Her acclaimed one-woman show, "Now That She's Gone," is a comic memoir about growing up Norwegian American it has been performed all over the world. Ellen's work as an author, self-defense advocate and instructor was featured on Dateline NBC with her book, "Beauty Bites Beast." A regular columnist for the Pasadena Weekly and the Huffington Post, she's a tireless advocate for women and girls and physical safety for all. And she's made good on the "Renaissance Woman" concept, by getting a Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School, founding the first all-female theater company in the early 70s, acting in and directing several TV shows during the 80s, attending United Nations world conferences and annual UN meetings as an NGO delegate and journalist, becoming a Goodwill Ambassador for the National Women's History Project, and much more.
She made her way to California by the time she was 17 and has never looked back. BEAUTY BITES BEAST transforms and saves lives.Įllen Snortland grew up in Colorado and South Dakota and set out early in life to be a Renaissance Woman. Funny and provocative, this is both an irreverent and deadly serious look at how family, religion, history, news, and entertainment keep women thinking they are defenseless.
The book also celebrates women (and kids) who fought back and won. BEAUTY BITES BEAST is a clarion call to "sleeping beauties," so they can wake up and take charge of their own self-defense - emotional, verbal and physical. It is not the female's size, it is her culturally induced ignorance that makes her think she is helpless. They, like all females of other species in the world, are capable of defending themselves and their loved ones - if they learn how. BEAUTY BITES BEAST transforms and saves lives.As in, "how-come" every woman and girl needs to know how to defend themselves. It is also a practical and timely survival manual for females of all ages, and a must-read for anyone who wants to help end violence against women.īEAUTY BITES BEAST is not a "how-to" book, it is a "how-come" book.Īs in, "how-come" every woman and girl needs to know how to defend themselves. Entertaining and accessible, BEAUTY BITES BEAST is by turns thought-provoking and incendiary.
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