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Good evening from Cyprus my beautiful queens! I am not sure if any of you truly missed me or not but I am back! I think most people are aware but if not, I am currently studying abroad in a little country called Cyprus. It is located in the Mediterranean, right below Turkey. Our time difference is 7 hours ahead so please bear with me. Now that the holidays and pre-trip chaos are done, I can now put my focus back into my posts!

So, as I stated, I am currently in another area of the world and in my short 5 days here I have already gained such great friends. The girls I have met are truly beautiful people. The best part about making these friends was how open they are to just about anything anyone had to say. This is something I am truly passionate about. I think women judge each other too early and too much. We, as women, need to stand together through every trial. In our previous years, we had so many women come together to fight for respect from men. The last thing we need to be doing is disrespecting each other. If women can’t stand up for women, who else is going to stand up for us? I know there are plenty of men who support women but that’s not as important as us supporting each other. I am a woman who supports women so I encourage you all to do the same.

Now, I understand that not everyone gets along all the time. I want to clarify that we all don’t have to be best friends, I mean that would be great but I am realistic. I encourage women to support each other based on the fact of being a woman. I understand that certain people and personalities rub us the wrong way. If there is a woman that you don’t agree with or aren’t fond of, feel free to make it known in a respectful manner, go on with your life and be civil. There are not many valid reasons to disrespect any human but my point is, as woman, we REALLY shouldn’t disrespect each other because we have had such a battle to reach the point we are at today. Times are only going to get harder so we should come together, not make it harder on each other. WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER GOTTT DAMNNNITT!!!

You already know that I am about to remind y’all how fucking fierce women are, just in case you forgot. We are beautiful, confident, graceful (when we want to be), angelic and strong creatures of this earth. I want everyone to be aware that we can achieve anything we put our minds too. I’m not sure if anyone remembers me mentioning Susan B. Anthony in my first post but if you ever want to do some quick research, or need someone to write a paper on, that’s the woman to choose. Our home girl Susan was a woman who was passionate about women’s rights and knew our capabilities. She was an activist who rallied, dedicated her time and went through some shit just so we could have similar rights to men at the time. Today, we can now confidently chase our dreams because of her hard work and dedication. The point is that we as women have had to fight to be where we are now so we might as well not fight each other. There are still men to this day who think of us as inferior and I THINK THE HELLLLL NOT. We are so strong and we need to remind each other of that. Also, you never know what someone is going through. It is very well known that women are held to high standards by society, very easily judged and often go through self-image/self-esteem issues. So why would you choose to be someone’s burden rather than helping them get through it? Women are so freaking cool and we can’t forget that.

In conclusion, I want to encourage you all to be the fearless and gorgeous fighters you are and can be. You all deserve genuine happiness and for your dreams to come true (I am aware that’s cheesy as hell but I really mean it.) We need to spread encouragement and confidence. If there is a feature/trait that you can appreciate of another woman, let her know! If you are walking the side walk and see a girl posing for a cute pic, you better tell her she’s looking like a fierce bitch! If you’re scrolling on your timeline and know that a girl needs some love on her pic, you just better remind her that she’s looking FIREEEE! We are women and we are in this together. Don’t ever forget that we need to show these men what’s really up.