I don’t even know what to say anymore about Beyonce and her bump conspiracies. Is this the same (second-trimester-looking) bump that Beyonce cradled in her arms at the VMAs? Or have we established that Beyonce did in fact pad her bump so that her announcement would be more “dramatic”? Or are you going to say that Beyonce is just Spanx-ing her bump, and wearing cleverly designed clothes? As for Beyonce’s pregnancy style… is this what we can expect for the next seven months or so? More and more revealing outfits? By the time she’s full-term, she’ll just be walking around naked. Just for the record, when I say that Bey was “faking her bump” I mean that she was padding a barely-there actual bump – I believe she’s actually pregnant. I just think she padded it for the big reveal, but now that she got all of the attention she wanted, she’s back to her natural barely-there bump and revealing clothes. Sidenote: pregnancy boobs.
So… anyway, these are new photos of Beyonce at the NYC launch of her fragrance, Pulse. Beyonce even sat down for an interview with The AP – here are some highlights:
Pregnancy affected her sense of smell: “My nose, I smell everything from a mile away. Usually it is food, it is onions or something that I just can’t tolerate.”
On her fragrance: “I always meet strong, powerful women and they always have a signature scent,” the 30-year-old said. “That is one of the first things I was so proud of. I thought about Diamonds and Elizabeth Taylor and all these icons, so I am so proud of this.”
The scent is about empowerment: “I just enjoy being a woman and especially right now, I just feel so empowered. I think that is sort of my place in the world, for people to see that you can be an entrepreneur. You can have goals and dreams and you can grow and be strong and have your strong opinions, and all of these things bring that out in you.”
Pregnancy is empowering: “Absolutely. It is the most powerful creation for you to be able to have life growing inside of you. There is no bigger gift, nothing more empowering.”
What’s next for Bey: “Balance. I am still working on balance and still growing. I am starting my company, my label. I want to create a boy band. I want to continue to produce and do documentaries and music videos. I eventually want to start directing for other artists. Once I know that I have my stuff together and I trust that, I can do it for other artists. I see so many male artists building these empires and passing their knowledge on to other artists and development. I see myself doing the same thing and hopefully other younger artists when they grow up and they have been around for 15, 20 years, they can do the same thing.”
Motherhood advice: “I have the best examples around me because my sister is the most incredible mother. My mother, I am so proud of her. I see her and I could cry every time I think about her because she is such an incredible woman, so I just pray that I have the same bond with my children, child.”
Will the baby go everywhere with Beyonce? “Yes, I will probably be that way. I am sure I will. I think that it shouldn’t stop you. I think of course my life is going to change, and I definitely will make sacrifices, but you know, I think I will be able to bring hopefully my little rider with me.”
Pregnancy style: “I think I have been trying to find things that of course are flattering to the silhouette. I think a woman’s curves when she is pregnant are so beautiful. I don’t want to get matronly, and I still find things that are sensual and feminine and funky. I have been mixing different textures and suit jackets and blazers. I don’t want to be in the same dress every day.”
[From The Associated Press via WaPo]
Oh, God. It just occurred to me that Beyonce is going to be getting on a Gwyneth Paltrow-level high horse once Bey actually has the kid. Remember when Jay-Z proposed? All of a sudden, we were hearing screeds about “putting a ring on it” and now that she’s about to be a mom, we will probably get a whole, smug album devoted to her womb. I mean, I’m excited for Bey and her bump, but part of me is not looking forward to the “CODE: GOOP” level tragedy that is about to unfold.
Solange’s face says it all.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Here we go again, Another women who’s carrying a kid in her twat who feels like the only way to feel empowered is to give birth. Gosh the only mother I can stand these days is my own. Most women with children are very annoying.I don’t care if anyone agrees with me or not. It’s the truth.
OK, I just clicked on this page and was completely confused. What does empowerment mean? She used that word like 80 times, and it seems to cover everything from getting up in the morning to getting paid. How the hell is pregnancy empowering? Any dolt or misfit – or cat or llama – can get that done.
