Fiercely You Be Fabulous and Confident by Thinking Like a Drag Queen

Work through your fears by getting fierce!

Fiercely You is a creative, playful approach to the serious problems that women face regarding confidence and risk taking. At a particularly low point in her life, bestselling author Jackie Huba serendipitously stumbled upon the wonderful world of drag queens and was inspired. They were supremely self-assured, utterly fearless, strong, powerful, and unabashedly and completely themselves. Jackie even became a drag queen herself: Lady Trinity. Drawing on her own experiences and interviews with the world’s top drag queens, Huba and coauthor Shelly Kronbergs offers five Keys to Fierce that will help readers find the courage to ignore criticism and live the life they truly want to live every day—no wigs or stilettos required.

Jackie Huba is the author of three books and a TEDx speaker and has worked as a consultant with top brands such as Whirlpool, Disney, American Express, and Discovery. She is a Forbes.com contributor, and her work has frequently been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and Businessweek.

Shelly Stewart Kronbergs is a licensed marriage and family therapy associate in private practice.

Introduction: Setting the Sail for the Queendom
Part One: Why Fierce Matters
The Need for Fierce
Learn from the Queens of Fierce
An Invitation to be Fiercely You
Part Two: The Keys to Fierce
The First Key: Create Your Drag Persona
The Second Key: Always Look Sickening in Everyday Drag
The Third Key: Strike a Post and Embody Your Power
The Fourth Key: Tell Your Critics to Sashay Away
The Fifth Key: You Better Werk!
Conclusion: Living Fiercely Every Day
Epilogue: Doing Drag on a TED Stage
A Drag Primer: Know Your Herstory
Glossary of Drag Terms
Notes
Acknowledgements
Index
About the Authors