporters discuss the misandry, mysteries, and mayhem of television's bloodiest [drama]. 2 Coming of Age in the Other America A decade-long study of 150 youths from Baltimore's worst and most violent housing projects reveals that, of the few who "make it out," their ability to escape violence and drugs is directly connected to having formed a [passion] for something they identify with. 3 Why the Harriet Tubman $20 Will Succeed The coming [Harriet Tubman] $20 has everyone excited, but it does come as part of the not-very-encouraging [history] of women on various currencies. Danielle Wiener-Bronner thinks Tubman has a chance—mostly because the freedom fighter is on a [bill], not a coin. 4 Here's What Happened at the Stone Mountain KKK Rally Three white supremacists decided to hold a [rally] outside [Stone Mountain Park] near Atlanta, Georgia. Naturally, some anti-racist groups came to form a counter-protests, and then of course the police came. 5 Huge Leak of Personal Information in Mexico Voter registration data for over 93 million citizens was [exposed], including names, addresses, and occupations. The police say the theft was committed by a Mexican political party. THE READ [How Does Beyoncé Keep Her Secrets in the Age of Transparency?] by Elmo Keep Beyoncé is running what is almost certainly the tightest ship in the music business, if not the entire entertainment industrial complex. She not only produces genre-defying [art projects] that [derail the weekend plans] of an entire planet, but manages to keep them completely secret, despite the fact that the byzantine creative process of putting that work together involves hundreds of people working across several fields for months at a time. In the era of TMZ and cascading, endless information feeds, it’s the second part—secrecy in a time of unrivaled transparency—that is almost the most impressive. But how does Beyoncé ensure that the details of everything she is working on stay under wraps? Appropriately, we might never know! Even though she announced Lemonade was coming in [the weeks before it dropped], it didn’t leak—and these days, everything leaks. Beyonce clearly chooses to work in her immediate circle only with people who she trusts, who she has worked with for a long time. But those conditions can’t extend to the sheer number of people required to produce something on the scale of her new visual album, Lemonade. Which, since its release, has let everyone know on no certain terms, do not mess with Beyoncé. [Read more] - [What to Read After Watching Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’] - [Beyoncé's Recipe for Lemonade] TODAY'S WRONG BECKY While the internet was [up in arms] over Rachel Roy potentially being the "Becky" referred to in "Lemonade," a few people [thought] it was chef Rachel Ray, leading to some [hilarity]. [Facebook] [Twitter] [Vine] [Instagram] [Youtube] Remember, you can always [click here to unsubscribe] and never see another one of these emails until the apocalypse (at which time it'll be nothing but emails). This email was sent to {EMAIL} Fusion · 8551 NW 30th Terrace · Doral, FL 33122 · USA