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Who’s Your Female of the Year?
16 Comments | Posted by Sarah in Glamour, Time magazine, Women of the Year 2009, feminism
You know, as the year wraps up, I’m sure we’ll see another slew of Time magazine’s “Man of the Year” nominees and a crapload of other media swirling around what men have accomplished this year (i.e., President Obama’s election, Bernanke’s renomination for Fed Chief, etc.), but where does that leave us women?
MTV named Lady Gaga as woman of the year. CMT nominated Taylor Swift as the AP’s Entertainer of the Year, but what about the important stuff?
After making my own list, I perused the internet to see if anyone had matched my selections and Glamour magazine, believe it or not, had hit the nail on the head.
Their female selections for Women of 2009 were Rihanna, Maria Shriver, Maya Angelou, Stella McCartney, Amy Poehler, Jane Aronson, Marissa Mayer, Susan Rice, Euna Lee and Laura Ling and the women of the One Million Signatures campaign.
Who do you guys think should make the list of Women of 2009 and why? Is there anyone missing off of Glamour’s list or is there anyone on there that shouldn’t be? Don’t we also think it’s high time that a magazine with the prestige of Time should publish a more current woman’s version “of the year”?
Perez Hilton.
Nice…
heeheehee…
*High five* lol
Serena Williams made Glamour’s list? Really?
I guess that surprises me since virtually the only thing I’ve heard about her all year was regarding her profanity-laced tirade at that line judge.
Rihanna? Cute me some slack. Getting your ass beat by Chris Brown makes you woman of the year? Pffft.
I think Rihanna making the list might have something to do with, oh, I don’t know, maybe STANDING UP FOR HERSELF and ADMITTING what she went through instead of covering it up like so many women (especially in the spotlight) would? For talking about it and telling the world, yep, this kind of shit can happen to ANYONE?
Moron.
Because the thousands of women every year that escape abusive relationships far worse than Rihanna’s are less important than Rihanna, because she has more money than they do. Please. I’m sure it’s just coincidence that her sudden decision to leave Chris Brown, and her tear-filled national interview, were on hold until her new record was about to come out. Yep, total coincidence.
Woman of the year. Her boyfriend beat her up once, in public, with witnesses, with absolutely no contest as to what happened and the law and plenty of evidence on her side, and thousands of adoring fans encouraging her to leave him, not to mention shit-tons of money to not only support herself without him but even to hire personal bodyguards to keep him away if he tries anything. That’s totally more important than a poor woman with no job, no friends to help her out, and no evidence to prove that she DIDN’T just fall down the stairs, who might be lucky to get a restraining order that her psychotic boyfriend will probably disregard and kill her before the police do anything about him.
Well said,I was thinking the same.
I think the point can be made that what happened to her and her, and the public’s reaction to it, may have done a lot for abused women.
I guess you could look at Rihanna as an unwitting vehicle for change, if you like.
It probably has made more than a few women look at their relationships, perhaps given them that little bit of extra courage that they needed to leave/end the relationship.
It has been awhile, but I used to work with a local woman’s shelter. I think the statistic was that out of 10 abused women, only 2 would ever actually leave – and it would take them 6 tries before they were successful.
Could someone please remove one of those “and her”s?
Thank you very much.
As mentioned at the time…
If Rhianna had stood up at the time, and spoken out about it, and publicly left the guy, I would agree that she did a great thing that could help many women, and bring awareness.
But she didn’t. She denied, she didn’t help his prosecution, she went back and forth on whether to continue the relationship, and she didn’t speak out about it until she had an album out to promote.
Not good enough.
The key word is unwitting.
I’m not sure how much she’s done this year,but Angelina Jolie is really trying to make this world a better place. I like her.
My Mom is and always has been my vote for Woman of the Year.
She has always been a feminist.
She is the strongest woman I have ever met and she is still going strong at 66 – even after a heart attack and 2 strokes.
:) This makes me smile.
I agree. My Mother is wonderful as well. She picks me up when I fall, forgives me for the terrible mistakes I make, and always shows me that respect and love are the most important things in life.
Go Moms!!!