Girl Crush: Michelle Williams

I have had a significant crush on Michelle Williams that started sadly not upon viewing Brokeback Mountain but after the yellow dress with side swept bun at the Oscars in 2006. My adoration only flourished when I saw Wendy and Lucy last year (I highly recommend renting it and bringing along the tissues). Though I admit to admiring her classic, carefree style I also respect her level-headed, practical and soulful take on life and her fierce intelligence. These traits are only emphasized, though somewhat shadowed by the author's preoccupation with tragedy and fashion, in the October Vogue feature- A Field Guide to Getting Lost. It's unfortunate that the role models for girls who are most exposed through the media are vapid, airbrushed, scantily-clothed products instead of women like Michelle Williams, someone who appears to be a deeply intelligent, compassionate woman and devoted mother and friend.