Women Empowering Women
I think all the jobs in the beauty services industry are a form of art. Styling hair, painting nails, applying makeup, threading and tinting brows, applying eyelash extensions —- all of these practices are forms of art. They all require incredible skill and eyes for detail and beauty, and I really dislike this idea that people who have beauty tech jobs must be unskilled and that the prices they charge for their services are too expensive.
Emily Pauline Johnson, more well known as Pauline Johnson or Tekahionwake, was a famous Indigenous performer and writer in Canadian history. Over the course of Pauline’s literary career she wrote several short stories, poems and essays that contributed greatly to the literary narrative of Canada.
I feel there’s a misconception in some parts of society that having power and social status must also mean you’re a person of integrity and morals. And that it means you’re somehow better and superior if you have more power and social status than others.
On January 18, 2023 Samantha answered some questions from me about Sunshine Connected, Women in Leadership and words of advice she has for other aspiring women entrepreneurs.
There’s a belief amongst some North American Indigenous cultures that water is a living spirit with sentience and consciousness. And that she is feminine in nature. Because of this, water and women have special bonds with each other and women have special responsibilities in regards to water.