Just the Dumb Girlfriend

Samantha Schell BJJ, Competing, Perseverance , , , , , , 2

Traveling to no gi pans this past weekend was full of a wide variety of emotions. Namely, feelings of inequality, unworthiness, shunted aside, and like the sidekick. Traveling to Texas through numerous airports, my fiancé and I wearing similar outfits all bedecked and emblazoned with our gym and Jiu Jitsu logos and identical gym bags. […]

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U-G-L-Y You Ain’t Got No Alibi

Samantha Schell Anxiety, BJJ, Competing, Friendship, love, Positivity, self confidence , , , , , , ,

Too fat. Too skinny. Too tall. Too short. Too old. Not strong enough. Not fast enough. Not smart enough. All words we have probably heard muttered about women every now and then, but even worse, these negative phrases are more often than not begrudgingly whispered about in hushed voices by other women. Or otherwise plastered […]

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