A Weekly Playlist To: Enjoy Being a Bitch

Contrary to popular belief, being a bitch is so not a bad thing.
            In this totally blah male-dominated society, it often feels as though you’re either perceived as the housewife, quiet and submissive, or the mega-bitch, bossy and unreasonable. For both of these ridiculous labels, you might even be called—ugh, cringe--crazy. Often in response to entirely rational, sensible behavior.
            No.
            No.
            I am done with all that. I’m done worrying; I’m done not being assertive for fear of seeming “rude.” I am taking charge, I am going for what I want, and I am going to enjoy it.
Therefore, I am happy to share with you this even-more-eclectic-than-usual thirty-minute track, full of songs to help you embrace your inner bitch from the voices of bad-ass bitches.

Listen to the playlist here!

1.Hard Out Here – Lily Allen This track gave us a line that, once it catches on, will truly mark the end of an era and the beginning of a better, wiser time: "grow a pair of tits." I will soon be making and distributing shirts to expedite to process.

There’s a glass ceiling to break, there’s money to make
And now it’s time to speed it up ‘cause I can’t move at this pace
Sometimes it’s hard to find the words to say
I’ll go ahead and say them anyway
Forget your balls and grow a pair of tits
It’s hard, it’s hard, it’s hard out here for a bitch

2.Bitch – Meredith Brooks Womanhood is not black or white, like literally everything else in the universe.

I’m a bitch, I’m a mother, I’m a child, I’m a lover
I’m a sinner, I’m a saint, I do not feel ashamed
I’m your hell, I’m your dream, I’m nothing in between
You know you wouldn’t want it any other way
So take me as I am
This may mean you’ll have to be a stronger man

3.Feeling Myself – Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé I am a huge fan of whatever happens when these two get together. Grab a cool friend, eat some cheeseburgers, and just feel whoever the heck you are.

I stopped the world
Male or female, it make no difference
I stopped the world
World, stop.

Carry on

4.There She Goes – Sixpence None The Richer I like to listen to this song whenever I'm going somewhere because it's just one of those songs that makes you feel like you're in a movie. Like, yes, I do go there.

There she goes
There she goes again
Pulsing through my veings
And I just can’t contain
The feeling that remains

5.Confident – Demi Lovato Post-Disney Channel Demi Lovato is such a boss bitch. This song exemplifies so much of what I struggle with. I always think I need to check myself for fear of seeming narcissistic, and yet everyone praises confidence as the key to happiness. So, screw it. What's wrong with being confident? Nothing.

I used to hold my freak back
Now I’m letting go
I make my own choice
Bitch, I run this show
So leave the lights on
No, you can’t make me behave
So you say I’m complicated
That I must be out of my mind
But you’ve had my underrated
What’s wrong with being, what’s wrong with being, what’s wrong with being confident?

6.Ex’s & Oh’s – Elle King Though being a heartbreaker isn't necessarily a great thing, it's a lot better than depriving yourself of choices and what you want.

I get high, and I love to get low
So the hearts keep breaking and the heads just roll
You know that’s how the story goes
One, two, three they’re gonna run back to me
‘Cause I’m the best baby that they never gotta keep
One, two, three they’re gonna run back to me
They always wanna come but they never wanna leave

7.Little Red Wagon – Miranda Lambert This may not be the best song musically, lyrically, or morally, but whatever, it's fun.

Oh, heaven help me
I’ve been sowing wildflower seeds
And chasing tumbleweeds
But that’s just who I be
And you’re just trying to slow this rolling stone
But I’m on to you, baby
So guess what?
You can’t ride in my little red wagon

8.Boss Ass Bitch – Pretty Talking All Fades (PTAF) A classic.

I’m a boss ass bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch
Bitch, bitch, bitch
I’m a boss ass bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch
Bitch, bitch, bitch
I’m a boss ass bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch
Bitch, bitch, bitch
I’m a boss ass bitch

9.You’re Blasé – Peggy Lee Here's a more unusual choice. Yes, there were birches in the early 20th century.

You’re deep, just like a chasm
You’ve no enthusiasm
You’re tired and uninspired
You’re blasé
Your day is one of leisure
In which you search for pleasure
You’re bored when you’re adored
You’re blasé

Keep dancing to the beat of your own empowerment here.

Happy bitchin'.
​-GU