Beyoncé Shares First Picture of The Twin

[Bebe 17,106]

6 hours ago, StrawberryBlond said:

Having control of your image and making it too perfect and false is a problem for the reasons I said. Most celebrities who took control of their own images did the opposite - they posted pictures of themselves un-airbrushed, with stretchmarks and cellulite, their natural selves in all their glory. Isn't that the whole point of taking control of your image? Refusing the impossibly high standards of the industry and showing your true self without studio trickery? How is getting outraged at the use of photoshop a different issue? She's using the same elements that any magazine would force on her and somehow, she's taking control of her own image?

There's no point in taking control if you're just going to use that control to apply the same standards to yourself that other people have always placed on you. You're just back to where you started. It doesn't matter if you took the photo or applied the effects or whatnot, it's the same standards. It's the same thing when women state that they're taking control of their sexuality when they do a nude photoshoot that is exactly what every straight male has been demanding since the dawn of time. You take control to set new and better standards, not the same ones.

I liked the original image we saw of Blue (that is, the one of her and Beyonce dressed in white in what looked like a hospital room) because it was real, it was organic. Beyonce wasn't in a designer outfit or airbrushed and maybe not even wearing make-up. This is what the first hospital photo of mother and baby looks like for a normal person. But posing in gown in front of a flower wall with perfect hair, perfect make up and photoshop? That's just fake and pretentious. I don't like it when magazines do it either. Beyonce has control over her image to show the real her and instead she uses the same nonsense that any outside agency would have put on her.

Most celebrities are keeping their children more protected than ever before. And about time too. For obvious reasons, I don't approve of images of children being on the internet, even professional photoshoots because certain sickos don't care how these images are presented, they're going to use them inappropriately. So, naturally, celebrities want them hidden from the media for as long as possible. Kate Bush was famous for basically keeping her child hidden right from birth. He only made his debut in the public eye at the age of 17. Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes have ensured their 2 children are hardly ever photographed and Eva looks after them behind the scenes. Adele only has a handful of images of her with her child in public and she has signed a deal to ensure that any images of his face are blurred when printed and also never even revealed his name until months after his birth. Cheryl Cole had her baby with Liam from 1D 4 months ago and has done no photoshoots and we haven't even seen a single image of this child anywhere. And for all that the Kardashians are famed for putting their lives out there, I have rarely seen a photo of baby Saint despite avidly following celebrity media. Being private is the new public. Beyonce's idea of announcements and turning her children into media spectacles like her makes her really stand out next to these other women who are taking a more relaxed, natural take on motherhood.

Again we are talking about different things so I'm not sure what the point of this conversation is  You don't like the photoshop? Fine. I don't have a problem with your critique, it just doesn't have much to do with what I was talking about.

"Most celebrities who took control of their own images did the opposite - they posted pictures of themselves un-airbrushed, with stretchmarks and cellulite, their natural selves in all their glory"

Err, I don't think there is anyway to prove that claim.

"How is getting outraged at the use of photoshop a different issue? She's using the same elements that any magazine would force on her and somehow, she's taking control of her own image?"

It's a different issue because, while I am talking about how I think it's cool that she has control over the image, what it looks like and what the narrative is - you're making a different critique that is "The end product of the image she has control over is too photoshopped"... Like it's a totally different train of thought. Also, yeah? She has control over who the photographer is, what the set design is, what she is wearing, what photograph over the hundreds taken is chosen to be posted, how much she says, how much she shares and what the final image looks like. Whether she chose for that picture to be photoshopped or not is irrelevant to what I'm talking about  That would be her choice, as the person in control of the image.

"There's no point in taking control if you're just going to use that control to apply the same standards to yourself that other people have always placed on you. You're just back to where you started."

What? That's as nonsensical as saying "There is no point in a director taking control of a movie if s/he is going to apply the same standards of picture quality as some major studio."

Read this for example: http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1433-an-art-historians-take-on-those-beyonce-pregnancy-photos/

With those photos she was able to communicate many different ideas from things as simple as colours or her pose. That's the point in taking control of the image. You can create and control what your narrative is.

