Ask GeekGirlCon: Who inspires you?
Hey everyone! In honor of International Women’s Day, the GeekGirlCon Staff answered the question: what woman inspires you? Here’s how some of us weighed in:
“One day in class, my freshman drama teacher read selections from some of her favourite women in history. A famous extemporaneous speech stood out, “Ain’t I a Woman?” by Sojourner Truth. At the time, I was grappling with accepting my biracial identity, and her words resonated perfectly. Before the short speech ended, I realised that I cried yet felt I felt empowered.” – Kristine Hassell, Twitter Administrator
“As a leader in the riot grrl movement and overall feminist music icon, Kathleen Hanna has been one of my role models for a long-time. The honesty, authenticity, and raw style of her lyrics and performances have spoken to me and inspired me with the message of not being alone, which was especially meaningful when I was growing up in rural Oregon. Today, Hanna still makes music and also works at helping archive riot grrl relics.” – Erica McGillivray, President and Marketing Director
“My inspiration is Jane Goodall. I read her books in high school and knew that we were of the same mind when it came to deciding what a woman could or could not do. She trekked into the Gombe with nary a care about what the men in her field thought and then forever changed the way that we looked at primates and ourselves as humans.” – Bunny Cole, Social Media Manager
“For some reason I’ve always been drawn to Amelia Earhart. She broke record after record in the flight industry, proving not only that it could be done, but that a woman was capable of doing it. She was the first woman (and second person ever) to solo the Atlantic, she broke the highest altitude record and kept it for years, and she was the first person to fly solo across the Pacfic. Earhart’s endeavors in the flight industry proved that women were just as capable as men in an industry that was very male dominated.” – Jex Ballard, Volunteer Coordinator
How about you? Leave us a comment about your heroine and why she inspires you!
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Shubz K. Blalack
PR Content Producer
prcontent@geekgirlcon.com
