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Black Women & Their Strange Obsession With Getting Pregnant

Sanni Lark
5 min readSep 12, 2022

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“How are you telling a random male stranger on the internet that you are pregnant by him without his goddamn consent?”

Please believe me when I say that I was not planning on writing this article, at least not anytime now. But this thought has been on my mind for literal years. And tonight I came across a TikTok reel which received the thirstiest of comments from none other than black women, and spirit moved me to quit keeping my opinions to myself and finally write about it.

Tonight Facebook recommended a reel that was created by a black male exotic dancer. He was expertly moving his hips and flexing his muscles under soft mood lighting that enhanced how toned and athletic his body appeared.

He made this video in response to a black woman who made the following comment under another one of his videos:

“You finna get the comment section pregnant,” she wrote. Her poorly constructed sentence ended with multiple laughing emojis.

His response?

“I better get zero comments.” I am sure he meant this in a playful way, but the dancer clearly was advertising his paid services through the social media platform. Meaning, he’s at work every time he logs into the app. This pregnant business from nonpaying women doesn’t interest…

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Sanni Lark
Sanni Lark

Written by Sanni Lark

Channeling sacred, unadulterated, feminine chaos and wisdom through writing. For more primordial womanhood activation visit: https://www.sannilark.com

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