"I liked the original image we saw of Blue (that is, the one of her and Beyonce dressed in white in what looked like a hospital room) because it was real, it was organic. Beyonce wasn't in a designer outfit or airbrushed and maybe not even wearing make-up. This is what the first hospital photo of mother and baby looks like for a normal person. "

Cool, and it was pretty cool that she had the agency and ability to control that image.

"But posing in gown in front of a flower wall with perfect hair, perfect make up and photoshop? That's just fake and pretentious. I don't like it when magazines do it either. Beyonce has control over her image to show the real her and instead she uses the same nonsense that any outside agency would have put on her."

Nobody is telling you that you have to like the finished image  I can tell you don't like it. I think the finished product is a great image - but we can't force each other to like/dislike the image.


"Most celebrities are keeping their children more protected than ever before. And about time too. For obvious reasons, I don't approve of images of children being on the internet, even professional photoshoots because certain sickos don't care how these images are presented, they're going to use them inappropriately"

Great, and that's the decisions of those celebrities. Beyonce knows that exclusive first photos of her twins are going to be worth a LOT of money. It's going to bring a lot of media attention. She chose to take control of the narrative herself and control the first image the world saw of those children.

If some sicko enjoys that picture inappropriately, they are just as likely to inappropriately enjoy the photographs the paparazzi are no doubt going to catch of them at some point. Beyonce can't control how one sicko thinks nobody can - but you can't live your life paralyzed in fear because some stranger far away might be inappropriately lusting over a photograph.

[SchwineLove 1,374]

23 hours ago, Delusional Aura said:

Pretentious? Simple? Beyonce was never simple and will never be simple. An event would be selling the pictures to different magazines. She posted it on her Instagram. Life's to short to just be SIMPLE. You are a Gaga fan and you're hating on beyonce for not being simple. That logic I will never understand by people like you. 

that's the point. to sell to magazines. I never hate tho, that's why I'm saying you're having an extra response to different feelings and opinions toward beyonce. if gaga is doing all the extravagant and "pretentious" thing, it's always about her art or her music. but to incorporate that into her personal life? I mean, come on. you even agree that "she was never simple". gaga is quite simple on her personal life, and somehow when showing her personal life in instagram is kinda in "simple" and "candid" manner.

 

for beyonce, it's always has to be "polished" and perfect. I'm trying to make a composed and calm opinion here so don't say that I'm "hating". I always like bey's music, but for this side of her, I had to say personally I don't like it. That's the kind of logic that I want to explain, maybe understandable or maybe not for you. Maybe you should chill a bit, it's just personal different opinion and preferences towards musician/artist.

[leecy 1,476]

@StrawberryBlond

No you're wrong

they are different 

being popular is because of someone's charm, it's pretty subjective

being overrated or underrated is instead based on some kinda so-called objective standards, which clearly can be "bought"

cause popularity is just one kind of ratings

I don't think anyone can buy real popularity 

[littlepotter 75,147]

14 hours ago, StrawberryBlond said:

Having control of your image and making it too perfect and false is a problem for the reasons I said. Most celebrities who took control of their own images did the opposite - they posted pictures of themselves un-airbrushed, with stretchmarks and cellulite, their natural selves in all their glory. Isn't that the whole point of taking control of your image? Refusing the impossibly high standards of the industry and showing your true self without studio trickery? How is getting outraged at the use of photoshop a different issue? She's using the same elements that any magazine would force on her and somehow, she's taking control of her own image?

There's no point in taking control if you're just going to use that control to apply the same standards to yourself that other people have always placed on you. You're just back to where you started. It doesn't matter if you took the photo or applied the effects or whatnot, it's the same standards. It's the same thing when women state that they're taking control of their sexuality when they do a nude photoshoot that is exactly what every straight male has been demanding since the dawn of time. You take control to set new and better standards, not the same ones.

