“I find expressions like baby bump very irritating.” Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie Says
In a recent interview with UK’s Channel 4 News, renowned writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, talked about feminism, racism and the Black Lives Matter movement and, her pregnancy and motherhood amongst other things.
This is what the talented author said about her pregnancy and keeping her child away from the public eye…
“I wanted my pregnancy to be something I shared with the people I love, with the people who know me. There is a kind of pregnancy as a trendy thing that I find very uncomfortable with and I deeply dislike expressions like ‘baby bump’.
“I find it very irritating. It was a very deeply introspective time, thinking about (how) my life is going to change forever and the enormousness of bringing a baby into the world. It was a sacred time for me and I wanted to share it with the people I love.”
She added, “I don’t want my child to think it is normal to have her picture in newspapers, because it is not. Just because your mother happens to write and sometimes have her pictures in the newspapers, doesn’t mean you get to.”
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