We saw a beautiful manifestation of Black womanhood and African Spirituality at Beyoncé at the Grammy's.
All those in the know were in awe of her manifestation of Oshún, the Goddess of Rivers and Beauty. She flaunted her pregnant belly in a way no other artist ever has. For the first time I’ve ever seen, Beyoncé bared her body but not for sexual reasons. Rather she demonstrated the beauty that is the Black expecting woman in all her glory and grandeur.
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Mainstream society wants you to sit around and wait until you're 40+ to start getting mammograms in order to "prevent breast cancer."
Mainstream society has dumbed down breast cancer prevention to the simple act of getting an annual mammogram. Meanwhile, all kinds of toxic chemicals and stagnating practices are pushed onto Black women. When Beyoncé dropped the informational bomb that she was pregnant – and with TWINS, we were like yay! We have been so happy for her, Jay-Z and Blue Ivy that they are expanding their family.
Soon after her announcemennt, the negative nancy comments began to started rolling in on social media. “She will have to get a c-section.” “She will deliver early.” Let me just say, those are common misunderstandings about twin pregnancies. The truth is, it is possible to deliver vaginally and carry to term. Here are a few strategies to gestate to full term and delivering vaginally twins. Incorporating a gratitude practice in your daily self-care and Spiritual care regimen offers many benefits. A gratitude practice simply is an acknowledgment of what you are grateful for. A gratitude practice has to do with getting into the feeling of gratitude and appreciation. The feeling of gratitude makes your soul fill with joy. It’s a truly humbling experience.
Here are 5 amazing ways that a gratitude practice will improve your life: Breakfast is indeed the most important meal of the day. However, breakfast should not be the biggest nor the heaviest meal of the day. Making a few simple tweaks in your morning routine will set you off to having a better day and better health.
I’m not sure who used the term “chocolate milk” first when referring to Black mothers’ breastmilk, but I know that Ms. Phaedra Parks definitely took it mainstream.
After the birth of her second son, Dylan, Ms. Parks let the world see the ins and outs of breastfeeding while being a professional. In her words, a woman with several “jobs.” |