I could barely fit into flip flops when i was pregnant due to severe swelling. Like, at 3.5 months I couldn’t fit into a damn pair of clogs. I am always soooo jealous of women who remain relatively normal looking in all their body parts, except for the bump (side-eye at Bey and Posh).
Oh great, another country heard from regarding pregnancy and it’s “magical” qualities. As if having a kid is the only thing that empowers women! Good God! If women could just be pregnant and shut their traps with their musings, life would be good!
I feel I’m stuck in the year 1955 when woman’s only accomplishment was having a child.
I love my kids more than anything but what the hale is up with all these celeb-moms going on and on about motherhood like it’s the only way to go? Shut up already!
she needs to put some pants on!!!
and she’s proud of her sis? the one that tried to take a 5ft banana to a club and got arrested?? lol smh
what the hell is she wearing? the fasion equivalent of a pap smear, no thank you. tacky. she looks like a circus ringmaster who forgot his trousers.
I wonder if that’s how the mother of jay z’s other child feels.
Ummm I just hate her Vegas style. She looks like a casino hostess.
oh Law! Not another celebrity who’s invented motherhood
Solange always makes me chuckle. Not sure why. lol
I don’t see anything wrong with her saying that pregnancy is empowering. I know there are a lot of women on these boards who make it very clear that they will not have children, and some just dislike children. But just because Beyonce says that she feels empowered by having a life grow inside of her, doesn’t mean that she should get blasted.
At least not this early in the game.
To her pregnancy IS the greatest creation.
I’ve always wanted to be a mom. Hell, I have no idea what I’m going to be doing with my life for sure, but the one thing I KNOW I want no matter what, is a child. Whether I have it myself, or adopt. A lot of women feel the same, and saying things like we’re going back to the 50’s because people like to speak about it is foolish. She didn’t say anyone is worthless if they don’t have a baby. She didn’t say that it is the ONLY way to feel empowered, just that it’s the most empowering in HER opinion.
And you know what? I’d much rather hear people speak about having children as being the greatest gift than hearing them talk about material items being the most important part of life.
She’s not saying that everyone wants to have kids. She’s saying that SHE wants to.
Repeat after me, ladies:
-There is no bigger gift FOR ME.
-There is nothing more empowering in MY LIFE.
– There is no greater want FOR ME than to be a mom.
It’s not that I even care how they live their lives. To each their own, amirite? But it’s incredibly irritating when they take such a massive decision and announce that every single woman in the whole entire universe wants to do the same thing.
Oh ffs, let her enjoy the moment! Why are people so put off by these kind of comments? There is nothing wrong with a woman feeling enpowered by pregnancy/motherhood, especially when she already accomplished everything else. Just drop the women dont need children attitude, each and every women has their own needs and dreams, so if yours doesnt include having children doesnt mean others cant have that and feel truly fulfilled by it.
she has really beautiful hands.
Bey said, “Usually it is food, it is onions or something that I just can’t tolerate.”
Reminds of me of when Avery (30 Rock) was pregnant and she screamed in front of Jack, “WHY DOES EVERYtHING SMELL LIKE ONIONS?!?!?!?”
Totally agree with Liz. Women should add that FOR ME at the end….without it is makes it seem like the choice to not have children makes a women LESS.
And it most certainly doesn’t. Some of us have different paths in this life.
There are nearly 7 billion people in the world meaning lots of women have had children before you, Beyonce, so please knob off and stop being so pretentious and ridiculous with your hand on your stomach.
@Dibba–LOL:)! It does feel like that, doesn’t it? Every time a celeb gets preggo, I swear it sounds like no one has ever done it before.
And, look, I’m a mom and I love it in ways I never expected, and it does make me feel strong, and it has rearranged my priorities and made me rethink many things. BUT… for me at least (and this is just me), finishing my PhD also felt that good. That empowering. That exciting. Just in different ways.
I think sometimes that these over the top statements a la GOOP and Bey and others are perhaps a response to a general cultural backlash against women who do seek professional as well as personal fulfillment. I know I have sometimes felt the need to speak in really la-la happy glowing terms of motherhood whenever I someone seems to be giving me nervous vibes about also being a successful professional.
