Girl Power Tag!

I recently watched Meghan Rosette’s new video (Which if you haven’t seen yet, what are you waiting for? Click here to watch!) I was instantly inspired to do this tag. It’s the girl power tag and it’s absolutely perfect. I’m all for anything that deals with empowering women and helping girls see their full potential so this tag was perfect. Let’s get started.

1.What does Girl Power mean to you?

Girl Power, to me, is all about loving yourself for who you really are. It’s about learning to love everything about yourself that makes you, you. All of your imperfections, your quirks, all of the things that you usually try to hide or the things that other people might judge you for – those are the things that make you truly beautiful. Having girl power is all about owning who you are and showing the world just how brave you are and following your dreams and most importantly- your heart. Love the people in your life that make you happy but above all, love yourself. Be fierce!

2. What is the best advice you can give to girls who want to be powerful?

Stop caring about what other people think. It’s probably one of the hardest things to do; it’s something I still struggle with. Do things for yourself that make YOU happy and don’t worry about living up to other people’s expectations of you. At the end of the day the person that you need to make happy, is yourself. Don’t let other people dictate things for you or make you feel less than because of something they don’t like or try to be who someone else wants you to be. Don’t change who you are for anyone. Choose how you want to live your life and do what makes you happy and live your life to the fullest.

3. If you could have any super power, what would it be and how would you use it?

I would want the ability to teleport. Getting places would be so much easier. Like, I would never be late to class or anything else…ever.

4. Show us your best girl power (picture) pose.

This is a picture of me and my little from my sorority. Best power pose ever. For me, any power pose is anything with my hand on my hip, or just any pose where I feel sassy and fabulous!

5. What beauty product makes you feel powerful?

My lipstick. Lipstick is probably my favorite thing to wear, especially red lipstick. I want lips as red as the blood of my enemies. Whenever I wear red lipstick I feel so empowered like I can go out and save the world from a zombie apocalypse. I don’t even know how those things go together but that’s how powerful I feel. Eyeliner is pretty important to me as well. I want winged eyeliner so sharp I could kill a man.

6. Why is it important to have power girls as role models?

It’s important for girls to have a powerful girl role model in their life so they have someone to inspire them. Having a role model in your life is so important because you have that someone special that you look up to in order to inspire you to do things you never thought you could really do before. Representation is so important because when a girl finds someone that they feel they can look up that they can see themselves in it can really change their life. It shows girls that they can truly be whatever they want to be and to not be afraid to go for what they want because they CAN do it. Whether it’s your mother or another family figure or a celebrity, having someone that inspires you to love yourself, be strong, and to not let anything hold you back is important.

7. What young up and comer do you think is powerful and why?

Jennifer Lawrence, this girl is my ultimate girl crush, no shame at all. Jennifer Lawrence is someone who has never been afraid to say what’s on her mind, show her real side, and show off how proud she is of her body. Jennifer has always been very vocal about how she feels about trying to change how you look in order to fit what society thinks is “in.” Whether you’re a size 2 or a size 22, you’re a real woman and you’re beautiful- no matter what.  Jennifer recently said in an interview: “There are shows like "The Fashion Police" that are just showing these generations of young people to judge people based on all the wrong values and that it's OK to point at people and call them ugly or fat. They call it "fun" and they say "welcome to the real world" -- and that shouldn't be the real world, it's going to continue being the real world if we keep it that way. We have to stop treating each other like that and stop calling each other fat.” Girl, I couldn’t agree more!

Demi Lovato. This is a girl I’ve looked up to for years. Demi is one of the most important people in my life for my own personal reasons. As someone who has dealt with and eating disorder, mental illness and self-harm, seeing Demi be strong enough to say she needs help and be brave enough to talk about it and to finally get comfortable with herself is so inspiring. To have someone in the media that I truly identified with because she’s my age and was dealing with the same things and to see her come out on top, meant so much to me and truly inspired me on my own journey to get better. Every day is a battle and sometimes it’s hard not to relapse but Demi’s journey inspires me every day to be brave enough to move forward and be strong. "To me, I don’t think it does anybody any good to just hide something or cover it up or lie or whatever. I think ... that’s what being a role model is all about. It’s not about being perfect. It’s about speaking about your issues and inspiring others to get help." Demi, that’s exactly why you’re my role model and for that-I thank you.

I hope this inspired you to be the person you’ve always wanted to be and to love yourself no matter what. If you do this tag, feel free to let me know!