This week,  Joana Preiss shares with us her top ten inspirational women…

1/ Sylvia Plath is a fascinating poetess. ‘The Bell Jar’ is, for me, a masterpiece
2/ Anaîs Nin for her freedom
3/ Hannah Arendt for her modern thinking. She was a big political theorist
4/ Pina Bausch is an essential figure in the history of movement and gesture
5/ Gertrude Stein for her avant-gardism
6/ Marilyn Monroe for her grace
7/ Lillian Gish – she’s divine
8/ Ingrid Caven for her fabulous work with Fassbinder, and for her singing
9/ Gena Rowlands for all John Cassavetes movies and for her incredible sense of improvisation
10/ Maria Callas for her unique voice

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