I liked the original image we saw of Blue (that is, the one of her and Beyonce dressed in white in what looked like a hospital room) because it was real, it was organic. Beyonce wasn't in a designer outfit or airbrushed and maybe not even wearing make-up. This is what the first hospital photo of mother and baby looks like for a normal person. But posing in gown in front of a flower wall with perfect hair, perfect make up and photoshop? That's just fake and pretentious. I don't like it when magazines do it either. Beyonce has control over her image to show the real her and instead she uses the same nonsense that any outside agency would have put on her.

Most celebrities are keeping their children more protected than ever before. And about time too. For obvious reasons, I don't approve of images of children being on the internet, even professional photoshoots because certain sickos don't care how these images are presented, they're going to use them inappropriately. So, naturally, celebrities want them hidden from the media for as long as possible. Kate Bush was famous for basically keeping her child hidden right from birth. He only made his debut in the public eye at the age of 17. Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes have ensured their 2 children are hardly ever photographed and Eva looks after them behind the scenes. Adele only has a handful of images of her with her child in public and she has signed a deal to ensure that any images of his face are blurred when printed and also never even revealed his name until months after his birth. Cheryl Cole had her baby with Liam from 1D 4 months ago and has done no photoshoots and we haven't even seen a single image of this child anywhere. And for all that the Kardashians are famed for putting their lives out there, I have rarely seen a photo of baby Saint despite avidly following celebrity media. Being private is the new public. Beyonce's idea of announcements and turning her children into media spectacles like her makes her really stand out next to these other women who are taking a more relaxed, natural take on motherhood.

That's exactly what being overrated means. Something is overrated when it's more popular and/or more acclaimed than it deserves to be, though this is all personal opinion, of course. It's funny how people like to argue what the word means when it's being directed at one of their faves. Could I ask what your definition of it is if you don't agree with mine?

You know on which level she's being compared to the Kardashians and it isn't this. You just went for the most obvious thing to respond with because you knew people would have no answer for that. We're saying she's like the Kardashians in the sense that she puts her private life out there for public consumption, scandals and all and the stuff that they once kept private is now public. Beyonce's dad basically confirmed that the early rumours that Jay was cheating with Rihanna were lies put out there for publicity and it worked.

Wow, how you worked this around to a racism is anyone's guess. Honestly, I'm sick of having to call out such responses whenever I see them but I feel I have to ensure that a stop is put to this ridiculousness. I suppose saying that it's always the other person's fault, that you are never the one with the problem, is so flattering to one's ego. It is ultimate arrogance to assume that the only reason someone may not like you is because they are prejudiced and therefore not worth your time. It's a response that shuts down any and all criticism, some of which may be completely valid. Even as a woman, I'm very careful about using the "I guess you just hate confident women" response unless I have overwhelming evidence to back up my claim. Because any woman who walks around claiming that every man who disagrees with her as sexist has a serious attitude problem. And I take exactly the same line with any other oppressed group. It doesn't give you a right to be arrogant. Confidence and arrogance are not the same thing. How you can make generalised statements about this entire board is mindblowing. Maybe, just maybe, do you ever think that some of us have intelligence and insight to make valid criticisms that aren't connected to race?

Sis there is no doubt in my mind that the carters have fabricated fake stories to sell albums, that's not for anyone to have an opinion about But they just have no relation to the Kardashians. They put their life out in public? Really? Beyonce is literally the celebrity who uses social media the least. No twitter at all, and she occasionally updates her instagram with photoshoots which we'd all do if we had the money and the looks  her fabricating a cheating scandal (which is odd because what is so unusual about someone cheating) and turning it into one heck of a concept album is nowhere near having a reality tv show which documents 24/7 of your life and your children.

[StrawberryBlond 14,900]

16 hours ago, Bebe said:

Again we are talking about different things so I'm not sure what the point of this conversation is  You don't like the photoshop? Fine. I don't have a problem with your critique, it just doesn't have much to do with what I was talking about.

Err, I don't think there is anyway to prove that claim.

