Bitchification - n. the process of becoming a bitch, the ability to be a bitch

In discussing our leadership abilities, my friend mentioned to me that in a crowd, I am too 'sweet', too accomodating, and perhaps a bit meek. In order to fix that, she suggested that I needed to become more respectable and feared by the people I was trying to lead, and that respectability certainly did not come with being sweet, accomdating.

The world is not as man-run as it used to be, but just because there are females in positions of high power does not mean that the world holds less patriarchal values as it used to. In other words, what we see today as a psuedo-equivalent-gender society is in actuality, a society run by men... and women who have become men.

On the front of social justice, it would be important to build a society that appreciates and uses matriarchal values as much as we currently depend on patriarchal values. However, in the question of self-preservation and career building, the smarter choice in the short run is to learn to operate in this man-world.

The solution: Bitchification.

Bitchification is not a term that is to be looked down upon and does not mean a deterioration of previous 'nice' personality traits. It is a term denoting the process of becoming someone with the ability to use a certain style of speaking when situation requires.

Take for example, the recent cases of food thievery in the dorm. Someone who does not understand bitchification may approach the situation by becoming angry, and maybe complaining to a few close friends about the situation. Someone who has mastered the art of bitchification may in fact spam out to the entire dorm, demanding repayment and warning that future offenses will be met with unique and interesting punishments. This second alternative will most certainly see the solution to the thievery, while the first will definitely not. While this is a tame example of 'bitching', and most definitely deserved, it goes to show what results a little knowledge in the bitchification process can produce. This is definitely admired.

Bitchification is generally reserved for women and gay men. This is mostly due to the case that men found 'bitching' are generally seen as 'effeminate’, and because real men solve problems by ‘action’. However, it can be noted that in a majority of white-collar cases, bitching will most likely obtain the results required whereas fists fights and black eyes will just cause more anger and potentially getting fired.

In conclusion, it is important for everyone to master bitchification. I am not certain of how to approach this process, but the beginnings of it includes 1) an attitude change – YOU are always right, and 2) watch the bitches, practice and learn.

老师：这个故事是有什么意识？
我：男人的弱点。。。
老师：男人的弱点是什么？
我：女人。。。

teacher: What is the meaning of this story?
me: Men's weakness...
teacheR: What's men's weakness?
me: Women...

I've sent almost 20 emails today, which is a new high for me.
Here are some letters to people I would never write to.

Dear __,
Sometimes, I daydream all day and wonder what it would be like to lean my head in your lap and doze. I will never do it for a variety of reasons. But it's a fanciful image nevertheless.
-C

Dear c18,
You are really cool! Bright and thoughtful yet cunning and swift like a fox. I really wish I could like you more - I mean I used to like you a lot- but I'm afriad we can't be friends any longer and this is the last semester I will have to deal with you.
-C

Dear P,
I love you.
-C

I've been using my time really unwisely this past week, and my erratic (and non-existent) sleep schedule shows it.

I've been preparing for a presentation for 15.279, the communications req for Sloan undergrads, and I keep wishing that I was back in my psuedo-slam poet days, preping for 3 minutes of glory on the stage. I got stage-fright so badly, and I really sucked, but I sort of loved the adrenaline rush that came with it.

I just have to keep thinking, every presentation is a work of art, and I am here to deliver it with as much liquidity and grace as I can manage.

Partying too much
Is unhealthy for body
Even worse for grades

All the boys who leave
At the end of a long night
Were gay anyways

Eleven at night
Green Building lights are still on
Longer P-sets, Damn!