In legitimate wrestling not the entertainment kind lint he listed the 10 books that inspired me to be a writer. But irving picked out quite a few books there is a lot of great writers that share their secrets and i write these chapters that may never see the light to of day. But that series at the library of Congress Springs and the authors as Stephen Melrose and others would did David Rubin Steve is one of most popular davids by far the dash free copy of the book this. Did no cameras allowed . The book about Franklin Roosevelt which i have read a couple speesix senator dick durbin from the u. S. Senate we appreciate you being on booktv. Afternoon. It is wonderful to see young conservative women by the first afternoon with an author featuring stacey dash into this cspan audience watching this all over the country we love cspan. The focus is providing young women to give them the knowledge and confidence in enthusiasm and the moral values and i am delighted to introduce the story of redemption in and courage he we remember stacey dash from the 1995 movie clueless this iconic film is set in a Beverly Hills high school she plays the friend of this boiled character. She writes about clue listen her brand new book there goes my social life from clueless to conservative and chronicles her journey from hollywood to the outspoken and services. She begin utilizing her unique position to voice her opinion on topics ranging to policy issues and joined fox news in currently serves as a contributor and has changed hollywood so much and has encouraged so Many Americans to not speak out as targets you can for what you believe she makes us stronger with her confidence and tenacity with the incredible transformation of rural life in americas greatness. Please join me now to see clips from clueless and then to welcome stacey dash. In the west kiver bonus points for her effort. Now they do the infomercials. Goes straight. Go straight on. And i have been no try tennis instructor he does not want me to expose itself to any training and. My Plastic Surgeon doesnt want me to do any activity where a ball could fly at minos. There goes your social life. [laughter] stacey dash. [applause] look at all of you. So beautiful. And will start this off that was very important to me. Call i am. A i n yet what i am my sons forsake me intelsat sells consumer i rise san did issue oblivious like a shadow in yet i am in dire live. To the living sea of wage gene dreams of life and enjoy even though seven of the best are strange and women never trieds above the of faulted sky with the grass below. That paul is very important to me with his his childhood sweet be swept i unfortunately never got to experience that. Get i never get to experience that untroubled that was not my life i some refers dead body when i was three and a half to say that wasnt the most dramatic i could tell he was dead by the lowkey his eyes but i could see in his light eyes but i sought peace suddenly all life year went away what is there to fear . Nothing. After that i had a sexual abuse incident happened as my parents left me with family that was taking care of three per cry dont want to say too much because i want you to read the book but that was difficult because they didnt want to be there so they didnt take about it that much so i had to take care of myself so fortunate they the mother said dont go into the room if he asks he offered the kiddie and i didnt listen addition to that was told that when i cannot you can read in the book. Finally another brings me home and a brother but my parents were not well. There were worse. Mother tried to take her life. I saved her life because they found her bra was told the for a loan. So i tried to wake corrupt anyway and i couldnt so i screamed for my cousins then she was taken away in the ambulance and then realized later she tried to commit suicide. I had in a local who was a very powerful figure in riverhead i grew up in the south bronx. Everybody was like family. To run around and play tag and play games. And my uncle always told me that something is special you can do anything you want to do dont see anybody strick it with the jesus train comes make sure you are on a per guy got the jesus part but the trick part he must mean dont let people play tricks on me but then i realized he was a pimp. [laughter] he was my favorite because he showed me love. So much love and made me feel like i was special they never in no matter who does it did never sinks and. A man can tell you every day but if a mother never chose to will never see again. Instill in search of that feeling of a beautiful park i have to wake up in the morning to say you are worth the. And a half to get the courage and fortitude in the courage from god he is the only one that can make me feel better. I have been married three times i have two beautiful children my son is special because i almost didnt have him. I was pregnant with him at a time i should have not been doing things after the with parents to do drugs. I did them in spite of myself because to be a good girl was not good enough. So then i would hurt myself when i found that i was pregnant i was so far of it i was getting beat on a daily basis and it that i cannot bring a child into this world and doing drugs. They had to put me under but i was crying and crying and crying and crying. And i could have stopped. This is later in life i have to teach myself how to stop crying i learned to be mad instead of sad but at this moment i could not stop. So i said guy you have to tell me what to do. I dont want to side or a signal. Tell me what to do. Because this doesnt feel right something is wrong. God spoke to me like i speaking to you right now that is said to be keep your son. I jumped up the nurses thought i was crazy they said called down you have an idea they will take it. I had to get out of there was keeping my baby. The doctor said wait lets do a sonogram that is the best thing he ever could have done because because i saw this little heartbeat inside of me and i just thought how could you possibly imagine getting rid of this little life crow rate inside and the the man i was with would not be around in the other man stalking the would not stop i would fight for me and my