Hell, even my mom sometimes says things that make me feel defensive, as if I have to justify how much I adore my son and how much I love being a mom–all of which is true (and, I hope, obvious to anyone who sees the relationship I have with my child). But it’s like, overkill as a defense mechanism, for all those people who will claim that a good mom can’t possibly also have a good career.
Leave Beyonce alone and let her enjoy her pregnancy all babies are miracles
Some of you commenters need to chill. When the comment comes from you, it is inherently your opinion. The individual does not need to qualify “For Me,…” In addition, if you listened to the lyrics of “Put a ring on it, the song was about the fact the girl left him. “If you liked me then you should have put a ring on it…” It’s not about a demand to get married so much as it is about don’t be jealous that I’m dating other doods.
Y’all don’t need to hate on Bey so much. I’m not a huge fan, but you guys are a tad overly critical. Finally, I think she’s doing great clothing camoflauge. I don’t think she was wearing padding at the VMA’s, but she was careful to smoothe down fabric over the bump. Now she’s wearing looser clothing clothes over her belly. Any chubby girl knows this trick.
I thought by now she would stop dressing like a slut. wtf is up with that shirt she’s got on, where the fuck is the bottom. Looks pathetic..
Kelly “empowering” is the new cliche; I’ve said enough about the dimwit; she does have a cd out, doesn’t she? Did female singers in say, the 70s, talk like this, or was that simply a different world?
I agree with JaneWonderFalls and Kelly and all those other posters mentioning those same thoughts!.
this bish….i just cant with her anymore!! #dearGod spare us!! **loads gun with bullet…puts said gun behind ear and pulls trigger** enter beyonce free world **hears angels singing!!**
@jover, thank you – I thought I was missing out on some major cultural movement. I wake up in the morning – I’m empowered by my vital womanly life forces! I drive to work – I’m empowered by fossil fuels! I get to work – I’m empowered by the fact that I still have a job! I rule!
@Erinn She’s milking this trust me. Every American Celebrity does it ! No one is saying motherhood isn’t a wonderful experience but quit acting like it’s the end all be all. That’s what I’m saying. Plus Beyonce comes across as someone who doesn’t really have her own mind. I feel like people are guiding her on what to say how to say it. I don’t think she is stupid, I just don’t think she trust her own self to actually be real. ” The love growing inside of me” Mtv awards. Come on who says ish like that.
All babies are miracles? Giving birth to a new organism is a miracle? Then tell you what, there are many, many billions-trillions-bazillion miracles out there both in humans and animals. That kind of devalues the term of ‘miracle’, doesn’t it? Suddenly “miracle” has become “ordinary”. A person with an IQ over 170 and general awesomeness in all parts of life is a miracle. A childbirth is NATURE.
She just BUGS me to no end. STFU BEY just S-T-F-U!!
Dlisted always points out how much Solange looks like Orlando Jones…that’s why I giggle everytime I see her.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428963/
Man, i JUsT gotta comment before i even read the article!
Oh, THANK you, Bey! For enlightening me so!
If you hadn’t said it, I never woulda guessed Motherhood was so empowering from Gywnnie P, SJP, Jen Garner and all the other HW mothers.
this saccharine cliche is becoming too saccharine for my tastebuds.
WE already KNOW Motherhood is the MOST empowering thing in the world, Bey! Sheesh!
I think she looks great. The blue is nice and I love the orange nails. Think her hem should be a bit lower, but that is her style- barely there minis! I didnt like her last fragrance, it had too much alcohol. I dont think I could every buy anything that beyonce sells- her clothes and perfume are all cheaply made and not at all to my taste. Love her song 1+1.
she looks bey-utiful though! And Solange’s hair! is it real??! i LIKE it!
It’s a very emotional time pregnant with your first child. The awe of it all It feels like such a miracle knowing a tiny human being is growing inside your belly.
It seems as though only celebrities seem to think that their motherhood is so much more special than the regular folk. And BTW, it seems that Bey and Goop are now sharing a brain.
