Mindy Budgor Explained
Mindy Budgor is an American businesswoman and the author of Warrior Princess: My Quest to Become the First Female Maasai Warrior.
Biography
Budgor is a 2012 graduate of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She started her first company while an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin. At age 27, before starting her Chicago course, she spent three months on charity work at the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.[1] While there, she claims to have become the first female Maasai warrior, which women had traditionally not been allowed to do.[2] Budgor published a memoir titled Warrior Princess: My Quest to Become the First Female Maasai Warrior (2013).[3]
Controversy
Budgor has received criticism[4] for her claim to have become the first female Maasai warrior. The critics write that her book simplifies the Maasai culture and trivializes the process of becoming a Maasai warrior.[5] [6] Becoming a Maasai warrior is a process that takes an average of 15 years, but Budgor writes that she completed the process in three months.[7]
Notes and References
- Web site: Mindy Budgor, California woman, trains to become Masai warrior . Now.msn.com . 2013-09-17 . 2013-09-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130920194007/http://now.msn.com/mindy-budgor-california-woman-trains-to-become-masai-warrior . 2013-09-20 .
- Web site: Genevieve Roth . Meet Mindy Budgor, the World's First Female Maasai Warrior: Inspired . glamour.com . 2013 . 2013-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130923003221/http://www.glamour.com/inspired/2013/09/meet-mindy-budgor-the-worlds-first-female-maasai-warrior . 2013-09-23 . live .
- Web site: Genevieve Roth . Meet Mindy Budgor, the World's First Female Maasai Warrior . glamour.com . 2013 . 2013-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130920110729/http://www.glamour.com/inspired/2013/09/meet-mindy-budgor-the-worlds-first-female-maasai-warrior?currentPage=2 . 2013-09-20 . live .
- Web site: The #Bullshit Files: Mindy Budgor, 'the first female Maasai warrior' . africasacountry.com . 2013 . 2013-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130920103613/http://africasacountry.com/the-bullshit-files-mindy-budgor/ . 2013-09-20 . dead .
- News: Heather Switzer . Maasai Speak Out, But Mindy Budgor Doesn't Seem to be Listening . huffingtonpost.com . 2013 . 2013-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015220614/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-switzer/maasai-speak-out-but-mind_b_4102235.html . 2013-10-15 . live .
- News: Sitinga Kachipande . Mindy's Masai Mara adventure is an insult to us all . The Guardian . 2013 . 2013-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130920185957/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/19/kenya-mindy-budgor-masai-mara . 2013-09-20 . live .
- News: Esianoi Pashile . Will the Real Female Maasai Warriors Please Stand Up? . huffingtonpost.com . 2013-09-23 . 2013-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130925204400/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esianoi-pashile/will-the-real-female-maas_b_3990362.html . 2013-09-25 . live .