This one time, I was explaining thesis statements to a client...

cassandrapowers:

And I was all, don't be shy! BE BOLD. CONTEND THINGS, AND CONTEND THEM STRONGLY.

She nodded thoughtfully, then said,

"So basically, when I state my thesis, I should be like"—she pounded her first on the table—"listen up bitches. This is how it is."

And now, every time I write a paper, I have to fight the impulse to preface my thesis statement with that line.

Don't fight it, plus add: ,god damn it.