People are so conflicted about women defending themselves that I have comments of how relieved people were that I pointed out the ironies and humor. I specialize in being humorous – kind of like Michael Moore does – in my movie. We’re thrilled that it’s now streaming on Amazon Prime. Indeed, people laughed, cried and groaned in the same places in all 4 locations. If you want to know if a film is universal, play it in the above 4 world class cities. I am now in my 3d edition and used the book as the launch of the ideas that are in the movie. Beauty Bites Beast the film, has been screened in Islamabad, New York City, Jerusalem and Los Angeles. Since I read voraciously and figured other people would like to know why we train females to be virtually helpless, I decided to write Beauty Bites Beast not a “how-to” but a “how-come” we keep most women unaware of their own power to protect themselves. Hey! How’s that working out!? Not so great… I searched for a book that would explain why, human females, unlike any other species, expects that males will ALWAYS be there to protect them. My “being” made an existential leap from being in denial to preparing myself to respond – if necessary – to an unprovoked attack on myself or my loved ones. I walked into the 20 hour class as a careful, hyper vigilant yet unaware person and walked out a potentially dangerous mammal.

My transformation was complete and thorough. I took the Women’s Basics class, the rest is history. They came up with IMPACT PERSONAL SAFETY. I asked them to research the BEST self-defense in the world – or at least, in Southern California – so I could take a class and report on it for the show. I wrote the book, Beauty Bites Beast, in the early 90s because I surprised a burglar at midnight in my extremely dark Craftsman… As we “met” at the door, he raised his arm up high with a knife in his hand I saw it froze, and then, the little voice in my head said, “Do something! Do it now!” I screamed so loudly, the man dropped the knife, grabbed his ears, and ran like hell!Īt the time, I was a segment producer for KingWorld’s Tim and Daphne Reid show and had access to a rigorous research staff. Beauty Bites Beast: The Missing Conversation About Ending Violence. Beauty Bites Beast is the title of my first book and also, the name of my newly released full length documentary film. This is by way of saying, I was keenly aware of gender injustice from an early age. Hey, I was raised with a dog, why wouldn’t I bite occasionally? I bit back, metaphorically, of course, although I do have a history of biting.

So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.īeauty Bites Beast started when I was young and was told I couldn’t play baseball.

Today we’d like to introduce you to Ellen Snortland.

Beauty Bites Beast by Ellen Snortland