Who Is Sasha Fierce?

I love these kinds of games. Okay. Let’s start by figure out who Sasha Fierce isn’t:

Sasha Fierce isn’t…


Garth Brooks/Chris Gaines.

Sasha Fierce isn’t…



Madonna/Esther.

Sasha Fierce isn’t…


Mariah Carey/Emancipated Mimi/Crazy

Rhetorical questions…you are the devil. I have hypostulized a guess though, which I will relay to you in another series of pointless questions…

Is Sasha Fierce…


…a whimsical cyborg?

Or is Sasha Fierce…

…a free-spirited example of … uh … feeling … strange … dress … must … be … taking … control … of … free … will … can’t … diss … dress … but … must … diss … crazy … ass … corregated iron … shoulder padded … hip fendered …garage with legs …

As my friend Amanda coined this morning: “What next? Unicorns and pigs with wings traipsing though a frosty hell beneath a blue moon?”

What’s next indeed…

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