Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Nov 4, 2009, 11:30 pm
There is an aspect of human social behavior that every strong and ambitious woman knows like the back of her hand. In fact, bad-ass strong women become so accustomed to this certain aspect of human so...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Oct 31, 2009, 11:11 am
Happy Halloween! I figured that I would post one of my favorite paintings by the biggest baddest Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo. In this painting you can see Frida sleeping on her bed with a skeleton ho...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Oct 28, 2009, 9:42 am
OMG this is too funny! polkadotjunkie put the link in my post that I wrote the other day about my boyfriend's mother telling me that I should serve him a plate of food:
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Oct 28, 2009, 2:48 am
This is how I plan on indoctrinating my kids if I ever decide to have children. Yes, I said indoctrinate:
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Oct 26, 2009, 11:32 pm
Tonight I heard something come out of my boyfriend's mother's mouth and I wanted to ring her neck. It's not as if I haven't heard what she said come out of her mouth before, but tonigh...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Oct 24, 2009, 3:59 pm
Something happened online today that has irked me. I will not call out a certain person, because I don't really want to publicly flog another woman. (Well, unless she's a right-wing neocon or ...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Oct 13, 2009, 12:51 am
Warning-rant alert. I'm so royally irritated with people today that my post probably will be as incoherent as hell. But I suppose even an incoherent rant will make me feel better. I'm so sic...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Oct 12, 2009, 1:00 am
I've always been the type of person who likes to compartmentalize my life. Many years ago my work life, my personal life, my friends, and even my hobbies seemed to all be intertwined. Over the yea...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Oct 12, 2009, 12:47 am
I threw everyone's name into a basket and picked the following three winners of the Frida Kahlo biography: LindaMarciaWalking QueenPlease send a mailing address to badassfemmes(at)yahoo(dot)com by...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Oct 10, 2009, 2:06 pm
Lately I have been thinking a lot about women and money. More specifically, I've been mulling over how women get screwed over by a former loved one when it comes to money. I first started thinkin...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Oct 8, 2009, 10:18 am
... be as feisty as hell at times. I'm so delighted in her smart ass behavior that yesterday we just discussed awarding *Team ... on twitter. Single Mom Survives: She's another smart ass ...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Oct 7, 2009, 4:51 pm
I went to see "Capitalism: A Love Story" today. I desperately want to blog about it, but I've been at a loss as to which blog I should include it on. I first thought about writing it on my Stocks ...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Oct 6, 2009, 9:00 pm
Once upon a time there was a wee little lass who never really fit in with any of the other little girls. She thought that playing with dolls and having crushes on boys was a pretty stupid pastime. She...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Oct 3, 2009, 4:08 pm
I just remembered that I tweeted that I was going to have a Frida Kahlo book giveaway, and then I was packing for vacation and I completely forgot. If you are not familiar with Frida Kahlo, well all I...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Sep 27, 2009, 10:11 pm
Dear "Mad Men", where have you been all my life? Seriously. Over the past couple of weeks I have been seeing people tweeting about AMC's show "Mad Men" and I didn't give it a second thought. ...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Sep 15, 2009, 12:07 am
I can't stand people who can't mind their own business when it comes to my fucking ovaries. It's hard enough having to listen to a bunch of men and other right wing assholes try to contro...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Sep 5, 2009, 2:34 am
I've always loved Annie Lennox since I first saw her when I was a young girl on MTV in that suit, tie and short hair cut in the "Sweet Dreams" video. I can remember being so intrigued with the lyr...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Sep 1, 2009, 12:32 am
In honor of the upcoming labor day weekend, I'm giving away the children's book ¡Sí, Se Puede! Yes, We Can! Janitor Strike in L.A. written by Diana Cohn. The book is a fictional bilingual s...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Aug 31, 2009, 11:50 pm
Dear Any Enemy or Player Hater that I've Ever Had, As many of you know, I'm like the fucking energizer bunny-there's no stopping me when I set out to do something. I accomplish what I wan...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Aug 21, 2009, 10:41 pm
In the feminist novel Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen, the female character Sasha Davis visits a male psychoanalyst in order to discuss being miserable in her marriage and her perceived "frigidity". The n...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Aug 19, 2009, 6:32 pm
I was just reading online that the South African teenager Caster Semenya who won an 800 meter gold metal is possibly undergoing "gender testing" in order to prove whether or not she is a genetic femal...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Aug 16, 2009, 10:59 pm
I was surfing online for kick-ass, take no prisoner kind of websites for women and I came upon the website Heartless Bitches International. The first thing that drew me in immediately was their catch ...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Aug 15, 2009, 2:29 pm
"I strive to get what I want and people have said that I'm a monster in that department. But that's always said about us ladies who grasp for our own strength". Julie Andrews, actress "I also...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Aug 14, 2009, 5:26 pm
There was once upon a time when I used to love the singer Shakira. Those were the days when she sang exclusively in Spanish and cultivated somewhat of a bad ass rocker image. Shakira was so edgy, sass...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Jul 28, 2009, 11:53 pm
"And I’d like to be a bad woman, too,And wear the brave stockings of night-black laceAnd strut down the streets with paint on my face."(Gwendolyn Brooks) These have always been some of my favorite p...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Jul 27, 2009, 1:42 pm
I live to read novels with feminist themes and/or novels with bad-ass female protagonists. I am currently reading "Memoirs of an Ex Prom Queen", which I will blog about when I am finished reading. It ...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Jul 24, 2009, 8:43 am
When I first started this blog, I wanted to write about bad ass women who have kicked ass and taken names, but I also wanted to feature a few men who love those bad ass women. Such men who can handle ...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Jul 22, 2009, 8:18 pm
It has always irked me when people act like there is something wrong with women who are independent and are comfortable with doing something on their own. I've lived by myself since I was 21 years...
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Miss U. posted an article on Bad Ass Femmes - Jul 17, 2009, 10:32 am
I remember as a child the first time I heard about a sexually liberated woman was when I heard Prince's song "Darlin Nikki". For the life of me I couldn't quite figure out what Prince was talk...
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