This is absolutely awesome !!! With appearance being a top priority for teen girls what better way to teach your little lady the beauty ropes. Now you know if we don’t teach them they’ll learn beauty tips from the Love and Hip Hop cast! Laughing but serious (yep I spelled it out)
In my early 20’s I’ve called myself a bad bitch. My curves were on point, my life was about partying and school of course. I was studious during the day but when party time came I turned into a bad bitch. At the time it was appropriate to me. It was fun!
Bad bitches get attention, Bad bitches get the men with money, Bad bitches are confident. Right?
All those things are true to the naked eye. When we dig deeper we understand that Bad Bitches get treated just like any other woman. So the bad bitch has gone out her way to differentiate herself from “Normal” or “Average” women only to get treated the same or worse.
Makes no sense. When you know better you do better. In the black community “Bad Bitch” is a stage that young women go through. Much like the “Girls Gone Wild” stage other races go through. I believe that with proper guidance and education young women eventually grow out of the Bad Bitch stage into a Lady with more wisdom and knowledge to share with her sisters.
Clearly I’m not the one to judge. We all go threw stages in life but the hope is that we grow up. Those where my college years. My time to find myself. (Thank God I found her. LOL)
What about young girls that don’t go to college or have positive young women to counter what they’ve seen on TV or been told?
How can we help our women grow out the bad bitch stage?
Donate Now! http://tinyurl.com/iamhere-kmichelle K-Michelle and Saving Our Daughters to stop the violence towards young women with “I am Here… to Yell Confidence” fundraising drive. Take action with K-Michele with your urgent donation to help stop the abuse.
I AM HERE…To help a young mother learn to love herself firstI AM HERE…To help take the power away from date abuse….I AM HERE…To help take the power away from violence against women…I AM HERE …To help take the power away from all esteem slayers!I AM HERE…To YELL Confidence!
YELL Confidence with us by supporting Saving Our Daughters’ programs that help teens lead their lives with purpose and confidence.
YELL Confidence (Youth Empowered Learning & Leadership), one of Saving Our Daughters’ core initiatives, sparks community engagement, public awareness, and the dedication to empower teens. It supports SOD’s mission by working directly with focused groups of youth and young adults to engage them in creative learning and leadership experiences. The YELL Confidence groups are then charged with using the powerful messages they’ve learned and sharing their unique experiences to help millions of peers take power away from esteem slayers, grow a vigorous sense of self worth, and lead fiercely confident lives.
This “I AM HERE” campaign with K. Michelle specifically funds SOD’s work with late teens and younger adults. Through critical learning tools and very eager adult allies (like songstress K.Michelle and entrepreneur Mimi Faust), young participants are equipped with heightened awareness of self worth issues and immediate ways to create positive impact in their own communities.Reaching the goal helps SOD impact thousands of young adults by launching the YELL Confidence online resources and connecting them with our “I AM HERE” allies across
the country.
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K. MichelleK.Michelle is a singer/songwriter/musician that hails from Memphis, Tennessee and she’s the devoted mother to her son, Chase.With each note she sings, lyric she writes, or piano key she strikes, songstress K. Michelle speaks her mind and makes no apologies for it. Taking a vow to stay true to possessing talent but having something to say.“I’m the biggest advocate of being yourself,” says Michelle, who considers music to be her therapy. “People can believe in you all day long, but if you don’t bring it to light or nourish it, it doesn’t matter.” Each song she writes is a soundtrack to a life that started in Memphis, TN. A life that lead to the title of her forthcoming debut album, Pain Medicine, which herself, K. Michelle understands that part of being a noteworthy new artist isn’t just will be released on Hitz Committee Entertainment.
Mimi FaustOluremi “Mimi” Faust, an entrepreneur, is the long-time girlfriend of Stevie J and the devoted mother of his two-year old daughter, Eva.Torn away from her mother at the age of 13, Mimi quickly learned to be self-reliant and enterprising.That spirit drove her to find her father, an artist from upstate New York and foster a relationship with him. Through their connection Mimi learned that she had inherited artistic tastes and creative influences.
She’s the owner of Keep It Clean, Inc, an estate and commercial cleaning service and is currently working on incorporating an interior design model to her services.
I remember back in 7th 8th grade we would roast people in our class. We joked about the boy that couldn’t read, the not so attractive girl, the boy that looked like a rat, the fat dude, and I was the black ass big lip girl…LOL..
My mom always said I was pretty. She taught me to have my own style and voice. She made me be comfortable in my own skin. Clearly, I’m brown skinned and I have big lips. My defense mechanism was knowing that the world saw these things as flaws. I already knew the insults people would have before they did. In a sense it made me more confident. I know ALL my cons (according to the world) but I am well aware of my pros.
1.) That thing or things that you believe are horrible, embrace it. Tyra Banks once said on America’s Next Top Model, you can either fix it or flaunt it. We often end up looking more ridiculous trying to fix or hide our flaws than just flaunting them. You’ve seen the Hollywood chicks that look extra scary now because they just couldn’t accept their beautiful flaws.
2.) Tell yourself how beautiful you are. I know it sounds basic but it’s true. So many of us invest so much energy into others that we forget to stop and say “Girl, you’re beautiful” Look those flaws in the eye and say “You will not hold me back”.
3.) Surround yourself with positive people. These days it seems hard to find people looking on the bright side but they’re out there. You don’t need people pointing out what’s wrong with you 24/7 (That’s never helped any one’s self esteem.) Hang around people that are comfortable in their skin and encourage you to be comfortable in yours. I remember having a friend that would run if you said the word skirt. She felt her legs where too skinny. I didn’t say “girl, you’re right you’ll look whack as hell in that.” I told her she’d look amazing in a skirt. Let’s just say we can’t get her out of dresses and skirts now.
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Mommy Making Moves by LaChanel Hemphill 