It's a different issue because, while I am talking about how I think it's cool that she has control over the image, what it looks like and what the narrative is - you're making a different critique that is "The end product of the image she has control over is too photoshopped"... Like it's a totally different train of thought. Also, yeah? She has control over who the photographer is, what the set design is, what she is wearing, what photograph over the hundreds taken is chosen to be posted, how much she says, how much she shares and what the final image looks like. Whether she chose for that picture to be photoshopped or not is irrelevant to what I'm talking about  That would be her choice, as the person in control of the image.

What? That's as nonsensical as saying "There is no point in a director taking control of a movie if s/he is going to apply the same standards of picture quality as some major studio."

Read this for example: http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1433-an-art-historians-take-on-those-beyonce-pregnancy-photos/

With those photos she was able to communicate many different ideas from things as simple as colours or her pose. That's the point in taking control of the image. You can create and control what your narrative is.

Cool, and it was pretty cool that she had the agency and ability to control that image.

Nobody is telling you that you have to like the finished image  I can tell you don't like it. I think the finished product is a great image - but we can't force each other to like/dislike the image.

Great, and that's the decisions of those celebrities. Beyonce knows that exclusive first photos of her twins are going to be worth a LOT of money. It's going to bring a lot of media attention. She chose to take control of the narrative herself and control the first image the world saw of those children.

If some sicko enjoys that picture inappropriately, they are just as likely to inappropriately enjoy the photographs the paparazzi are no doubt going to catch of them at some point. Beyonce can't control how one sicko thinks nobody can - but you can't live your life paralyzed in fear because some stranger far away might be inappropriately lusting over a photograph.

We aren't talking about different things. I'm saying that she controls her image to be one of perfection, which bothers me. You were talking about how having control of her image is a positive thing. So, how is that different?

But all the other decisions she's made is what I'm critical about as well. Elaborate backgrounds, fancy dresses, perfect hair and make-up is all something that happens when you do a professional magazine shoot. I actually thought that the pregnancy shoot of her on top of a car with flowers spilling out the doors looked like it could be on a magazine's pages. Even Blue passing her a flower looked like something dreamed up by a studio. I didn't look at it and think it looked like a woman in control of her own image, it just looked like a narcissistic woman acting like she was the first to ever give birth, engaging in an extended magazine shoot for some pretentious coffee table publication. It's all the rage now to send people a thank you card for their birthing gifts with a photo of their newborn on the front but at least it's all about the baby and it's a natural looking image. If it displayed the mother in front of a flower wall, holding the babies and channelling a Greek goddess, people would think you'd had too much gas and air!

And I've seen an artists take on those Beyonce photos. It actually makes me annoyed that some scholars are taking her seriously and acting as if she knows all about the great masters of art and art periods and suchlike. The woman didn't even complete her high school education and hasn't shown any interest in old art ever since. She just wanted photos that channelled a goddess image, similar to Aphrodite, Venus or the Virgin Mary, figures everyone knows. It doesn't mean that she knows all about the history of these figures.

I won't deny that Beyonce looks lovely in the image. It's just everything that she's surrounding herself with that I have problems with. If the flower wall even stretched right over, it might look a bit better. As such, it looks incomplete, like the complete wall wasn't available to rent and like it was shoved there in the middle of nowhere.

I'm not suggesting she never has to let her kids out the house. I just think she shouldn't be parading them like media accessories and making them the centerpiece. Ordinary parents have suffered the consequences of shady people stealing pictures of their kids on social media and posting them in on sick sites that lust after kids. This is why I can't understand why any parent would voluntarily put images and videos of their children out there unless they're maybe accompanying them in the shot. It's a different world now and celebrities are wanting to protect their kids accordingly in line with that. That's why Beyonce stands out for not seeming to care about who sees her children. I know they'll have a team of bodyguards on lockdown but still, the idea of anyone targeting her children for kidnap or worse is high and she's not helping by flaunting them around. Remember when Kim K got robbed, people said that it was because she was flaunting her expensive jewellery all over Instagram and she should be more private? Well, she's taken it to heart and doesn't put it all out there now and doesn't flaunt her children around either. This is why Beyonce stands out among all these other protective celebrity parents and I wonder why she doesn't seem to have their concerns.