Gah…I know she is massively successful, but she is JUST SO MEDIOCRE… akin to a day at EPCOT Center vs actually traveling the world… Beyonce is so EPCOT.
Solanges’ face says it all. And she has the most incredible afro.. Think of bey witha cute afro’d baby-maybe it will take a bit off the arrogance of “babies are what makes a woman worth more than mud”
I agree with #1 and whoever else thinks we have stepped back into 1955. Christ, is this the best we can do? TV shows about Playboy Clubs and Pan Am stewardesses? When is Beyonce going to declare that she is complete, and that she invented giving birth. Shut up already, and go burn a bra.
Just wait until your labour starts B..then tell the world how “wonderful pregnacy” is….Another celeb who word vomits everytime she speaks….So over her!!
Well, it is kind of a miracle. Something out of nothing, grown inside you that weirds your body out to no end.
Shoot, I’m a mom of two, and love it most of the time, (Thanks Julie Bowen), but these celebs are even starting to make me feel kind of grossed out by their fervor.
Thanks @1 for making all us moms feel like crap because we are annoying. That’s the stupidest thing I’ve heard in a long time. You just called a huge majority of women annoying. Awesome.
Bey needs to put on some pants or a real skirt or that baby is going to fall out. Also, you cannot spanx away a bump. They are hard as a rock. I think she did pad for sure.
Anyway, when I was pregnant, it was perfume. I’d get into the elevator at work and gag until I could get out and go puke it made me so sick. I just wanted steaks and cheese. No perfume, onions OK.
Can we all be nice to both Mothers and Non-Mothers? You all wouldn’t be here if someone didn’t rip her vagina open for you, so show a little respect. I don’t gush about pregnancy and most other posters don’t. Most of us moms are giving the side eye to these sanctimonious statements just like you.
Add me to the list of disgusted and Bey, please STFU. So what? She got knocked up. Now we have to listen to her talk down to us? I think not.
I certainly don’t need Beyonce or Goop or any other celeb to articulate how I should feel about ANY subject. I have my own capable mind, thank you.
What does Jay Z proposing have to do with the “put a ring on it” song? The song was about the woman leaving the guy because he wouldn’t “put a ring on it”
As far as her comments go, she does not say anything definitive about all women around the world. She’s obviously talking about herself she just didn’t word it that way. Beyonce isn’t known for her eloquence in public speaking. Let her enjoy her pregnancy and get over her bump big/small today.
I’m so tired of these generic pregnancy stories and interviews. It may be unique to the person experiencing the pregnancy, but it’s not unique for anyone else. Countless people have been pregnant before, and at this point, the rest of us just don’t care about others’ little symptoms and cravings.
I for one am tired of this “you’re not a whole woman if you don’t have a child” or “pregnancy is empowering” or “you’re unfulfilled without a child” kind of crap being shoved down my throat all the time. If you want a kid, fine. If you’re happy with it, great. Just leave me alone and quit being so patronizing and holier-than-thou.
Thank you Original Tiffany. Here we go again with this and this was what I meant in the Michelle thread. Let B say her thing – she’s realizing how life changing and amazing creating a human being is. The rest if you – for shame. Where’s the godd@mn respect for mothers the world over? We kill ourselves, sometimes literally, to have children and create ungrateful creatures such as yourselves. God forbid we are proud of our enormous accomplishments. Just take all moms outside and shoot them then, and be done with it. Ugh.
@Anahata It’s not disrepect for motherhood as it is disrespect for those who try to shove motherhood down our throats. Personally, I direct it more at the media in general. However, it’s not towards motherhood itself. It is towards the idea that women should view motherhood as their only option and do everything to get pregnant right away. I think it is stupid to try and generalize motherhood or mothers in general from either side.
At the same time, I am kind of getting tired of all of us crucifying women who say these things. We need to let it go. The fact that these women think it’s okay to preach to us in such a way and actually listen bugs me but we don’t have to crucify every single woman who makes a comment like this. Jen Garner’s comments are offensive and over the top preachy but I think Beyonce is just soaking in the journey on her way to motherhood. I think her statement was directed towards herself and reflects her state of mind, it’s not directed to the world at large.
