Meaning of queenhood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state, rank, or status of a queen.
   uncountable, usually
2. Racially charged pedestalization of Black women, often as an extension of Afrocentric idealization, that is in fact damaging to gender equality; a particular type of "benevolent" sexism.
   uncountable, usually
3. An apex or pinnacle.
   rare, uncountable, usually

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Examples

“Near-synonym: queenliness”

“I—who have⟳ 'gone the gamut' from an almost angry rejection of my dark skin by some of my brainwashed brothers and sisters to a surprised queenhood in the new black sun—am qualified to enter⟳ at least the kindergarten of the new consciousness now. New consciousness and trudge-toward-progress.”

“This focusing upon our own⟳ oppression is embodied in the concept of identity politics. We believe⟳ that the most profound and potentially most radical politics come⟳ directly out of our own⟳ identity, as opposed to working to end⟳ somebody else's oppression. In the case of Black women this is a particularly repugnant, dangerous, threatening, and therefore revolutionary concept because it is obvious from looking at all the political movements that have⟳ preceded us that anyone is more worthy of liberation than ourselves. We reject⟳ pedestals, queenhood, and walking ten paces behind. To be recognized as human, levelly human, is enough.”

“"[…] They say⟳ my House loves beauty—they did and they do—and there's a kind of beauty in dying beautifully … in wasting away … half-alive, half-dead, with the very queenhood of your power."”

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