Nicole Chardenet

Author, Blogger, YouTuber

​

  • Home

  • About

  • Grow Some Labia!

  • Labia Power! Blog

  • Resources

  • Under Construction

  • Novels

  • Contact

  • How To Avoid Abuse Resources

  • Antiracism Resources

  • Male Voice Resources

  • Femnism Resources

  • Patch Your Brain Resources

  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    • All Posts
    • Feminism
    • How To Not Get Abused
    • Patch Your Brain
    • Racism
    • Silly Science, Humor
    • Stuff For Men
    • Personal Growth
    • Writing
    • Stupid Politics
    • Book Reviews
    • The Crappy Buddhist
    Search
    When Authors Shouldn't Be Compensated
    Nicole Chardenet
    • Jan 20, 2021
    • 5 min
    Racism

    When Authors Shouldn't Be Compensated

    When I researched Native American ‘plastic shamans’, I made sure the authors didn’t get paid Image by Adina Voicu from Pixabay He was a self-styled New Age Native American religion ‘shaman’ and a big-name author. Adored by thousands, his charms were many to his loyal fans and groupies: Learned, spiritual, and drop-dead gorgeous with those high Native American cheekbones. The heroine in my planned novel would fall hard for him, only to discover his fallibility and phoniness. H
    The First Time I Killed My Little Darlings
    Nicole Chardenet
    • Jan 17, 2021
    • 7 min
    Writing

    The First Time I Killed My Little Darlings

    It felt like chopping up my baby. CC0 public domain image from Pixy.com I met Miss Snark’s words with growing dismay. Was she out of her mind? The anonymous New York literary agent’s blog offered near-sacred advice for aspiring novelists — i.e., struggling, largely crappy newbie writers. (Well, those others anyway. Not me.) I’d finished my novel, planned to check for typos, tighten up a few lines here and there, and schlep it off to New York, post haste. But here was Miss Sna
    Where's The Rest Of The Slave Trauma?
    Nicole Chardenet
    • Jan 14, 2021
    • 9 min
    Racism

    Where's The Rest Of The Slave Trauma?

    How much stems from historical knowledge? And does it make you hate the wrong people? Public domain photo from Pixabay via Nappy Trigger warning: A few descriptions of historical tortures. The dreams of medieval tortures began when I was around seven or eight. I can’t remember the brutal details, but generally — men coming after me, wanting to torture me for some damn thing. They petered out, then flared up many years later, as an adult. I remember those a little better. Burn
    6 Racist Things Black People Gotta Stop Doing
    Nicole Chardenet
    • Jan 11, 2021
    • 6 min
    Racism

    6 Racist Things Black People Gotta Stop Doing

    Because what we all need is another howtuhnotberacist article. But let’s give it a twist! If you want to add some class to your racism, you can dress like a head waiter while espousing black superiority and look more credible than your badly-dressed distant cousins, the Klan. Black supremacist trainees Nation of Islam photo by Nancy Wong on Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons 4.0 International License Call me racist, an ally, a conservative, a libtard, or whatever makes your
    Ladies, We’re Running Out Of Excuses For Tolerating Abuse
    Nicole Chardenet
    • Jan 7, 2021
    • 8 min
    How To Not Get Abused

    Ladies, We’re Running Out Of Excuses For Tolerating Abuse

    FKA Twigs’s story demonstrates the uselessness of #MeToo if we refuse to learn from it, and act more intelligently By Bobo Boom on Wikimedia Commons — FKA Twigs, CC BY 2.0 Singer, songwriter, dancer, and this week’s #MeToo cover girl FKA Twigs, the woman whose initials don’t stand for anything, who ‘just wanted a selection of letters that sounded quite kind of masculine and strong,’ filed a lawsuit against career violent bad boy Shia LaBoeuf for sexual assault, battery, and e
    Don't Be A Victim, And Don't Take No Shit’
    Nicole Chardenet
    • Jan 6, 2021
    • 8 min
    Patch Your Brain

    Don't Be A Victim, And Don't Take No Shit’

    ’80s feminist power icon Pat Benatar fought real misogyny but never whined Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar in 2009 by Terwilliger911 on Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0 Neil Giraldo and Pat Benatar in 2009 by Terwilliger911 on Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0“Railing against the constraints of male-dominated rock, Pat Benatar sings her lungs out with the kind of sentiments that the rock boize might address if only they had the balls.” — Tim Holmes, Rolling Stone magazine I have fallen

    Contact

    Toronto, Ontario​​

    info@nicolechardenet.com

    • LinkedIn
    • YouTube
    • Twitter

    © 2023 by Personal Life Coach. Proudly created with Wix.com

    Thanks for submitting!