13 hours ago, leecy said:

@StrawberryBlond

No you're wrong

they are different 

being popular is because of someone's charm, it's pretty subjective

being overrated or underrated is instead based on some kinda so-called objective standards, which clearly can be "bought"

cause popularity is just one kind of ratings

I don't think anyone can buy real popularity 

I was talking about her music, not her personality. Yes, a personality can make people invested in your music but it can only hold them for so long, particularly if you're a woman. Her music is popular and I say it doesn't deserve the level of popularity it has, so that makes her overrated. Why do you connect music popularity with general popularity?

8 hours ago, littlepotter said:

Sis there is no doubt in my mind that the carters have fabricated fake stories to sell albums, that's not for anyone to have an opinion about But they just have no relation to the Kardashians. They put their life out in public? Really? Beyonce is literally the celebrity who uses social media the least. No twitter at all, and she occasionally updates her instagram with photoshoots which we'd all do if we had the money and the looks  her fabricating a cheating scandal (which is odd because what is so unusual about someone cheating) and turning it into one heck of a concept album is nowhere near having a reality tv show which documents 24/7 of your life and your children.

Yes, they put their so-called cheating scandals on their albums. From the moment it happened, the suspicions, the fall-out and the forgiveness. And it wasn't enough for Beyonce to do that, Jay had to respond on his own album. Just because they don't talk about their life in a tv show doesn't mean they don't have other ways of putting it out there. Their albums have become like a reality tv show in audio form, just more pretentious. And when Beyonce does use social media, she always looks perfect (just like Kim) and there's evidence that she photoshops them (just like Kim). And if she really has fabricated a cheating scandal to sell albums, how is that any different to a reality show inventing drama for ratings? I really don't know how you can't see the parallels. They are literally the only celebrity couple in music who I feel like I know the full ins and outs of their personal life. Everyone else, I know next to nothing. I can't even say much about what Gaga's relationship is like and she's my fave. If I feel like I know so much about the Carters, real or not, it's probably because they've made it public.

[Mr S 8,690]

Is it me or has the media hype around her  died down a little? I remember when her first pregnancy was announced I think it was 2013, it was HUGE deal. One could argue it broke the internet. Now? Not so much. This pregnancy announcement, then when sh egave birth, and now these pics, it hasn't been as big of a deal. Or is it because the first baby is the first and so naturally a bigger deal.

[Bebe 17,106]

8 hours ago, StrawberryBlond said:

We aren't talking about different things. I'm saying that she controls her image to be one of perfection, which bothers me. You were talking about how having control of her image is a positive thing. So, how is that different?

But all the other decisions she's made is what I'm critical about as well. Elaborate backgrounds, fancy dresses, perfect hair and make-up is all something that happens when you do a professional magazine shoot. I actually thought that the pregnancy shoot of her on top of a car with flowers spilling out the doors looked like it could be on a magazine's pages. Even Blue passing her a flower looked like something dreamed up by a studio. I didn't look at it and think it looked like a woman in control of her own image, it just looked like a narcissistic woman acting like she was the first to ever give birth, engaging in an extended magazine shoot for some pretentious coffee table publication. It's all the rage now to send people a thank you card for their birthing gifts with a photo of their newborn on the front but at least it's all about the baby and it's a natural looking image. If it displayed the mother in front of a flower wall, holding the babies and channelling a Greek goddess, people would think you'd had too much gas and air!

And I've seen an artists take on those Beyonce photos. It actually makes me annoyed that some scholars are taking her seriously and acting as if she knows all about the great masters of art and art periods and suchlike. The woman didn't even complete her high school education and hasn't shown any interest in old art ever since. She just wanted photos that channelled a goddess image, similar to Aphrodite, Venus or the Virgin Mary, figures everyone knows. It doesn't mean that she knows all about the history of these figures.

