get to know me meme: [3/10] favourite people → Beyoncé Giselle Knowles
“I don’t, at all, have any shame about being sexual and I’m not embarrassed about it, and I don’t feel like I have to protect that side of me because I do believe that sexuality is a power that we all have.”
“Oshun has been a victim of abuse, neglect, and loss, which is the reason so many women whom have experienced those actions worship her. When she seeks out revenge for those who have hurt her– and her children– she is unpredictable in her methods and temper. She can show herself laughing, dancing and joyous, all while unleashing a wrath on those who cross her. It only makes sense that Beyoncé would allude to Oshun's imagery and personification in an album that is intended to conceptualize a woman's journey of self knowledge and healing, specifically that of a black woman's journey. Oshun symbolizes just that.”
HOLD UP (2016)
The royalty in you is there for you to be a blessing to others, for you to leave a legacy that others can look to and find hope and find strength and find healing, as well.
BLACK IS KING (2020) directed by Emmanuel Adjei, Blitz Bazawule and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter