theHotness » Origin of the Universe http://thehotness.com spirit.fire.she Fri, 17 May 2013 15:38:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Beauty, Booty & Beyonce: Loving My Black Body http://thehotness.com/2012/11/29/beauty-booty-beyonce-loving-my-black-body/ http://thehotness.com/2012/11/29/beauty-booty-beyonce-loving-my-black-body/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:08:58 +0000 theHotness http://thehotness.com/?p=3949

Over the weekend Beyonce posted the note you see above on her Tumblr page and immediately her Beyhive started swarming. Without realizing or even considering that this may not even be a direct quote from Baby Blue’s momma, folks were in a hizzy over the first sentence. The idea that Beyonce would think, never mind write, that she was ugly had folks scratching their head, hypothesizing all kinds of scenarios. Most bloggers thought this letter Read more...

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“Rumble” (from the “Brawling Spitfire Wrestling” series); 2005

Brooklyn-based artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her photographs and her elaborate Read more...

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