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C is fine as long as everyone’s having fun. Whatever.
In this book, we’ll be using the phrase in a way that’s
closest to D, but we’re going to take it a step further.
Get ready, because from here on out, Bitch means
“powerhouse.”
Being a powerhouse is a choice. It’s a lifestyle. It’s a code
of ethics. It takes work, a thick skin, and perseverance. So
swig that smoothie, chant, sing, jump—do whatever it takes
to get yourself pumped. In this book, you’ll learn the ins and
outs of being a Difficult Bitch, from school to friends to body
to life.
First, some quick ground rules:

• We’ll be using she/her pronouns a lot throughout
this book, but sometimes we’ll use he/him or they/
them, because people of any gender identity can
be a Difficult Bitch and take the advice in this book.
Powerhouses can be any gender or no gender. This
book is for all your siblings and friends.
• Being a Difficult Bitch is not about being a dick or
being disruptive just for the sake of getting under
other people’s skin. That’s for a book called How to
Be F***ing Awful. There are many people in the world
who think they’re Difficult Bitches but who are really
just insecure and spouting nonsense.
• It’s not about shirking responsibility and cruising
through life like nothing matters. That’s not being a
Difficult Bitch. That’s being lazy.

Look, nobody is perfect, and if you can’t follow everything
in this book to a T, don’t stress. Nobody can check all the
boxes all the time. Just read it, let it open you up a bit, allow
it to simmer, and take what you need from it. That’s what a
Difficult Bitch would do.
Full disclosure, readers: I’m a cis white lady. Being a

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