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#Repost @mizchartreuse with @repostapp ・・・ “My intention for the film and album was to create a body of work that will give a voice to our pain, our struggles, our darkness and our history. To confront issues that make us uncomfortable. It’s important to me to show images to my children that reflect their beauty so they can grow up in a world where they look in the mirror — first through their own families, as well as the news, the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the White House, and The Grammys, and see themselves...And have no doubt that they're beautiful, intelligent, and capable. This is something I want for every child of every race, and I feel it's vital that we learn from the past and recognize our tendencies to repeat our mistakes." Asé. Beyoncé read these words and smiled. She knew how these things work. Perhaps she had already reimagined winning for herself as a black woman. Perhaps she knew the win was in the fact that when all eyes were on her, she didn’t decide to make herself more palatable to white viewers. Instead, she let her imagination serve her goals, her child and her community. 
Commentary above from "What Beyoncé Won Was Bigger Than a Grammy" By Myles E Johnson for the New York Times I think we can all take cues from that. Honing our arts and becoming masters of our crafts and being leaders and winners in our own right by being authentically who we are without placating or watering down the message. It's bigger than us. Representation matters, and doing our best work while we are alive is so important for the next generation. #grammys2017 #beyonce #beyoncegrammys #speech #lemonade #formation #mothergoddess #mamahood #blackmadonna #oshun #orisha #yoruba #deity #ankh #fertilitygoddess #goldengoddess #sungoddess #blackgirlmagic #blackwomanmagic #femthefuture #divinefeminine #winning #blackwitches #femaleempowerment #shadowintegration #ageofeleven #decodingtheall

Morning Queendom. Don't let your castle wash away. 👑 👑 👑 #beyoncegrammys #beyoncé #melaninmonday #melaninonfleek #teammelanin #blackgirlmagic #blackgold #blackexcellence (at Washington, District of Columbia)