For inspiration, I asked a bunch of friends to nominate five living women who they found inspiring/amazing/rad.
Here's the guest list:
Aung San Suu Kyi
Catherine Keener
Elizabeth Lesser
Helen Thomas
Jenny Holzer
Joan Jett
Judy Blume
Julie Taymor
Kim Gordon
Lynda Barry
M.I.A.
Martha Stewart
Maya Angelou
Meryl Streep
Michelle Obama
Natalie Jeremijenko
Oprah
Parker Posey
Phoebe Philo
Supreme Master Ching Hai
Yayoi Kusama
Yoko Ono
Who would you add?
[Postscript: I would add the woman who crocheted this ATM cover! Spotted this morning over at Backspace.]
18 comments:
Keener?
Doris Lessing.
And of course, me.
My Mom.
Vandana Shiva is blowing my mind lately.
http://www.navdanya.org/
more than five, though...
bell hooks
eve ensler
ani difranco
barbara ehrenreich
hillary clinton
gloria steinem
alice walker
peggy o'mara
mary pipher
is this too many for a dinner party?
Hillary Cottam
http://www.designmuseum.org/design/hilary-cottam
Holly Glaspey
you should do a mirrored list with women who aren't living. i bet that list would be better.
p.s.
how do you know a woman crocheted that atm cover?
Because I asked the barista who made it, and he said, "some woman."
Temple Grandin
Shirin Ebadi
Marina Abramovic
Elizabeth Lecompte
Kate Valk
Margaret Atwood
Ashley Judd
Fiona Raby
Gena Rowlands
Anne LaMott
Tina Fey
Sarah Vowell
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Amy Sedaris
Jane Gilbert
Don't forget Lucinda Williams, Helms.
d00d!
i'm homeys with the girl who made the ATM cover!!!!
her name is Tai she works at VooDoo.
She's a badass!!!!
Dr. Riane Eisler
Jill Bamburg
Johanna Macy
Julia Butterfly Hill
Judi Bari
Starhawk
Chân Không
Wangari Maathai
Kathy Kelly
Arundhati Roy
Rebecca Solnit
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