@Anahata, I really doubt most people posting here are disrespecting mothers. Even people who don’t want to have children aren’t necessarily disrespecting motherhood.
It’s when celebrities go ON AND ON in a sanctimonious fashion – that’s the crux of the matter – that people get irked.
I do a lot of writing – marketing, scripting remarks, etc. – so I’m presenting an alternative to her blather on empowerment:
“Jay and I are thrilled to be expecting our first child.”
END OF STORY!
Please watch this little work of genius…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJRzBpFjJS8
annaloo that is so good; just remember bey and disney share one more thing in common – their success is largely due to ENDLESS marketing and dollars to spare.
thanks Kat for the video! So funny but oh so true! All those sanctimonious ladies need to have several seats, says one who wants kids too. #moving on
Please, there is nothing more ordinary than being a mother, after all, we all were born from someone. Motherhood is an accomplishment if you are able to make the best out of your child’s possibilities, if you are able to help her become a human being capable of earning a living, helping the world to be a better place, and being happy, loving and loved.
So let’s wait like 30 years to see how actually accomplished all these annoying celebrities are (I wish them all the best).
And I say annoying because they happily transmit the idea that no woman is fulfilled unless she has kids, and that is not true for everyone and does create a lot of false expectations and disappointments.
Wish you the best!!
blue orchids, how posh.
Bottom line (and I’m not saying all mothers, just the ones with a truly inflated sense of self): If you give birth, you are *NOT* special. You are only special to your children, and if that isn’t enough for you, if you need the constant “well I’M A MOTHER and motherhood is the most important empowering thing EVER” ego stroking, then you got into the job for all the wrong reasons and I feel sorry for your kids. People need to stop acting like humans haven’t been reproducing for 200,000 years.
Beyonce is not like Goop yet, she’s more like every first time pregnant woman, she’s happy and excited and everything is about babies, babies, babies.
When will she STFU??? Yes, you are pregnant and the entire world is waiting for the second coming that will be your baby camel. Get over yourself already MJ want to be idiot!
Heck, I am preggo with my first, and the only thing I can think of is, “the placenta MOVES?” I’m just shocked about the changes my body is going through. How will everything fit in my torso?! LOL….
I’d rather have the Julie Bowen version of motherhood and pregnancy than the white-washed, sparkly, happy version of pregnancy that Hollyweird perpetuates. They always have to make everything seem perfect, don’t they?
Yup – lying on your back and getting pregnant is a real achievement or gift or whatever else anyone else who has been smelling too much cheap perfume wants to call it
Frankly – if you’re a woman of age and barring health issues – it’s an achievement to be sexually active and NOT get knocked up
Gift my bum – planned parenthood is full of people who are desperate to NOT get this gift!
I think there should be a monument of some kind built to Julie Bowen as the only current celebrity mom whose talk about their kids doesn’t make me want to put them in a sack and drown them in warm water.
“Here we go again, Another women who’s carrying a kid in her twat who feels like the only way to feel empowered is to give birth. Gosh the only mother I can stand these days is my own. Most women with children are very annoying.I don’t care if anyone agrees with me or not. It’s the truth.”
The majority of posters here are total mom haters. I don’t get it. You are special to your child. I did not see one post on here being rude to women who don’t choose to have kids and I have been very vocal in my support of whatever choices you make, but the mom hate on us normal moms is ridiculous! Be grateful that someone brought you into the world. My kids are coming out fantastic, but OTHER people tell me that. So hey, I’m doing OK. I don’t go around saying it, I don’t come here and bag on childless women. Motherhood is a real and necessary state for the continuation of every species on the globe. It’s a bitch to be pregnant, get fat, hormonal and then pop a kid out.
I hate the celeb craptastic empowerment quotes, but please treat us moms good-without us you wouldn’t be here!
And I defend anyone’s right to have or have not! The thing that bugs me are the peeps who should never procreated in the first place because they are horrid parents.
