Women that have made a difference to my life

By Natazzz on Sunday, March 8, 2009 - 19:13

More importantly, she does not really get why she should act in gender confirmative ways. She doesn’t understand a lot of things that people do or don’t do and she is always asking questions about it. As the only girl in my class who preferred to play “boy games” with the boys, Madelief made me feel like I wasn’t that weird. Although of course she was much cooler than I ever was.

The other three female characters that were important to me are from TV and film. I thought they were so cool, I wanted to be just like them; Watts from the eighties movie Some kind of wonderful, Emily Valentine from the original Beverly Hills 90210 and Suzanne Lievegoed from the Dutch medical drama series Medisch centrum west. All three of these characters were exciting and intriguing to me, because they weren’t very girly and they had their own awesome individual style. They were girls that were different, but they did not really care about that.

Tags: AfterEllen, Bridget Mcmanus, columns, entertainment, human interest, Madonna, Tori Aoms, Watts

Happy int'l women's day!

Submitted by Little G on March 8, 2009 - 21:17.

First off, I had a crush on Watts back then. (Thanks for reminding me, Natazzz.)

International women's day (or: IWD) to me means the right to vote, and the fact that women have come a long way in gaining equal rights - but there is still a lot to be done. If it weren't for the Suffragettes and other like minded women we wouldn't be here now. Kudos to them!

Besides my mother, women who defy gender inspired me early on in life. And they still do. Think Amelia Earhart (who was the first woman to fly solo across the ocean), Katharine Hepburn, Joan Jett, Melissa Etheridge, Mia Hamm (retired soccer player) - just to name a few.

I loved a movie called "The journey of Natty Gann":

In that movie Natty's dad goes to another city to find a job, leaving his tomboyish daughter behind. Natty soon sets of on a journey to reunite with her dad. Does anyone remember that one?

Another one that I found inspiring was "The ballad of little Jo":

Natty Gann

Submitted by Natazzz on March 8, 2009 - 21:39.

Oh my God, I had totally forgotten about this movie. I just watched the trailer on YouTube and yes, I used to love it too.

I thought it was so cool that she had a wolf and riding the trains...

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Annie, Sharleen but also Frida, Georgia

Submitted by maxime68 on March 9, 2009 - 05:56.

I see a lot of similarities in the music section. There was one famous interview with Madonna (must have been around the "Like a virgin" time) when she said, asked about her goals in life "I want to conquer the world".
Do you remember the snickering and laughing at, she got for this?

When it comes to developping my own music taste, I was quite a late bloomer, but I'd say I made more than up for this. The first time Annie Lennox appeared on my tv screen, I was hooked and still am. Gianna Nannini, Annette Humpe were also my favorites, simply because for saying what they thought and being who they are.
There was a repeating of the Annie reaction, when I first heard the the first seconds of "I don't want a lover" - Sharleen Spiteri!

Paintings by Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keefe deeply impressed me, as well as their stories.
None of the women I mentionned took the easy way "out".

But some of the strongest imprimts left on me were by two fictitious caracters, both by Rita Mae Brown, Cheleste Chalfonte (six of one) and Carole Hanratty (In her day).

Speaking of real life women, there was this french woman, I met in my early twenties. We were working for the same client, but for different employers. She influenced me in many ways, and yes, I had a major crush on her, but that's a different story.
Being a woman, in an IT-Job in the early nineties was not very common. She'd already set her marks and simply by observing her and learning from her, helped me a lot.

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