Images of pregnant Black women finding their power on the world’s largest stages symbolize surviving and thriving in a racist and misogynistic system.
to shame when she brought the same body-positive energy and inclusive vision to her lingerie brand Savage X Fenty.
First, there is the reveal of the baby bump itself. As the show summons the pop star with a quick riff of her hit song “What’s My Name,” set against Rihanna’s silhouette illuminated by computer-generated star dust, the camera closes in on her face, which boldly stares into the crowd, a playful smirk announcing her presence before she sings into the mic while her free hand literally moves over the curve of her belly before resting on her crotch area.
Just like her bare belly exposed underneath a winter coat during her first pregnancy, Rihanna deliberately announces her expectancy and does so through the transparent yet covered red lining that outlines the curves of her body. Equally telling is the red breastplate revealed beneath her overcoat.
Black performers creatively illuminated sex-positive energy within a stage surrounded by football violence, “purity” aspirations for Americana culture, and a muted diversity that can only welcome Black entertainment without its full power unleashing before millions of watchers. during her Grammy appearance in 2017. Rihanna went less for goddess and more for the regular woman who is floating on an air of contentment and bliss, but the message is the same:Such images are especially powerful against the backdrop of disturbing stories of Black women still experiencing higher
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