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Janelle Monae Glows on The September Cover Of Shape Magazine

By SatisfashionUG Team | August 13, 2020

Janelle Monae graced the September cover of Shape magazine looking like an absolute goddess, and shared about her journey dealing with quarantine and pivoting into a social activist. The issue, going by the theme of “Women Run The World” had the Grammy nominated singer share her perspective in the fight towards equality:

On Activism:
“So I’ve been spending a lot of time organizing behind the scenes with peers, with my Wondaland Arts Society family,” says says Janelle, 34, a longtime activist for the Black Lives Matter movement. “We hosted a Zoom where everybody had an opportunity to get on and just vent and cry and talk about how we’re feeling. These were white folks, Asian folks, Black folks, straight, gay—like a full spectrum of people and perspectives.”

On Healing:
“I realized that I was dealing with abandonment issues, and just last year, I started to really deal with it. My dad was in and out of my life growing up, and other instances where I felt abandoned were coming up to the surface.

I started to write these things down, and I remember just crying like a baby. I will say that it is so freeing when you can identify your trauma. Knowing why you feel a certain way or why these feelings of being upset or angry or sad—why they’re happening, what the root of it is. It’s just so empowering.”