If you've seen Mad Men, then you've been introduced to Joan Holloway. Although Mad Men is set in the early 1960's, a very male-driven time especially for women in high-power advertising offices.
Joan's character shakes her hips to a different drum. She is powerful, confident, quick on her feet, super intelligent and above all has every man in the office by the balls. She doesn't play the dumb, helpless, damsel in distress common in those days, she sees eye to eye with every man in the office. Instead of showing one ounce of self-doubt or falter, she barely flinches at chauvinistic comments and always fires back with something ten times more humiliating on their part.
Here's to Joan. May we all channel our inner Ms. Holloway not only at work but in our everyday lives.
Some Joan-isms from Mad Men:
"Unlike most girls I know, I succumb to male pressure only when I can get pleasure out of it. The boys around the office tend to feel a little threatened by that."
“Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won’t be avoided.”
"Although, sometimes when people get what they want they realize how limited their goals were."
"You won't be taken seriously until you start dressing like a woman. Stop dressing like a little girl."
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