I won't deny that Beyonce looks lovely in the image. It's just everything that she's surrounding herself with that I have problems with. If the flower wall even stretched right over, it might look a bit better. As such, it looks incomplete, like the complete wall wasn't available to rent and like it was shoved there in the middle of nowhere.

I'm not suggesting she never has to let her kids out the house. I just think she shouldn't be parading them like media accessories and making them the centerpiece. Ordinary parents have suffered the consequences of shady people stealing pictures of their kids on social media and posting them in on sick sites that lust after kids. This is why I can't understand why any parent would voluntarily put images and videos of their children out there unless they're maybe accompanying them in the shot. It's a different world now and celebrities are wanting to protect their kids accordingly in line with that. That's why Beyonce stands out for not seeming to care about who sees her children. I know they'll have a team of bodyguards on lockdown but still, the idea of anyone targeting her children for kidnap or worse is high and she's not helping by flaunting them around. Remember when Kim K got robbed, people said that it was because she was flaunting her expensive jewellery all over Instagram and she should be more private? Well, she's taken it to heart and doesn't put it all out there now and doesn't flaunt her children around either. This is why Beyonce stands out among all these other protective celebrity parents and I wonder why she doesn't seem to have their concerns.

"We aren't talking about different things. I'm saying that she controls her image to be one of perfection, which bothers me. You were talking about how having control of her image is a positive thing. So, how is that different?"

Because my point is "It's great that Beyonce is able to control her own narrative, have her own agency and have control over her own image and I like the image produced." and your point is "My critique on the final product is that I don't like the photoshop".  I've already said that's a fine critique to make  

"But all the other decisions she's made is what I'm critical about as well. Elaborate backgrounds, fancy dresses, perfect hair and make-up is all something that happens when you do a professional magazine shoot. I actually thought that the pregnancy shoot of her on top of a car with flowers spilling out the doors looked like it could be on a magazine's pages."

Okay you don't like the image  Yeah it does look like something from a professional magazine shoot... The difference is she is the one creatively in control over the photographer, the composition of the image, she is the one in control over what image/s from the photoshoot to share and she is in control over how much she wants to say.

"it just looked like a narcissistic woman acting like she was the first to ever give birth, engaging in an extended magazine shoot for some pretentious coffee table publication. It's all the rage now to send people a thank you card for their birthing gifts with a photo of their newborn on the front but at least it's all about the baby and it's a natural looking image. If it displayed the mother in front of a flower wall, holding the babies and channelling a Greek goddess, people would think you'd had too much gas and air!"

The difference is, it's Beyonce... She has a career in the spotlight, she has a career in which her public image is important. For most people, everyone of facebook rolls their eyes and groans when people share baby photos, she is in a position where everybody in the world is scrambling for photographs of her and the babies. Beyonce is an artist who is actually very private, she doesn't do interviews, when she did do interviews she didn't talk about her relationship, this is someone who had a private wedding to Jay-Z with no announcement after 6 years of refusing to admit they were dating.

Beyonce is somebody who is a very public figure who lives a very private life - how has she maintained that? By taking complete control over her own image and narrative. This is a good article relevant to that https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/7/7/15914660/jay-z-beyonce-444-marriage). It explains not only how they control their narrative (although, it's only music based) but also explains why it's necessary. This picture has satisfied the demand for pictures while revealing basically nothing. She definitely gave birth and the kids have names.

This is how Beyonce operates and it's a response to the unique position she is in. Not many women have to worry about strangers talking photos of them and their twins just a month after giving birth and selling those photos, without you seeing them or giving consent, to magazines and gossip sites for millions of people to see and critique. She could go the other celeb route and do the magazine shoot for the first exclusive photos - she knows the photographs will be professional and will be kind, it's good PR, pictures of her and the twins drop in value so there's less incentive and you have some control over how you want you and the kids to be presented. But they will have to do an accompanying interview, they will be in charge of the set, the composition of the image and what images they choose.

She decided to take full creative control and take control over her own narrative. ****ing awesome. Good for her. You might not like the final image, it might be too over the top for your tastes, but it's Beyonce she has a bit of an OTT public image.

