April MasonLove and Life Identity Transfromation Architect

It went viral, THANK YOU!!!

20 Jun 2019 · 1 min

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In this YouTube video, the creator thanks her audience for turning her statement—“please do not address me as a strong independent Black woman, it's not a compliment”—viral. She shares that the attention has led to media invitations and explains her belief that women should describe themselves as resilient and interdependent rather than “strong” and “independent.” She promotes a line of T‑shirts featuring the quote, describing them as conversation starters, and reiterates her personal brand of celebrating femininity over stereotypical strength. The video serves both as gratitude, a platform to clarify her linguistic stance, and a promotional piece for merchandise.

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Hey darlings, I just got home and look what I got, look what I got, look what I got. First of all, I gotta say thank you all so much for making my "please do not address me as a strong independent Black woman, it's not a compliment" quote go viral. I've been getting calls from all over the country wanting me to come on television, do radio, to talk about why I believe what I believe and that I believe women should say that they're resilient versus strong and interdependent versus Independent. So thank you all so much. So of course the t-shirts had to come. I mean, what, what you think that is? And guess what? It's a conversation starter. But if you don't know what I mean by it, go back and watch some of my videos and it'll explain to you exactly what I mean about not being one to want to be called a strong independent Black woman. If you're new to me— if you're not new to me and you've been rocking with your girl from day one, you already know what I represent. I love being a feminine woman and I think you should be a feminine woman as well too. No more strong.