Fem-fATL.com has been up and running since only march of last year. In just a few short months we’ve shared wild times, advice, stories, pictures, and videos. We are really having fun with this; which was the original intent. We appreciate you (our readers) insanely; like we really have a crush on you.

Only because I’m in this reminiscent mood and in need of some female empowerment. I wanted to revisit the definition of  fem-fATL. We consider many of our readers fem-fATLs or fem-faMales (hehe). Actually guys, no worries if you peek at our blog- our fan base is primarily male anyway and we appreciate your insight. Most of the time we just use the blog as a way to reach out and grab advice from you out there and so our readers are more than page counts, they are truly contributors to what is that we do. It’s more like love then a crush I’d say.
In our about section, this is how we define  fem-fATL:

fem-fATL
[fem - fuh - tail]

-noun: an irresistibly attractive woman in ATL, esp. one who blogs on a site called  fem-fATL.com; hot & sexy; fresh & contemporary; diverse & eclectic; futuristic & social

-noun: A female perspective on arts & entertainment, lifestyle, nightlife, music, fashion, relationships, technology, news, issues, etc. in our city of Atlanta.

By the way, check out the about section if you haven’t already for more information on each of our contributing writers. But now let’s get to meat of this whole thing. I think we should expand a bit on this whole  fem-fATL notion. So here are a few things you should know:

1. We are Georgia Peaches meaning that we are sweet. In fact, sometimes we are too nice to all you stuck up beepses.  A flash came to me the other day and basically it was just that. Why are people such f***ing stuck up beepses and assholes? I don’t care how good looking you are or what type of designer shit you have on, your shit still stinks, and if you are stuck up about it your personality stinks too. We’ll be nice regardless since we are sweet and that’s the least you can do in social situations.

2. We are Southern Belles. So of course  fem-fATL is a derivative of femme fatale; the double crossing seductive charm type of lady from classic film noir. Well it just so happens that southern belles are the worst kind of femme fatales. We are classy in the Scarlet O’Hara Gone with the Wind Antebellum lady kind of way and we might even carry a little southern twang. Southern belles epitomize the southern hospitality, cultivation of beauty and a flirtatious yet chaste demeanor. We just got it like that. Sorry if we double wammy you with our fatal southern belle attraction.

3. We represent that OHS. Don’t let our flirty/chaste demeanor mislead you  because our fem-fATL clique represents that OHS –> meaning we graduated from Osborne Highschool in Marietta, GA. It also means you don’t want to mess with us.. we have that fight in us. Seriously I think ‘Knuck if you Buck’ was one of our class songs, our marching band use to play booty poppin on a handstand anthems, and our cheerleading squad was a step team. Were definitely were not recognized for our football team, because we NEVER won football games. We probably had the first daycare center in the country for teen parents and I won’t mention some of the hideous crimes. Here’s a blurb to sum it up:

“Osborne has the highest gang rape rate, the lowest SAT score, and the highest pregnancy rate in all of Cobb County.” (http://www.city-data.com/forum/georgia/4964-info-marietta.html)

So… never under estimate a woman with a college degree who came out of Osborne Highschool. And basically, if we can’t throw punches ourselves, we got hood rat pals from back in the day who got our back and nothing better to do (J/K…but not really).

4. We are Boot Strap Puller Uppers. To follow up on that last point, each and every one of our  fem-fATL team is an educated independent woman. We all have our own spots, jobs, cars, everything that a person needs. And we did it all by pulling ourselves up by our own boot straps, because yes we came from a pretty ghetto high school and not the best of circumstances ourselves. We are aggressive in obtaining and achieving our goals. We aren’t the kids of rich bitches who had shit handed to them. We pretty much didn’t have shit except the shit we made. I’ve been working a regular job since before I had a driver’s permit. We are not just party girls (although we do like to party); we are all working, successful, and genuine. We all have graduated from college or are finishing up. I’m even finishing my master’s degree this fall. Whether or not you find a college degree important, it shows that we have follow through and can finish a project or something we have our mind set on. In case you wondered what our day job was: UrbanSocialite is a consultant sales mgr for a fortune 500, justB is a mother, student, and social worker, and I’m an interaction designer (experience architect, experience designer, whatever you want to call it) for an Atlanta interactive marketing agency.

4. We are Women of Colour. We are multiplicities of diversity. As a collective people think we are dominican, puerto rican, mexican, armenian, lebanese, italian, german, korean, etc. We represent the united colors of benetton, the united states of america, the united independents of  fem-fATL. Being a woman of colour is a perspective that is fundamental to our blog. It is afterall a female perspective on all things Atlanta. Being a woman of colour is a particular type of perspective that is defined by what we are not.. not white, not male. We are disparate (fundamentally different; marked distinctly in quality or character) and our taste in everything fashion, music, and men is just as diverse. Yet, we can all agree on some good hip hop beats, mac makeup, and fried calamari. Also, we keep it real with each other and with our readers.

It feels good to be a  fem-fATL. I hope you feel like you are one too. You don’t have to rep by throwing up the fem-fATL sign in pics; although that would be cool. We only hope you feel like one of our homies, feel connected with our definition or share a similar one (or not at all but just really like us). We like you after all.