Working Mother
She has a way with sharing personal news. Beyoncé revealed her first pregnancy by unbuttoning her jacket to show off a bump while onstage at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards. Then, on Feb. 12, 2017, days after announcing she was five months pregnant with twins, she delivered an eight-and-a-half-minute Grammy-night performance of tracks from Lemonade, “Love Drought” and “Sandcastles,” a tribute to maternity. Her own mother, Tina Knowles-Lawson, gave an emotional introduction before Beyoncé—clad in a floor-length belly-conscious Peter Dundas gown—materialized like a golden goddess, surrounded by celestial dancers, for a live act that integrated video of the pregnant star. As on the album, there was a recitation of poetry written by Warsan Shire for Lemonade: “Your mother is a woman,” Beyoncé intoned, “and women like her…
