Like a Badass

You are a badass. Start acting like one. Empowerment and inspiration for anyone who wants to know how to be a badass.

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Badasses fight climate change. See the film starting August 4, 2019.

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Senator Mazie Hirono is a badass. https://www.npr.org/2018/06/07/617239314/the-quiet-rage-of-mazie-hirono

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So happy to see that Janet Jackson the Billboard Icon Award this year. It’s about time!

After performing her 1986 hit “Nasty” (please go rewatch all her videos!) she began her acceptance speech with this: “I believe that, for all of our challenges, we live at a glorious moment in history, a moment that, at long last, women have made it clear that we will no longer be controlled, manipulated, or abused. I stand with those women and with those men equally outraged by discrimination, who support us in heart and mind.”

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7 Game-Changing LGBT Architects and Design Pros You Should Know

As Pride parades kick off across the country, find inspiration in the work of these pioneers

Some truly badass LGBTQ design pros! Happy Pride Month!

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Desiree Linden Wins Boston Marathon! What a badass! Despite nasty weather, she led at 2 hrs 39 minutes. And many other badass women came in at the very top. “It was a big day for American women, who claimed seven of the top eight spots in the race.” https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/16/602907273/desiree-linden-wins-boston-marathon-the-first-u-s-woman-to-win-since-1985

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This Trailblazer’s Home Set a Shining Example

Maggie L. Walker dedicated her life to working for civil rights. Her house was at the center of her rally for change

Badasses use their homes to create change. Read about badass Maggie Lena Walker, an activist who did just that.

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From astronauts to artists, meet the Latinas who’ve shaped the U.S. today

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Two out of three survivors say they never saw a help resource online. One Human Trafficking Awareness Day help share the national hotline. Maybe someone who needs it will see it.

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Poetry for badasses: http://www.justagirlinthisworld.com/rupi-kaur-poems/

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badasses support net neutrality

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25 women in robotics you need to know about – 2017 | Robohub

25 women in robotics you need to know about – 2017

Robots are badass. Women who build robots are really badass.

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Badasses support other badasses in their community! 

AnnieCannons is an incredible organization in the Bay Area where survivors of human trafficking are learning to code and empowering themselves to be financially independent. Make an impactful donation now! - Jess

https://www.anniecannons.com/donate/ 

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Names worth knowing if you want to be a badass: The World’s Most Powerful Women In Tech 2017

https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.forbes.com/sites/carolinehoward/2017/11/01/the-worlds-most-powerful-women-in-tech-2017-still-a-minority-their-clout-is-growing/

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15 Badass Women Who Founded $1 Billion+ Startups http://money.cnn.com/gallery/investing/2017/11/02/women-founders-unicorns/

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“I have absolutely no background in this. I’ve never worked in politics or the nonprofit sector. I spent ten years in digital marketing before leaving to raise my two kids. But Miry’s List didn’t come from a place of wanting to change the system of refugee resettlement…”

http://www.lamag.com/mag-features/la-woman-2017/

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Half of NASA’s Astronaut Class Are Women And They Are All Badass https://www.google.com/amp/nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/01/11/nasas-latest-class-of-astronauts-is-50-percent-female-and-could-be-heading-to-mars/amp/