Wednesday, 19 April 2017

Serena William expects her first born

Serena William posted a picture of her on Snapchat to announce her pregnancy 


Serena Williams indicated that she is pregnant in a post on snapchat , but she deleted the snapchat a few minutes later. The 35 year old got engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in December 2016. The beauty showed off her large diamond ring in January, they had been dating for only 15 months before he popped the big question.
Tennis star Serena Williams


The tennis star showed off her her bump on Wednesday stating that she is 20 weeks pregnant. William was pregnant when she won her 23rd grand slam tournament at the Australian open. Yeah she is taken, so every man should just hold their breath forever.
Serena Williams and Fiance Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian share special moments on a beach


In Marc Williams cited a knee injury and she withdrew from the BNP Paribas Open in India Wells, Carlifonia.
Serena Williams showing off her big diamond ring


So is black really not that beautiful?


Who taught you to hate your skin? 

We all may have heard that "Black is beautiful" or " The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice"...black is indeed beautiful, but why do some South Africans bleach their skin? In the past our community respected women with true sense of humor, women who were adored with outward and inner beauty irrespective of their skin.

I just wonder why do people have to bleach, why do we have to hate the skin color that our God has given us? Why do people strive to be the opposite of their natural complexion? It is likely that one in three women in South Africa bleaches her skin. We have heard of the names like "yellowbones", "white perfect" and "white and lovely", I think it is because of these words why dark skinned women and mean bleach their skin just to fit in.
 Skin lighteners may be used by different people for different reasons. At least no one is in danger with fake weaves and fake accents, there is no skin rashes, discoloration and scarring. Some black women bleach their skin to the point where their skin begins to peel off with black spots developed on their cheeks and hands.  People think that lighter is better lighter is better, so do we really have to promote self-hate? I know that 'self-hate' sound too strong to use, but don't we value lighter skin over dark skin? I sometimes wonder that what factors motivate black people to bleach. Many of our South African men are likely to pick a light skinned girl compared to a dark skinned one. One may argue that white people get the better things in life, they have advantages...but the question is if you bleach your skin, does it make you a white person?              
At least we still have role models for black beauty; people like Kenyan Lupita Nyong'o and Alek Wek.
South African Kwaito star, Mshoza started undergoing skin-lightning because she was "tired of being ugly". It is funny how we still have people who associate light skin with positive, happiness and success while black is associated with negative, crime and lazy. Our magazines, adverts and TV films give us the idea that the light skin is beautiful. Just recently media personality, Khanyi Mbau caused a twitter uproar with her "pink" skin complexion, this left many people with mixed feelings, with others saying she is becoming too transparent and that her hands are still black.

Black will become beautiful when we accept to be black and change our mindset
                                               




Tuesday, 18 April 2017

Twitter makes fun of Khanyi Mbau's "Pink" skin

Khanyisile mbau. Picture: Instagram

Media personality Khanyi Mbau found herself being dragged on twitter about her "pink" skin complexion.

It is not a secret that this media darling has bleached her skin, but twitter users were shocked by how "pink" she looked. She has been been trending since Sunday evening after posting a picture of herself on instagram, and this has drawn a lot of criticism. She was all dressed up and had made up, but her followers were more interested in her pale skin, some even said she was competing with the chairs behind her.

 

      Her followers say she ridiculed her and said she was doing a disservice to young girls who look up to her for inspiration. Social media has since been flooded with memes and jokes about her new skin color.

Mbau responded to the tweets and later deleted the post: "Twirra since 2005 and you are still on me...who I marry, what I drive, where I work, how I get my money and now what colour I am!"
when one of her fans asked why does it look like her skin is changing Mbau replied: It's like the value of money boo...it changes.
https://youtu.be/usR-uTFc30g


She is not the first South African celebrity to face criticism over bleaching her skin, Mshoza and Kelly Khumalo have been there too and have admitted to using skin-lightening.

https://youtu.be/qTnh7P6AZeg

It is crazy that we live in the world where your life can be easier just based on the color of your skin. Many dark skinned people are brainwashed by the media's standard of beauty.