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    GOT NO DINGITYKara Brown
    6/27/16 4:30pm

    “I want my unborn son to be like my daddy/I want my husband to be like my daddy/ There is no one else like my daddy/ And I thank you for loving me.”

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      AprilGOT NO DINGITY
      6/27/16 4:57pm

      LOL this gif with those lyrics just brought me back to life.

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      CatAssGOT NO DINGITY
      6/27/16 5:47pm

      Right?! I love my dad, and he is the best dad a girl could want, but that lyric makes me feel weird.

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    HarvestMoonKara Brown
    6/27/16 4:41pm

    Women always seem to be giving men all the forgiveness.

    Must be nice for them.

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      Hoyo AfrikaHarvestMoon
      6/27/16 4:55pm

      It speaks more to the fortitude women acquire and that boys/men are never taught to appreciate.

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      LuaHarvestMoon
      6/27/16 5:00pm

      Yes. I won’t pretend I know what goes on behind the scenes with the Knowles family but to me there is a heavy “women must transcend abuses against us” vibe in this writing.

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    junwelloKara Brown
    6/27/16 5:48pm

    1. I think he and the Williams sisters’ dad should teach seminars together.

    2. I will never, ever understand why anyone would want any family members in the delivery room (apart from their significant other, of course). I’m no shy violet but it’s a messy business, childbirth! Much exposure of lady parts, and beyond!

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      Hank Scorpiojunwello
      6/27/16 7:40pm

      Richard Williams actually stopped sending Serena and Venus to national tournaments at age 11 because he wanted them to focus on school. Also, he’s never had a bad relationship with them, as far as I know.

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      junwelloHank Scorpio
      6/29/16 5:35pm

      I’m seriously in all honesty looking for seminars from parents of hugely successful offspring. But maybe it can’t be taught.

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    burnernatorKara Brown
    6/27/16 4:28pm

    It honestly doesn’t surprise me that Bey feels such a connection between her and Michael Jackson. Some of the stories that she’s shared re: growing up with Mathew have been pretty strange/alarming. Stage parents are so fucked up.

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      catezeroKara Brown
      6/27/16 5:02pm

      Okay now a piece of investigative journalism on the relationship Bey has with her two half siblings. I am dying. To. Know.

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        HarvestMoonKara Brown
        6/27/16 5:06pm

        Seems I have been greyed after my comment on this post.

        Have I committed some sort of transgression?

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          writewhatilikeKara Brown
          6/27/16 4:32pm

          Thank you for this. You know, when I see Matthew I see my own father; a loving but selfish man. A strange combination of excellence and brokenness. I’ve always felt so ashamed of my father’s mistakes. As if they’re mine, as if his mistake somehow reflected the inadequacies of his children or our mother.

          I can’t imagine having our family troubles painted on billboards for everyone to see. It’s hard to explain how much you can still love your own broken father.

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            rjmclayKara Brown
            6/27/16 5:35pm

            Don’t like you saying that, just because she became famous, her father’s “tactics were effective.” It reminds me of when hockey player Patrick O’Sullivan spoke out about the abuse he suffered:

            “The thing is, my success had nothing to do with my father’s over-the-top training regimens. The ice was my safe space. The two hours I had out there was the only time I truly felt free.”

            http://www.theplayerstribune.com/patrick-osulli...

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              princesskittyglitterKara Brown
              6/27/16 7:30pm

              tina traded up.

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                Non-CompliantKara Brown
                6/27/16 5:11pm

                The redemption of Matthew Knowles and Jay Z, at least in the narrative of Lemonade, reminds me of the end of The Color Purple. Only once Shug, Nettie, and Celie start getting the respect they deserve from the men who have harmed or betrayed them, are they welcomed back into their lives as a large, chosen, family. So many people criticized The Color Purple for its Womanism, for revealing abuse not just by white people on black people, but from black men on black women as well. There were claims it was divisive, “airing dirty laundry”, similarly, there were people that claimed Lemonade was a petty dig at Jay Z. Wrong: both are actually stories of black women finding strength in one another, reconnecting with themselves and others through love and introspection- the men are not monsters, but humans, redeemed only once they earned the women’s trust again.

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