I usually use a bell hooks definition of feminism when I’m explaining to people, but Adichie’s last line on the song is perfect “Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes.”īut don’t think I’m just his little wifeSo, yes I stay home with our son and probably will with our second child as well. I was very surprised to see Beyonce include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s talk on Feminism on the “Flawless” track, but it also made it a perfect choice for a theme song. Really because it seems like most people don’t even understand what it really means to be a feminist and think if you don’t fulfill all these bullet points you can’t be a feminist. I also feel like I’m constantly explaining to people that this doesn’t make me any less of a feminist. Over the last couple of years, I feel like people have started to doubt my commitment to building a career because I made the choice to step back for a while post baby. So, we started chatting about my goals for the year and pretty much at the same time we typed “Flawless.” This is the only album I’ve been listening to lately and at first I didn’t think I could represent my thought process for the entire year with just one song from her album.

I’ll admit that when my friend from Whitley Brooks asked me to participate in her theme song of the year link-up I was hesitant. If you’ve been reading Mamademics for a while you already know I’m a HUGE Beyonce fan, so it makes sense that my theme song for 2014 comes from her new album.

I woke up like this song