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Wild Divine Feminine Energy On Super Bowl's Halftime Show

JLo putting kids (including her daughter) in cages representing all the immigrant children currently being detained in the US – center stage at the biggest show in the world – as she sang 'Let's Get Loud' honoring her multiculturalism, draped in the American and Puerto Rican flags, while her daughter emerged to sing 'Born in the USA' was SPECTACULAR. Clearly 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗧. ❤️✨

The best Super Bowl Halftime I have ever seen.

Not to mention, the aerial view of the stage in the shape of the female Venus symbol ♀ – and the celebration of the diversity of this country with the different music genres and dances, AND 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐶𝐸𝐿𝐸𝐵𝑅𝐴𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝑂𝐹 𝐿𝐼𝐹𝐸 – 𝗪𝗢𝗪!

𝗦𝗢 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗨𝗟 💥

If you didn't catch it live like me, watch it here:

What powerful wild divine feminine energy! ROAR!

The female body was divinely manifested to be REVERED as the portal between the spiritual and physical worlds – NOT to be objectified, used, nor shamed by immature unevolved people with nothing better to do...

Image contributed by source. *

What's with all the criticism about the show not being kid-friendly, even though it was the first Super Bowl halftime show performance that included a lot of children? Since when is the aggressive sport of football with its cheerleaders in skimpy outfits categorized kid-friendly?

🏈 #ForMatureAdiencesOnly

And what's with all the over-sexualized comments putting Latin girls in shame and danger? When it comes to pop culture, I do not see a difference in what Shakira and JLo wear to perform to what Taylor Swift or Beyonce wear to perform theirs; and moms love them. Michael Jackson grabbed his crotch his entire career, and Madonna simulated masturbation on stage and had that whole ultra sex fetish phase.*

🤔 #DoublestandardMuch

Shakira's father parents were Lebanese immigrants and she has been belly dancing since she was four years old. She is very proud of her Lebanese-Latina roots and she honored both of them on the show. The crazy tongue thing she did into the camera is called zaghrouta, it’s Arabic and represents the vocal of joy or thrills.* So to those misinterpreting it I'd say, get your head out of the gutter!

About the pole dancing, it takes some serious athleticism to do what JLo does on that pole and on that stage. Those are not "stripper moves," #acting. Everyone knows that JLo started her career as a serious professional dancer is a popular TV show and even had her own dance show World of Dance. I haven't watched Hustlers, but JLo learned to pole dance to star in that film which is social commentary story telling. The stripping industry in the U.S. is HUGE. And although alarming, it means that a lot of women are having to use their gifts, talents, athleticism to get out of certain life circumstances in that way. Some have even found financial empowerment and a platform to get out of it to do other things, like American pop singer of Dominican descent Cardi B who says "Look, I don't dance now I make money moves". Plus, lots of women have taken to pole dancing lessons as fitness, it's even offered at some gyms! If you look closely, the first pole is in the shape of the Empire State Building. 🤔 Click here to read about the history of pole dancing.*

#𝑱𝑳𝒐 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊o-𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒕? How immature.

Click here to read this article that explains a little about Caribbean culture as it relates to the empowerment and reverence of the women's body. (Translate if not bilingual.)

Face it world, Latinas are brilliant and beautiful. R E S P E C T

Girls, no matter where you are from, don't let anyone tell you what to do or be. The world is your oyster. Lets live our best lives! 💃🏻 Lets get loud!

I'll end by saying, daang! Looking forward to looking like that in my 50s! 😃 💃🏻

*This post was updated with some of my soul sisters' comments as sources from a discussion that I started on a group about the subject. Thank you, soul sisters!

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#latinapower #bornintheusa #latinbeauty #peace #rockitsisters #toobusybeingbrillianttocareaboutthehaters #girlpower #shakiradoestheturkeytoo! #SuperBowl #SuperBowl2020 #HalftimeShow #SuperBowlHalftimeShow #wearemultilingual #wearediverse #ilikeitlikethat #imgoingtolivemybestlife #letsgetloud

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