son. He suddenly made my life important progress stop doing all drugs or anything bad for a body. But i couldnt stop the outside. I did have my son i got a job my career was going well. Then my son turned three in we had to move because of was being stalked and he found out where i lived. But then i gotta get when he was three years old. Thank foliated because he tried to break down the door and come into the house is my son was asleep upstairs. He beat me up so iran downstairs and i tried to kill him. I shot his head and i wanted him dead. That the moral to this story is what i am doing now at my age and have a 12 yearold little girl i decided i would no longer have premarital sex because the realize that is a part of my soul that is precious. The only person that deserves that if i have vowed to god for the rest of my life. I now understand what marriages how important it is to shoulder. But in an my a strength it to be valuable to guide comes to guide and how do you take a key that you get . The there is so much he will face insolvency saying is you want to do it will make you want to do things the you are valuable but before that you are worthy of god to your grateful of his love to be unconditional. Is never too soon or too late. So now i can open to you. [applause] a very brave lady. Please give your name and your college do not be shy. Thinks for sharing your story in the u. S. Open up and share all of this with us that your struggle so what is the biggest challenge . The biggest challenge that i want to be loved my Biggest Challenges sticking to read vows to guide. And i have to learn how to take it slow and trust god will come my knight in shining armor. [laughter] my name is abigail but my question for you is where is that transition. Was having a conversation with a man i was dating at the time and talking about social issues and to say that doesnt sound right that sounds like socialism is he said it is you live in a socialist society this is 2011 and i said no. That can be right to. Id like obama i like what he is doing the more they think about it but it is sort of started to pay more attention to politics and how that applies to life and what i could do so i treated what i did vote for mayor romney and your future and i got the backlash because people thought because i am black have to vote for the black man which is absurd we should judge people by their character not by the color of their skin and that is what i believe. I than Liberty UniversityCollege Campuses are being blacklisted for conservative ideas. Yes. Plant your feet firmly would you believe the and stand justin and. Dont defend yourself you have nothing to defend you have a right is somebody wants to bully you that is on them not you. Got is with you and your bravery. So when you read your conversion to do here for many conservative woman in particular . Yes. Margaret thatcher i love her. I love her conviction and how she went and achieved so much even if people try to tell her no she proved it was possible yes. Kim q. Elaborate on parts of your book . That people who are my true friends are supportive my friends from clueless are still supportive but then there are a lot of people are no longer my friends they just got talking to me. Family members as well. Yes. But that is okay because i believe if god wants you to see something he opens the door for you to walk through them. That is what ive doing. I think theyre heard a roomful of women. [inaudible] [laughter] recently ive been so frustrated by Hillary Clinton and now to be president and never dreamed of that. [laughter] news flash. [laughter] so what do you say to people to empower these young women but now theyre interested in running for president . Because now with that clinton machine would you say to those of our dreams of being president . Do you talk to people around the country . Id project the future to young women . My new brand is called dash america and one of my platforms is 21st century feminism to be a lady like every single one of you be a woman behave like a lady use all the tools that god gave you do not let anybody schaede you. You dont have to dress like that man to be treated like a woman. [laughter] you care be taken seriously you can be beautiful in dresses to do your hair and her makeup you dont have to be like her please dont be like her. [laughter] i know you talked about feeling beautiful every girl in this room has done that then you talk about the importance of your face. Where is my sister . It is 1 39 p. M. That is the one. Thus the one he says theyve counted the hairs on your head. Yes that is the one that i go to banks for your help and. My name is daniel but talk about how a city that had an effect of your desire or your resolve . To rec yes absolutely ideal our country is falling into the wrong hands it is becoming darker and darker and i dont want that. I do not want that dark presence to takeover our world and i will fight to make that happen. I will give my life to that. That is what i want to do. The akio. I am from outside of the into georgia there happens to be all girls so we do have debates in class and a lot of my a professor is are oddball laughed so that does get to the point i do not want to talk about what i believe then do not let them do that you do not let them scare you into submission if anything let that feed your fire to recuse study harder where to find out more things you to a video of william f. Buckley at Cambridge University in 1964 is an amazing debate everyone of you should watch that. It is amazing. Stand up do not give them. God is with you. I will be a junior this year so receives that we have this same problem but especially of young conservative women but platforms do you recommend that they can join . Especially now with the election the thing that i really want to do is try to educate people who are disenfranchised and dont get to have the education we might get to have but to talk to people and places to read now want to the share what is good but we have to break that narrative that the democrats are feeding to the country that plantation mentality that this is far as you get to go you cant be everything you cannot achieve it because what theyre doing is putting a limit on us