We're in a Beyoncé moment. The pop sensation has more fans, more fame, and more cultural influence than ever before. But what makes her so iconic? Is she really that perfect? And why do we love her so much? How to Be Beyoncé isn’t a biography (mostly because nobody wants to get sued by someone who does everything so perfectly). Instead, it’s a meditation on her place in culture, why we love her so much, and what we can learn from her image and work-ethic so we can reach our own potential.
MADISON MOORE
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madison moore (Ph.D., American Studies, Yale University, 2012) is a freelance writer / DJ / Thought Catalog + Splice Today staff writer / and Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Theater and Dance at the University of Richmond in Richmond, VA. Trained in performance studies and popular culture, madison is a pop culture scholar with expertise in electronic dance music culture, fashion, queer studies, contemporary art, alternative subcultures and urban aesthetics. His writing has appeared on The Creators Project, Interview magazine, Art in America, the Journal of Popular Music Studies and THEATER magazine. With Francisco Raul Cornejo, he is also guest editing a special issue of the Journal of Popular Music Studies on Nightlife and Club Cultures.
A 2006 Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral scholar, madison has been profiled by places such as Color Lines, Black Book magazine, “Page Six” of the New York Post, and he also appeared in a front-page profile in The New York Observer. As a public intellectual, madison has appeared on HuffPost Live, in a Vice documentary on nightlife culture and recently gave a TED talk on “Communicating Brooklyn Style.”
madison is the author of the Thought Catalog original e-book HOW TO BE BEYONCE, available on Amazon, iTunes, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, Kobo and Audible. He is currently working on a second Thought Catalog e-book, a memoir titled BROKE BUT FABULOUS, and his first print book is THE THEORY OF THE FABULOUS CLASS and will be published by Yale University Press.
Experience- Nov 2013 - PresentFreelance Contributor / The Creators Project
- Sept 2012 - PresentStaff Writer / Thought Catalog
- Aug 2012 - PresentPost-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Theater + Dance / University of Richmond
- Feb 2011 - PresentFreelance Contributor / Interview Magazine
- Aug 2008 - PresentColumnist / Splice Today
- Apr 2010 - Oct 2011Contributing Writer / Thought Catalog
- Sept 2010 - Feb 2011Editorial Intern / Interview Magazine
- Jun 2010 - Aug 2010Fashion Intern / Women's Wear Daily
- Jun 2008 - Jun 2010Creative Director, Artspace Underground / Artspace gallery
I curated a monthly art party called ARTSPACE UNDERGROUND at Artspace gallery in Downtown New Haven, Connecticut. One saturday a month the gallery hosts an art party with a DJ spinning great music, a performance artist, with "performance" broadly conceived, and two bands.
- Jan 2008 - May 2008Intern / Deitch Projects
Education-
2006 - 2012Yale UniversityPh.D. in American Studies
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2006 - 2007Yale UniversityMaster of Arts (M.A.) in French Literature
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Honors:Beinecke Brothers Fellowship for Graduate Study; Ford Pre-Doctoral Fellowship; Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Research Fellowship; Yale University President's Public Service Fellowship; John F. Enders Fellowship; Yale University Dissertation Fellowship
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- 2014 datestba spring 2014, virginia commonwealth university, richmond, virginiatba spring 2014, ryerson university, torontomarch 6th, 2014, northwestern university, evanstonjanuary 29 + 30, 2014, reed college, portland2013 datesnovember 20th, 2013, university of pennsylvania, philadelphiamay 9th, 2013, TEDxWilliamsburg, brooklynfebruary 18th, 2013 washington university, saint louisif you would like to invite madison to speak at your college or university, please use the "email me" link below.
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how to be beyonce
- Click here to purchase HOW TO BE BEYONCE, available on all Android, Apple, Nook, and Kindle devices.
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the fabulous class
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the creators project
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interview magazine
- 1). Holy Ghost! Makes Room For Us
2). Deerhoof is Not Going to Save the World
3). Iconoclassical: Hahn-Bin, The Virtuoso With a Twist
4). Retrofitting with Hunx and His Punkettes
5). Swede Symphony: Listening for The Sounds
6). Open AdmiSSION: Cody Critcheloe Gets Bent
7). She, Amanda Lepore
8). Patrick Wolf Sings a Happy Tune
9). HoMo'Nique New York
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thought catalog
- Click here see my contributions to Thought Catalog.
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splice today
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art in america
- 1). New Skin: Q+A With Angel Otero
2). Q+A: Mickalene Thomas' Photographic Funk
Click here to see my other contributions to Art In America.
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jezebel
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vice nightlife series
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