Calm Down People-What’s Growing Inside Beyonce’s Womb Is Not The Blueprint; It’s Not Biblical–It’s A Baby

Does Beyoncé realize that women have been carrying and birthing babies for thousands of years? More to the point, do we?

I get the fact that by now, all bets are off when it comes to celebrity motherhood — what with Erykah Badu live-tweeting her home birth and “it” girls introducing their Havens and Sparrows to the world in People. We know all about how Gisele’s bathtub birth didn’t hurt, and very soon we will know what Kingston, Zuma and all of the Jolie-Pitts wore for Halloween.

But I think I may have to draw the line at the continuous, wall-to-wall blitz that has become Beyoncé’s pregnancy. It may be the perfect symbol of married black love — which many a culture critic has said that we desperately need to see — writ large. It may be the ultimate marketing machine, swathed in couture as befits hip-hop royalty. But the mania surrounding this biological event has gotten way out of hand.

I’m happy for you, Bey, but the joy growing inside your womb is not the blueprint, and it is not biblical. It isn’t the Visitation; nor is it the dawn of a new epoch in the human calendar. It’s a baby.

Beyoncé is all about doing things large and loud, and her August baby-bump reveal at the MTV Video Music Awards didn’t disappoint. With the rub broadcast round the world, she instantly locked down Best Gestational Red Carpet Moment Ever, setting a 8,868-tweet-per-second record that dwarfed news of the royal wedding and the killing of Osama bin Laden.

It wasn’t just another blingy pop-culture moment: That reveal was the 21st-century equivalent of a pregnant Lucille Ball shattering convention in 1953, when the childbirth episode of I Love Lucy beat out ratings for Dwight Eisenhower’s presidential inauguration the following day.

Source: TheRoot.com

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6 replies
  1. an observer
    an observer says:

    Why is it that anytime someone makes a comment that is even slightly critical of Beyonce, people have to pull the "hater" card and the "jealousy" card? Is it not possible for someone to have their own opinion about someone without being jealous? *smh*

  2. Rose
    Rose says:

    Beyonce seems overjoyed like most women during this time in their lives. She can’t help that she is a megastar and people are excited about her pregnancy. I agree with Nita…it sounds like you are a little salty. Maybe people weren’t so excited for you when you were expecting. Jealousy is not attractive.

  3. JoyceM
    JoyceM says:

    I agree. To much is being made of this pregnancy. I get people are excited for her but enough is enough!

  4. Nita
    Nita says:

    This article seems a bit callous. Particularly the opening. I’m sure Beyonce knows that women have been birthing babies for years. She’s happy. What’s wrong with that? The public scrutiny is always going to be there. Let her enjoy this time. The blueprint and biblical remarks are harsh and unnecessary. Jealous?

  5. Nellie
    Nellie says:

    I totally agree, I am so happy for the girl but it seems as if the world is living inside of her uterus with her baby!
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  6. Brooke
    Brooke says:

    That's funny I didn't notice a wall-to-wall blitz of Beyonce's pregnancy. It's something about that Beyonce and everything she does that makes other's blow up her actions in their head into mega proportions.
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