Wonder Woman

Hello and thank you for checking out my blog, Woman Wonder!

I recently realized how much of an impact strong female role models have had on me, whether they were characters in a movie or women I’ve met in real life. They’ve all inspired me in some way to do my best, to face the world head-on. The implicit and explicit encouragement I’ve received have meant a lot to me and I figured I should document how different women motivate me.

“Female power,” for lack of a better phrase, is meaningful to me because:

-I’ve been lucky enough to work with many impressive women – Dr. Deborah Streeter at Cornell University, Tyrrell Shaffner at SpiritClips, Rachel Doyle at GlamourGals, Michelle Crames and Diane Reichenberger at giiv.com, among others – women who’ve personally inspired me to do my best

-The recent advancements of women like Hillary Clinton (our current Secretary of State) and Sonia Sotomayor (recently elected Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the US) have demonstrated that I really can achieve whatever I put my mind to

-I grew up watching shows with incredibly strong female leads like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Xena: Warrior Princess”

-Movies with female leads or women who fought back – ranging from Clarice Starling in “Silence of the Lambs” to Alice in the “Resident Evil” films – have appealed to me far more than films with male leads. It was always so unexpected to see a female fight back just as ferociously and that contrast has always jumped out at me.

My favorite quote of all time is something Hillary Clinton said when she conceded defeat to Barack Obama after the 2008 Democratic primaries – “Although we weren’t able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it has about 18 million cracks in it and the light is shining through like never before.”

That made me tear up (for real). Someday, a woman will smash that glass ceiling into a billion pieces with a sledgehammer and I hope I’m there to witness it.

I’m certainly going to enjoy writing about how women (both real and imaginary) from all walks of life inspire me – I hope you enjoy reading!

Cheers,

Star