Behold Beyoncé and her bump, oh ye of little faith

Fake bump or not, the bizarre speculation over Beyoncé's pregnancy only highlights the weird world of celebrity birthsHumans are wont to enshroud the mundane birth stories of their betters with fantastical claims. Consider the virginal conception of Jesus, born of woman but not by man. Or Mithras – born of a rock – or Romulus and Remus, or any number of big hitters deemed to be the fruits of coupling between gods and mortals. And so with the issue of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, whose gestation arra...

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