"And I've seen an artists take on those Beyonce photos. It actually makes me annoyed that some scholars are taking her seriously and acting as if she knows all about the great masters of art and art periods and suchlike. The woman didn't even complete her high school education and hasn't shown any interest in old art ever since. She just wanted photos that channelled a goddess image, similar to Aphrodite, Venus or the Virgin Mary, figures everyone knows. It doesn't mean that she knows all about the history of these figures."

So what if she just wanted to channel a goddess image? She wouldn't be the first artist to do that, pop music wise or otherwise. She doesn't even need to know everything, that's why she can collaborate with an artist of her choosing - that knows their **** and have a discussion. Her and Jay Z have been investing a lot in art and have spent a lot of time going to art galleries like The Louvre for private tours. Who knows, maybe she has picked up a thing or two  

What I do know is that her performances of late have been very heavily planned and choreographed and have contained many art references that are cohesive and relate to the message Beyonce is sending with her music. The idea that Beyonce is somehow both this complete perfectionist and control freak and also just a ditz who wonders around with no idea of why she is being photographed a certain way, in a certain outfit, in a certain set is contradictory. You don't have to like her, but I think you give Beyonce less credit than she deserves.


"I'm not suggesting she never has to let her kids out the house. I just think she shouldn't be parading them like media accessories and making them the centerpiece. Ordinary parents have suffered the consequences of shady people stealing pictures of their kids on social media and posting them in on sick sites that lust after kids. This is why I can't understand why any parent would voluntarily put images and videos of their children out there unless they're maybe accompanying them in the shot. "

You said you liked her photograph with Blue? She posted that on social media? Here's the thing. Like I keep explaining - the media want photographs of the twins, they are going to get photos of the twins. Images and videos of her children are going to appear. That's unavoidable. This whole "people might lust over the photographs" thing just really feels extra to me. Okay, they might... So??

I'm not saying that it's right, i'm not saying it's not gross - it's just not something you can spend your time worrying about. The photographs are not inappropriate, you can barely make out any distinguishing features. You could walk outside with your kids and someone might secretly take a photograph of them and lust over them!! I mean Beyonce is in the limelight anyway, her family is in the limelight. Photos and videos of her children are going to be taken and shared, that's just the reality of her life.

"Remember when Kim K got robbed, people said that it was because she was flaunting her expensive jewellery all over Instagram and she should be more private? Well, she's taken it to heart and doesn't put it all out there now and doesn't flaunt her children around either. This is why Beyonce stands out among all these other protective celebrity parents and I wonder why she doesn't seem to have their concerns."

This is so twisted... Firstly, if you followed the Kim K case, they found out she had the jewelry due to her social media posts and then found out when she was separated from her family, her body guard and was alone because the family was constantly updating their social media letting the perpetrators know where they where at all times. That's very different from Beyonce as:

#1 Everyone knows Beyonce has kids, people were always going to find out she had kids. This isn't something people have discovered due to her instagram post.

#2 One photo of her and her children at an undisclosed location taken at an undisclosed date and an undisclosed time does not give potential kidnappers any sort of valuable information.

I think you overestimate the risk of her children getting kidnapped and I think you grossly overestimate what effect an instagram picture has on the chances of them getting kidnapped. The only reason potential kidnappers would target Beyonce and Jay Z's children because they have a lot of money and can get a large ransom from them - an instagram photo of them doesn't raise their value to Beyonce or Jay... The kids are just as valuable to a kidnapper regardless of the amount of instagram photos of them exist....

I doubt anyone would try to kidnap Beyonce's children though. Not only would it be an extremely difficult, verging on impossible, task but the couple is so high profile. It would cause such a media frenzy and create a lot of public interest. That's not generally something you look for.

She probably isn't super concerned over her twins getting kidnapped over an instagram photo because that's a ridiculous idea and she can't spend her day paranoid and panicked over every little statistically improbable, absurdly small risk to her family.