Learning to Respect My Strut
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Learning to Respect My Strut is a commentary on the obstacles women face and the untruths they've been functioning under for a long time. By using her own personal stories against the backdrop of the historical women warriors of long ago eras, author Karen Taylor shows the deep strength of women that has been traditionally overlooked.
She draws parallels between her own background and the important women in her life while demonstrating the true strut of a confident woman warrior mindset in those ancestral roots. Karen aspires to show women that there is nothing they cannot accomplish in their lives by claiming their own strut and becoming the confident, successful, people they were meant to be.
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Introduction...............................................................1
Part I: Warrior Woman Ancestry
Warrior Woman Ancestry:
The Ancestral OG Strut........................................9
The Evidence and the Truth:
Strut Origins and Fabrications.............................11
Part II: Personal Strut
Early Years...............................................................21
My Middle Name and Hints of My Inner Strut......27
Obstacles for My Strut: Beliefs. ................................31
My Personal Ancestral OG Strut:
My Maternal Grandmother. .................................35
Single Mom vs. Peeping Tom:
A Warrior Protects Her Family. ............................41
The Wrath of a Petite Dynamo:
Small Frame, Big Strut.........................................45
The Necessity of Creativity. .....................................49
Until I Get Tired: Warrior Wisdom. ........................51
Pool Halls and Obligations:
A Warrior Doesn't Honor Irresponsibility. ...........55
My Parents and Their Influence on My Strut. ........59
I Have a Big Chip on My Shoulder.........................65
Part III: The Dream Strut
Before the Dream Came True:
The Strut Emerges. ...............................................73
My Dream and the Rise of the Strut.......................81
Female Cop, Patriarchal Crap:
Wielding the Strut. ................................................85
Problems from the Women
Unaware of Their Strut. ........................................93
A Comrade Down: The Angry Strut. ......................99
Being a Cop and Having a Life:
Strut Contradictions...........................................105
Afterword: From Personal to Universal.................115
Preview for Book II................................................117
About the Author. ..................................................121
