“I come from a slave owner who fell in love with and married a slave” – Beyonce’s Vogue September 2018 Issue

For Vogue’s September 2018 issue, photographed by Tyler Mitchell, Beyoncé turned the cover into something deeper than fashion.

The visual language was striking—elaborate headpieces, pared-back beauty and an intentionally exposed, natural presentation. The real statement was what she chose to reveal about herself.

After her first pregnancy, Beyoncé described putting pressure on herself to quickly return to a particular body ideal. After having twins, her relationship with her body changed.

She allowed herself to acknowledge that her body was fuller—and that it did not need to be corrected to be beautiful.

She contrasted the woman she was in her twenties with the woman she had become: less concerned with pleasing everyone, more confident, sensual and powerful.

For Vogue, the star singer bares it all as she talks about body acceptance, pregnancy, her legacy and more.
On being pregnant and body acceptance: “After the birth of my first child, I believed in the things society said about how my body should look. 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… After the twins, I approached things very differently…I think it’s important for women and men to see and appreciate the beauty in their natural bodies. That’s why I stripped away the wigs and hair extensions and used little makeup for this shoot. To this day my arms, shoulders, breasts, and thighs are fuller.”

On her journey: “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.”
On her legacy: “I’m in a place of gratitude right now. I am accepting of who I am. I will continue to explore every inch of my soul and every part of my artistry. I want to learn more, teach more, and live in full.”
On her ancestry: 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.

I researched my ancestry recently and learned that I come from a slave owner who fell in love with and married a slave. I had to process that revelation over time. I questioned what it meant and tried to put it into perspective. I now believe it’s why God blessed me with my twins. Male and female energy was able to coexist and grow in my blood for the first time. I pray that I am able to break the generational curses in my family and that my children will have less complicated lives.

On freedom: I don’t like too much structure. I like to be free. I’m not alive unless I am creating something. I’m not happy if I’m not creating, if I’m not dreaming, if I’m not creating a dream and making it into something real. I’m not happy if I’m not improving, evolving, moving forward, inspiring, teaching, and learning.

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