I’m so thrilled by M.I.A.s performance at the Grammys last night. Nobody told her not to work, dance, sing, swaggar or celbrate on her due date. Loved the Minnie mouse gone bad body suit that really expressed how it feels to be 9 months pregant with a fully grow baby person living inside you. All the oversized parts were highlighted in pokka dots. Big beautiful baby growing body in semi-transparant fabric! Loved the unglamorous shoes. Loved the fact that she just danced with abandon on the day of her labor, maybe.

I watched her last night and thought about what my mom or grama would have said, apart from the whole rap thing. I’m from the last of the generations of weakened pregant women, I suspect. We weren’t suppose to carry weight or exert ourselved or do a host of other activities in the name of a healthy childbirth. We live in a new time when women are healthy and medical care( if required) is sufficient for women to survive childbirth as long as they live in certain parts of the world. Thats a whole other issue.

I know that there are people that would disagree, but what is important to me is how M.I.A. felt about it. I think she showed her power. I’m so glad that she had a choice. Women around the world can be empowered. I felt happy for her.