About It
What You’re Up Against
10 Badass Trailblazers in Sports
When It Rains, It Pours: Other Strategies to Discover Your Talents
What You’re Up Against
5 Badass Trailblazers in Spirituality
More of These Strategies
What You’re Up Against
7 Badass Trailblazers on the Road and in the Air
Wonder. Ask. About Big Things. About Little Things.
What You’re Up Against
8 (More) Badass Trailblazers in Entertainment (1970–1989)
Do Away with Fear
10 Tips for Overcoming Fear
What You’re Up Against
Think About It!
9 (More) Badass Trailblazers in Politics and Law(1980–2009)
What You Could Do Next
Project Yourself in the Future
What You’re Up Against
6 (More) Badass Trailblazers in Entertainment (1990–2009)
Keep an Open Mind
Create Your Own Experience
Think About It
What You’re Up Against
30 Days of Purpose
5 Badass Trailblazers in Literature
Go Be Brilliant!
What You’re Up Against
7 Badass Trailblazers in Education
Embrace Your Imperfection
What You’re Up Against
7 Badass Trailblazers in the Military and Government Services
Use Your Mistakes to Grow and Flourish
Narcissist Much?
Think About It: Where Are You Now?
What You’re Up Against
4 Badass Trailblazer Activists
You Rock on a Phenomenal Level
How to Embrace Your Imperfection
What You’re Up Against
3 (More) Badass Trailblazers in Entertainment (2000–Now)
The Badass Black Girl’s Movie List
Come as You Are
Focus Your Attention
What You’re Up Against
Reasons to Love Being a Black Girl
The Beauty of Just Being You
An Exercise in Self-Acceptance
What You’re Up Against
15 Upbeat Songs for Blue Days
6 (More) Badass Black Women in STEM
Focus on the Positive
What You’re Up Against
The Badass Black Girl Playlist
6 (More) Badass Trailblazers in Politics and Law (2010–NOW)
Think About It
Do Not Underestimate Your Ability to Bounce Back
What You’re Up Against
3 Badass Trailblazers in Business
How to Bounce Back
Turn Your Setbacks into Success
What Are You Up Against?
Think About It: Are You Too Woke?
Practice Gratitude
30 Days of Gratitude
Life Is Pretty Badass
About the Author
“I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.”
—Oprah Winfrey, American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer and philanthropist
Dear Badass Black Girl,
You are a true warrior who inherited the strength, courage, wisdom, love, and dignity of our ancestors. You stand on their shoulders, carrying a history of triumph. Yes, it is true: you also still carry some of the pain of yesterday’s Black heroines—these creators, innovators, and agents of change—and you are faced with the tremendous struggle of the modern girl of color. But make no mistake: you are strong and you can conquer whatever challenges this world hands you.
Your very existence defies history. Never forget those who broke the unjust rules society once used to limit their progress, those who fought hard to get you to this moment, those who gave light so others could find the way through dark times. Because of them, you get to walk into a restaurant through the front door, sit at the front of the bus, and cast a vote
