9 Quotes From Beyoncé's Vogue Article That Proves She's Every Woman
9 Quotes From Beyoncé’s “Vogue” Article That Proves She’s Every Woman
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Beyoncé may be the biggest star on the planet, but she’s still a mom of three, with a husband — which means she shares many of the same struggles most women do.
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The Queen does so many phenomenal things that sometimes it feels as though she’s far removed from everyday folks. Like covering the September issue of Vogue and using the mag’s first Black photographer to do the cover, for example.
But after reading the candid piece, it reminded us just how much Beyoncé is just like every other lady going through the trials and tribs of womanhood.
Hit the flip to check out quotes form the Queen’s new Vogue article that she’s every woman. Cue the Whitney Houston music.
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She tried to live up to society’s standards on what a woman should look like, post baby.
I put pressure on myself to lose all the baby weight in three months, and scheduled a small tour to assure I would do it. Looking back, that was crazy.
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She had issues during pregnancy
I was swollen from toxemia and had been on bed rest for over a month. My health and my babies’ health were in danger, so I had an emergency C-section.
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She’s had toxic relationships.
I come from a lineage of broken male-female relationships, abuse of power, and mistrust. Only when I saw that clearly was I able to resolve those conflicts in my own relationship. Connecting to the past and knowing our history makes us both bruised and beautiful.
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She’s been heartbroken many times, but bounced back.
I have experienced betrayals and heartbreaks in many forms. I have had disappointments in business partnerships as well as personal ones, and they all left me feeling neglected, lost, and vulnerable. Through it all I have learned to laugh and cry and grow.
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She learned a lot in her 20’s.
I look at the woman I was in my 20s and I see a young lady growing into confidence but intent on pleasing everyone around her. I now feel so much more beautiful, so much sexier, so much more interesting. And so much more powerful.
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She started feeling better about life after embracing her new curves.
During my recovery, I gave myself self-love and self-care, and I embraced being curvier. I accepted what my body wanted to. To this day my arms, shoulders, breasts, and thighs are fuller. I have a little mommy pouch, and I’m in no rush to get rid of it. I think it’s real.
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Like many Black women, she’s dealt with scrutiny due to her race.
When I first started, 21 years ago, I was told that it was hard for me to get onto covers of magazines because black people did not sell. Clearly that has been proven a myth.
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She sees the bigger picture.
If people in powerful positions continue to hire and cast only people who look like them, sound like them, come from the same neighborhoods they grew up in, they will never have a greater understanding of experiences different from their own. They will hire the same models, curate the same art, cast the same actors over and over again, and we will all lose.
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