We are a family, and we empower each other in a way that isn’t full of gendered expectations or insecurities. We do interact with male motorcyclists in the community and also have moments where we are challenged in the community at large, but as a group we strengthen and empower each other. That fuels our confidence in the way we ride, the way we carry ourselves, and ultimately the way we are respected by other motorcyclists in general.—
Jen Baquial, president of the
Sirens Women’s Motorcycle Club of New York City, discusses her greatest challenges and more in her Badass Ladies profile
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There were so many times I would think, this would all be easier if I just floated away. One morning after a long night of not sleeping, I looked in the mirror at myself and said, ‘Okay, not today. I won’t let myself go like this.’ I left town and got clean on my own cold turkey.— Jen Baquial, president of the Sirens Women’s Motorcycle Club of New York City, shares a time that she bounced back from failure in her Badass Ladies profile
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Badass Ladies You Should Know:
Jen Baquial, President of the Sirens Women’s Motorcycle Club of NYC
Remember that article that went viral a few months ago, about the motorcycle gang that delivers breast milk in NYC? Everyone from the New York Post to the New York Times covered the Sirens Women’s Motorcycle Club of New York City – and it just so happens that their president, Jen Baquial, is an Arkansas native and a friend of another Badass Lady, actress Ashley Atkinson. One Facebook connection later and I get the honor of sharing this in-depth look at how Jen went from life in Little Rock to leading such a badass group.
Click through for more pictures and a giveaway! (Pictured above:
Jen (right) and fiancée KT Ballantine, current Sirens Vice President, during the moment of silence before NYC Pride March 2016. “Orlando was at the front of all of our minds during that time,” says Jen.)
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