Gathering the Troops

I feel a change in the air. Between farewell speeches and the first press conference for our President Elect in 167 days, the last 48 hours have been full of milestones. People are lining up event after event to express their views. Confirmation hearings are in the works. The anxiety is palpable.

Honestly, I’ve had a hard time finding the right art to keep me going – it’s been a dark couple of days.

So I started an inventory of my favorite badass female characters to join my support team. I thought of the ladies in Steel Magnolias, who laughed through their tears and kept right on going. Erin Brockovich, where Julia Roberts’ rough and tumble heroine raised hell to right a wrong. Katniss Everdeen, the empathetic warrior of The Hunger Games. Lisbeth Salander of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Even Elle Woods in Legally Blonde.

I know I’m forgetting a million terrific characters.

I want a list of badass women a mile long, so that I can call on each of them when I need more strength than I currently have.

This will likely be a rough time ahead. I don’t know about you, but I need the biggest, badass group surrounding me – real and fictional – to keep me going. Let’s make the most amazing list possible.

Who would be in your list of badass heroines to keep you going right now?