Back to the Glitz, but Always Glamorous

It was only a matter of time. I’m back in the game.

As a performer, the process of pageant training has reminded me of the days of ongoing rehearsals, late nights, studying lines, molding myself into a different character, always trying to one-up the other actors, attempting to prove that you’re prettier than the lead actress… Kind of but not really. (Pageant girls are actually much nicer than actors.) I missed the experience of being on stage. Oddly enough, the pageantry world allowed me to adopt a theatrical persona while also improving my own character traits. On this behalf, I’m going to be back in the glitz and glamour. However, this time around, it’s definitely a different mindset.

After competing in January, I was ready to jump back into any and every pageant possible. I was hunting for anything in which I was eligible, which quickly shot out a number of pageants based on height and age, which completely confused me. I didn’t understand how a woman less than 25 years of age was supposed to be so worldly on international news and truly make a difference with a system coaching her and telling her everything to do and say. Then, I didn’t understand the height requirements and how that delegates what an idea woman is supposed to be. None this made sense to me considering that I saw some women with incorrect grammar use, no knowledge on local news, not even versatile or cultured. Nonetheless, maybe those systems were not for me or my career path.

So, I searched and finally found something to satisfy my pageantry needs. At this point, it is no longer solely about the experience, but the personal and community gain. I love the fact that platforms actually mean something. It excites me to get back full-fledged into advocacy and community service and building awareness around the people I know. Isn’t that what it’s all about?

The next several months will be about building my campaign. I’m thrilled, excited, and can’t wait to make it all happen.

Besides, I need motivation to stay pageant-thin 😀

Hysterical Media

Until recent years, women were not “allowed” to receive intimate pleasure. If a woman did have the privilege of experiencing such enjoyment, she was thought to be going through fits or bouts of insanity because women weren’t supposed to enjoy pleasure. So, the origin of “hysteria” meant those “fits of pleasure” but in a negative connotation. Women even received medical surgeries to “cure” them of such antics. Later, people who were considered to be mentally unstable were thought to be “hysterics;” all originating from the same ideology.

Today, the restraints on women have been somewhat loosened, but women of color are still at the bottom of the totem poll in regards to society concerns — specifically black women. If women hundreds of years ago were considered to be hysterics and crazy just over simple enjoyments of life, then what does the popular mass consider black women who never receive justice or fair consideration in social, professional, or unethical environments? We can redefine their and our ideology of women, and, especially, black women.

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