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Serena Williams’ latest naked photo shoot propels the discussion on body positivity and female sexuality

She has abandoned the garb of an athlete, and in her nakedness, she is celebrating womanhood, motherhood and her body. Williams has (perhaps unknowingly) initiated an important dialogue. It’s a tough dialogue, but one that is necessary.

On the cover of Vanity Fair, Serena Williams stands almost naked, ethereal, exposing her pregnant belly, jewelled by a thin, delicate waist chain. Her open hair suggests fluidity, carrying an energy that is limitless, unbound. In all her natural, raw energy, Williams appears fierce, divine and flawlessly feminine, embracing motherhood in all its glory.

Through the photograph, the tennis star brings out the beauty of being pregnant (which is traditionally bound to private spaces), into the larger, public context of our phones, desktops and lives. She has abandoned the garb of an athlete, and in her nakedness, she is celebrating womanhood, motherhood and her body. In doing so, Williams has (perhaps unknowingly) initiated an important dialogue. It’s a tough dialogue, but one that is necessary.