People you look up to?

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The other post here "Extreme issues about breasts and female body" got me thinking about who we look up to or idolize... or better yet - relate to.

Fictional or real, I'd love it if you'd share



I've got a vote for Starbuck from BSG,
oh, and Captain Kathryn Janeway from ST Voyager.

Last edited by Yasmine on 12 Mar 2010, 5:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.

So you're either a person or a woman?

Dje, that wasn't my intention. I originally wanted to know what other women women with Asperger's looked up to because it had to do with the discussion I referred to.
Then I thought the title looked kinda restraining so I widened it...

Edit: The title is now changed.

I look up to my boyfriend and my other friends.

I only look up to tall people because I have no other choice

I'm fairly short. I get seriously confused when I meet someone shorter than me and I have to look straight forward or even down... and it takes me a couple of seconds to shake it It's a really strange sensation..

Sorry Yasmine, I shouldn't have made a fuss about the title. I'm currently reading a book about the rise of sexism, so I'm a bit over-touchy about gender discrimination at the moment.

I'd say my role models are Margaret Attwood, Michael Baden and William Bass. I've also a few university professors whom I respect a lot.

My role model is Maude from the film Harold and Maude

That's cool, I've got days like that too The rise of sexism? I've always thought we've had sexism since we started having these so called civilizations.. Or is that what the book is about? *interested*

It's called 'Living Dolls' by Natasha Walter. It's basically about how today's culture of objectifying women solely on their looks is preventing women from achieving equal status despite legally having the same rights. It's a bit depressing to be honest!

Witches and old women with cats cuz I know that's how the rest of my life is going to be except maybe for the witch part. I have met some fascinating women though who claim to practice wicca.

Just everyday women basically. Women in the media are almost impossible to relate to or become like in terms of the real world.

It sounds like The Beauty Myth, although I'll admit I've only read it halfway through... What I read though was scary and made a whole lot of sense. It certainly fits with how I've experienced the world. A society where one gender is actively encouraged to compete with each other like that will get us nowhere.. well will get women nowhere. It sucks how looks are equated with worth when it comes to women. For example male intellectuals can be as ugly as they will, a woman can be utterly brilliant, but if she's ugly she won't get an audience. But of course, if you are pretty you are not taken seriously.

I'm digressing here, sorry. Actually i think I digressed from the digression...

I greatly admire Temple Grandin.

...and D'Arcy Wretzky of Smashing Pumpkin <3

Simone De Beauvior

She is the existentialist-feminist writer, french resistance fighter, teacher, professor, and historical researcher.

My mother, who has devoted her life to education. As an educational professional myself, I have always looked up to her. She has given me the best life and teaching advice of anyone. She worked full-time, enjoyed professional success, weathered faculty politics without becoming jaded, and remained humble and realistic throughout her career. At the same time, she was nurturing, supportive, and understanding. Both she and my father continue to make a concerted effort to understand AS, and she praises any progress she sees I have made in understanding myself.

My father, who is the best man I know. While he was also successful professionally, he was always a husband and father first. He came to see all my school plays and my home volleyball games. He chaperoned school trips and took me to work at soup kitchens and Habitat for Humanity with him. From him I inherited my hell of a temper, and from him I learned to control it. From him, I learned that "hard is not bad." From him (and my mother), I learned generosity, and that whatever blessings come our way must be shared. I have turned out to be much like my father. I still strive to emulate him, and learn to be more like him. (I'd like to be a better listener, for example, and less touchy; he is very easy-going.)

My godmother, who is an Episcopal priest, the mother of five amazing children, and one of the strongest women I know. She is completely unafraid to be herself. I think that many women would find having a successful career and such a large family daunting. Many women would refuse a job that took them hours to get to (her parish is not where she lives). None of this has ever daunted her, and I hope to be strong and unafraid, too!

As for famous people, I admire Albert Einstein, Ghandi, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Albert Einstein was brilliant and funny and humble. Ghandi and Dr. King acheived great, positive change through pacifist political activism. I am a vocal pacifist (despite the temper) and am always in awe of their committment. Looking at them and the success they had, I don't see how anyone can say pacifism and reason aren't the best way to approach anything -- and everything.

among the people i look up to are Wonder Woman & Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Wonder Woman can whoop ass without complaining about her hair or broken nails. and Karen O knows how to work a crowd and front an indie rock band pretty well.