Like I said before, I lived almost 30 years sans kids and had a great, fulfilling life, now I’m a mom and I have the same thing, only different. Give moms some love, it’s a fucking hard job to do correctly!
That’s okay Jane. Most women without children are self absorbed.
i notice beyonce rarely mentions goop, but goop always mentions jay-z and beyonce. in fact, famous people rarely mention goop at all. what’s up with that?
and yeah, motherhood is the most important job in the world, the hardest job ever, so empowering, blah blah blah.
time will tell is shes to posh to push like the rest of them lol pretty sure she will have the scheduled cesarean
Are there a lot of gay men on this site?
All this vitriol makes motherhood sound like a kinky, counter-culture taboo. But, it’s the gender neutrality of the term “parenthood” that I don’t understand. The pervasiveness of that term and the preference for it makes me feel like feminism took away my right to be a mother.
You know what else? I bet men never have this convo with their buddies. As in, I wasn’t a real man until I had kids, or it was so empowering or you Fathers are so annoying. It’s only a frigging touchy subject with women. Why not give ourselves a break?
It’s 2011, not 1950. Having a baby doesn’t make you a boring or annoying person. It doesn’t make you a hero. You can still be you and proud of your kids. So can women with no kids, but great lives. I seriously doubt this bitchfest happens on the golf course.
@Original Tiffany-I hear you-men do not get into the whole “father” vs. “non-father” discussion. Being a woman is so fricking annoying sometimes-there’s so much judgement out there no matter what decision you make.
I am currently not a mother. Maybe I’ll be one someday, but the odds are that I probably won’t be. Most of my female friends are mothers as is my sister and none of them are boring, annoying people. Boring, annoying people come in all shapes and sizes-being a parent or a non-parent really has nothing to do with it. Same as the whole “women without kids are self-centered” stereotype…some are and some aren’t. I don’t like when people (mainly women!) make generalizations about those of us with or without children. We need to respect each other and give each other a break.
Beyonce is boring. There is nothing new under the sun. Stop trying to act like you invented pregnancy and every other damned thing. You’re trite. Derivative. Banal. Pedestrian. Take your pick and go with it, but please, really, just go already.
Ah, nothing like starting the day with a little Beyonce hate…..just let her be pregnant. Damn people!!
The notion expressed in here that women who aren’t mothers are all self-absorbed is really quite offensive. There are a lot of ways through which you can give back to others and to the world which DON’T include creating your own spawn. You can care for animals, you can take care of nieces/nephews/cousins, you can work in a job that helps people, you can do volunteer work, etc. There are so many things that a person can do that are good for the world that DON’T include getting knocked up.
I understand that motherhood might be exciting for the people directly involved, but honestly, the topic becomes grating for everyone else at a certain point. I get sick of it immediately—others might not tire of it for months, years, etc.
To pregnant women/mothers: The experience might be unique and wonderful to you, but not everyone else wants to hear about it, and not everyone wants to hear these rude insinuations that you’re not a whole woman if you’re not a mother, that you’re selfish, that you’re “weird,” that there’s something “wrong” with you, etc. You do what you want, and I’ll do what I want.
Like someone in here said before…if you need this constant motherhood ego-stroking, maybe you got into child-bearing for the wrong reasons, and I feel sorry for your children. All that you should want or need is the love and respect from your family—not the rest of us.
I wonder if everyone talked about empowerment when li’l sis Lozenge was serving out her teen mom sentence.
This thread needs violence!
Stupid feminists. If a business woman said there was nothing more empowering than her career, would you have a fit then? She has every right to be as excited as any other mom and express that excitement and happiness.
You act like women who choose to have kids should be ashamed.
If it helps:
I don’t give a flying fuck about any of your uterii, and that’s a lifetime committment. Words may speak to contrary but the clearly betrays yet another case of ‘You’re Not Worshipping Me Hard Enough’. Now do something better with your time than insulting me female togetherness, how about returning to that ‘calling’ you’ve been mentioning, and I’ll continue not paying attention: world peace.
She’s answering questions from an interview, geez, how do you expect her to answer?
the baby will come out ugly , it will be a tiny baby with jayzees ugly face