Beyonce Breastfeeds Blue Ivy: Can White Advocates Give Black Moms Our Breastfeeding Victory?
By KIMBERLY ALLERS Dear White Women, I know the breastfeeding world is all abuzz over reports that Beyonce breastfed her beautifully brown baby, Blue Ivy...
Beyonce’s First Time Out With Blue Ivy Carter: Remembering the Newborn In Public Jitters
I can’t explain why, but pictures of Beyonce and Jay-Z taking their seven-week-old, Blue Ivy Carter, out on a lunchtime stroll in New York City...
Beyonce Won’t Be Getting Blue Ivy Carter Baby Advice From Solange—And Other MyBrownBaby Fresh Links
Beyonce and Jay-Z’s daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, is getting a lot of love from her aunt, Solange Knowles. But Solange, Beyonce’s younger sister, who has a 7-year-old son of...
Beyonce’s Post Baby Body is Round and Curvy —Just like We Husbands Like Them
By NICK CHILES With all the fuss over Beyonce’s body after she pushed out baby Blue Ivy, I’d like to take a moment to talk...
Loud Applause for Jay-Z’s Plans to Banish B*tch After Blue Ivy’s Birth
UPDATE: Since the publishing of this post, MyBrownBaby has learned that Jay-Z most likely did not announce that he would no longer use the word...
Natural Hair Love For Brown Girls: An Open Letter For Our Babies & Their Tresses
The war against Black girls wearing natural hair inspires one mom to tell our babies to be steadfast in loving themselves.
When Motherhood Isn’t Natural: The Phenomenon Of Being Childless By Choice
By EVETTE DIONNE Motherhood requires immense sacrifice from women. We are morally obligated to allow our children to feed from us and sometimes, sicken our...
With Baby Days Away, Kanye West Gets Gobbled by Gossip Monster
BY NICK CHILES The gossip monster that parades as the entertainment media has managed to achieve a distinction that I didn’t think possible: they have...
Birthing While Black: This African American Mom’s Experience Was Anything But VIP
There are a ton of things I’ll never forget about the first time I gave birth—showing up with a Donny Hathaway CD in one hand,...
