Work In Progress

To quote comedian Patton Oswalt, there aren’t a lot of heroes left these days. His hero happens to be Robert Evans. At least according to the bit. But I feel his sentiment. I have always made it a point to have older female icons in my life. Both known and just admired from afar. Cuz otherwise then you’re stuck with crappy Photoshop jobs of Miley Cyrus on the cover of Cosmo to aspire to and that’s no good. So here are a few awesome silver foxy ladies I ladies I love:

Jane Hudson Formerly video professor of the SMFA. Jane is totally rad and I’ve always liked the way she rocked her white hair, tats and leather jackets. Jane always gave great crits and asked very shrewd questions. She has a thing for technology and Gilles and Deleuze. Don’t we all.

Beatriz Salguero She was my bio teacher from High School. Ridiculously smart and classy. She always wore these Chanel-esque suits with awesome chunky gold jewelry, scarves and heels. Even when doing field study in sweats she still looked elegant and refined. She is the reason I have done anything science related in my life.

Roberta from the Hampshire College cafeteria. She swiped your cards for you and just generally harassed you. She never took any shit from whiny Hampshire hippies and hipsters either. If you were an early riser you often got stickers on your ID. I hope she is still there but if not I hope she is happily and crankily retired.

Rita Levi Montalcini. I just found out about this Nobel prize winning scientist and she OWNS. Look at this picture of her at her 100th birthday party. Yeah she knows it.

Annie Sprinkle Not quite silver but definitely older and wiser now. Let me just say I had my own little private public cervix announcement moment and it ruled! Thank You Annie Sprinkle!

I know I am forgetting many more but I just wanted to at least start listing  my influences. So stay tuned for possible future entries on People Who Do Not Suck. I leave you with this famous clip from the now sadly departed Bea Arthur’s hit show Maude: