Our Beyoncé, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy bae?

San Francisco has a complicated history with religion and spirituality. The City by the Bay can arguably take some responsibility for America’s most recent yoga obsession — yet Charles Manson once roamed Haight Street.
This week the unthinkable happened, though, when word spread that Grace Cathedral was holding a Beyoncé-themed mass.
900+ Attend Grace Cathedral’s Beyoncé Mass
On Wednesday night, Grace Cathedral hosted its first-ever Beyoncé Mass. Traditional Mass music was eclipsed by Beyoncé’s songs and “social philosophy,” the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The Mass was one installment of a three-part series called “Speaking Truth: The Power of Story in Community.” The idea derived from Reverend Yolanda Norton’s class, “Beyoncé and the Hebrew Bible.” “When we talk about womanist biblical interpretation, Beyoncé felt like a natural fit,” explained Norton. “If we look at the trajectory of her person and her relationships, we can see so many issues black women face and how they can affect how we interpret the text.”
Someone Pooped on an Electric Scooter
Yes, you read that correctly. Someone’s distaste for the electric scooters taking over the city—frequently headlining national news—reached an extreme level this week. According to Motherboard, people are “smearing shit on scooters”—which are the brainchildren of start-ups Bird, Spin and LimeBike. One pooped-on-scooter was indeed photographed and posted on Twitter by a passerby:
Workers at the Bohemian Club Are on Strike
Talk about the epitome of the class gap. Some men in San Francisco pay thousands to be part of the elite Bohemian Club, yet those who serve them reportedly make $15 an hour. According to CBS, 100 people who work at the men-only club went on a two-day strike on Thursday and Friday to demand higher wages.
