Growing up and going through changes as a girl sucks. We're so moody, snappy and we can be downright mean. One of the biggest reoccurrences I saw over the years was being called a bitch by numerous friends. At the time, it made me feel awful. But as I got older, I was able to break it down. I never felt bad when I was called one again.

If you're being honest, you're being a bitch.

According to too many people to count, my honesty is too much for them to handle. So, I'm a bitch. I'm too blunt when I say things, my advice is too harsh, I don't care about people's feelings... and the list goes on.

Honesty is the best policy. I won't hold back if you want to hear the truth, and if that is a bitch move, then so be it. If you come to me wanting me to be straight with you, I will. I'm real.

If you call someone out for being in the wrong, you're a bitch.

A majority of the time, I would call my friends out on their BS, which is apparently not OK. A lot of the people I was close with turned out to be two-faced and very fake, so when I would mention their actions to them, they would freak out, say I was a bitch and make me the bad guy so that they didn't have to look like one.

I have no problem saying something if you are acting fake. I don't stand for that. There's no reason for it.

If you are good at speaking up, you're a bitch.

I've gotten called rude before, simply because I know what I want and I don't let anything stand in my way. If something isn't working out, I say something right then and there to fix it. I have a voice for a reason, and I am not afraid to use it. I'll wear it out before it's gone.

I speak my mind a lot and get called opinionated for it. How am I a bitch just because I'm not scared to say what I am thinking? Makes no sense at all, does it?

If you don't care what others think of you, you're a bitch.

In this instance, I have been called a bitch the most. I am very comfortable with who I am, and if someone doesn't like me, that's fine. I stay unbothered by others' opinions of me, because I like me — and that makes me a bitch.

Confidence can get misconstrued as cockiness, but I am not arrogant. I am comfortable with myself. Don't get it twisted.

I have literally been called a bitch so much, you would think it was my name. I don't mind it all though. In fact, I am happy with being one.

If being a bitch means being honest, dependable, straight-forward, confident and so many other things, then I encourage more people to be a "bitch."