Our female society has reached new heights! We have created larger and more beautiful mountains to climb! And move! Many before us have envied the females who can bring a king to his knees with just the flick of her wrist. So long are the days of the stereotypical cheerleader who rules the schools -- or the days of Mediocre Molly waiting around for her day in the sun -- or the days pining over lost loves and hoping our Prince Charming will come save us from a broken heart. I do declare: Goodbye girls of the 20th century and make room for the women of the future:
The Extraordinarily Ordinary Woman - Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
All right, so maybe it was only the female population that cared about the Royal Wedding, but it has to be said, it is truly a fairytale story. The story of a typical upper-middle-class, History of Art major from Berkshire, England who captured the heart of the most eligible bachelor in Britain. Oh wait...THE WORLD. None of us really know what truly happened but watching those E! Behind the Relationship segments and Hallmark original movies tells us that Kate was simply herself. She was seemingly just like every one of her classmates but somehow Prince William found something special in her. As did the rest of the world. It's rare to see a woman who takes on responsibilities far beyond her control and yet still carry herself with grace and beauty. She is the world's illlustration of the statement "be true to yourself and follow your heart." She has no specific talents (she doesn't sing, dance, or juggle ceramic plates) but she has the incredible ability to be her ordinary self. And that's just extraordinary.
The Attractive Nerd - Rachel Sterne, Chief Digital Officer of New York
Voted one of the most influential women in technology in 2011, Rachel Sterne has earned every accolade from innovator to brainiac. All the articles about this 28-year old tech-goddess discusses her accomplishments like founding a citizen journalism site with only a bachelor's degree in History and French. Even without a Master's degree she teaches at the prestigious Columbia Business School in addition to her duties to the government as the City's first Chief Digital Offer. Yoqzers. This girl is on fire. One article matches her beauty with her brains and names her the "hot" new CDO. Who would have thought that the word "attractive" and "nerd" could be used to describe a woman? Education, brains, street sense have all become more and more attractive on the modern woman. Being intelligent, being well-versed, accomplishing goals -- all of these things are no longer setbacks but credentials to being a successful and worldly woman. We can thank Sterne for giving us faith that Hermione Granger may exist after all.
The 35-Year Old Fiancee - Keisha Smith, Mentor
One of the mentors in my life I met through a part-time job working at a nonprofit organization. I learned an incredible work ethic as well as lessons in love and in life. One of my favorite piece of advice from Keisha is: Find someone who is ambitious, goal-getting, and genuinely happy for other people when they succeed. Keisha has been engaged to her fiance for almost five years now. It's not because they are scared but both look at marriage as a huge journey to embark and want to be fully prepared for it. In this day and age, when most of my peers are looking to settle, getting settled, or already settled in their marital nest, it's refreshing to hear perspectives like Keisha's. To her, being someone's wife is a new identity that she wants to take time to understand and fully be when the time comes for her to walk down the aisle. She looks at marriage as something with precious intricacies that deserves her attention. This realization didn't make her love her fiance more or less, it gives her a sense of who she will be as a wife, and as his wife. Despite popular belief, the statistics are right, and women are becoming more and more aware of their role in marriage.
This post isn't about women overcoming obstacles for their right to vote or beign so harshly oppressed that they need to burn bras and not shave. This is about the new definition of "female" and the new meaning behind "the modern woman." The women of the future has only one concern and that is to be her fabulous self.
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