Why you need to be a B*tch
Tabatha Coffey speaks to the importance of being true to yourself and owning it. Tabatha Coffey has devoted her professional life to achieving excellence, as a successful business woman, company owner, hair dresser, educator, motivational speaker and business consultant. Drawing on her years of hands-on experience, Tabatha traveled the country helping struggling business owners turn their lives and businesses around for five season’s of Bravo’s, Tabatha Takes Over. With her signature edgy style, tough love approach and exceptional skills as an artist and as a business woman, Tabatha is without question the golden girl of small businesses. She proves that her professional instincts transcend the realm of beauty and can transform owners and staffs across all kinds of businesses. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.
If you'd like to use this video as a listening exercise feel free to use the questions below for you students.
When was the first time Tabatha was called a bitch by a stranger?
What had provoked this action by the stranger? In other words: Why did the stranger call her a bitch?
Describe how you feel when you are ‘mortified’.
NOTE: later in this video Tabatha uses a phrase that could easily be replaced by ‘mortified’. Write this phrase down.
Explain: ‘It stopped me in my tracks.’
Explain: ‘I went down the rabbit hole’.
T/F: Now,Tabatha thinks being called a bitch is kind of cool.
When are you generally considered to be a bitch according to Tabatha? Name as many ‘character traits’ as possible. (4min10sec in video)
Tabatha plays the gender card. In other words: she talks about how it’s different for men. Explain.
Why do you think people in the audience are reacting when Tabatha mentions ‘Maybe even the president.’?
Girls/women themselves are to blaim for being called bitches. Explain.
‘There is not an equivalent for men.’ Explain.
What is ’the effect to your head’ when you are called a bitch?
How can women start helping each other?
‘I look right down the barrel at them.’ What does she mean?
The acronym B.I.T.C.H. stands for what? (English and Dutch translations
T/F: The term B.I.T.C.H. is only appropriate to women.
How should we change our behaviour to others and ourselves when dealing with disappointment?
Are you a B.I.T.C.H.? Explain why you are or aren’t.
