No, I Do Not Want To Be A Badass. I Just Want To Be Good

Women are now being told that to be successful, you must be a badass.

The new “Badass Babe Workbook” offers “creative exercises, drawing activities, empowering stories and fuel for your personal revolution.” (You can enter a drawing at Go Fug Yourself to win a copy.)

“Get details on trailblazing, badass babes — scientists, artists, athletes, writers, activists, poets, entertainers, and boundary breakers — and you will see how creativity and self-expression combine to energize change in yourself, and in the world.”

And, there was this.

That tweet prompted my response.

To which New Orleans chef Mary Sonnier responded,