The author of the article singles the two of them out because of the criticism being thrown their way for being sexy/showing skin despite being feminists. Otherwise, there's no language in the article that should have gotten you to that conclusion outside of not name dropping more black females who show off their bodies but push for female empowerment.
The language is all over that article. Her entire premise is that if you criticize Beyonce and Nicki Minaj, then you're criticizing (or just not understanding) Black Feminism. This is problematic to me because their feminism doesn't encapsulate the entire Black Feminist movement. It also ignores that a lot of criticisms aimed at them by white feminists are also echoed by some Black Feminists.
And while I agree that there is a legit reason for "Black Feminism" to exist as an almost separate entity (there are plenty of areas where traditional feminism has failed to consider the perspectives of women of color), I just don't think this particular argument is where you can draw that line.
I mean, my challenge to you: name one non-black, highly sexual female entertainer who hasn't at some point received the exact same criticisms Beyonce and Nicki get. Criticisms that this writer is trying to attribute specifically to their blackness.
