Wonder Women: Shattering Hollywood’s Glass Ceiling in Gucci Boots

July 24, 2009 by Katie Skow
Filed under EG, Featured Goddess

Comic-Con 2009 beams superheroines into the San Diego Convention Center to jump start the weekend.

They’re beautiful, they’re fantastic, some dress like us, and some not…

An amazing ensemble of Hollywood’s leading superheroines graced the audience with their sharp minds, humor, and an insider’s look at being a female who kicks butt in the entertainment industry.

Wonder Women: Female Power Icons in Pop Culture panelists included: Sigourney Weaver (Avatar), Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost), Zoe Saldana (Avatar), and Eliza Deshku (Dollhouse).

Watch these superheroines in action at Comic-Con:

Other panel highlights:

Sigourney Weaver: Hollywood “was not controlling women in Science Fiction, we just swept through.” Women have made far more breakthroughs in Sci-Fi than other areas of pop culture.

Zoe Saldana: More minorities need to be cast as superheroes to change public stereotypes, “Have you ever met a superhero named Juan Gonzales?” We’re getting there (and way faster), but we still have a lot of ground to cover.

Elizabeth Mitchell: “I love what Sci-Fi can do for women, it allows you to be as sexual or non-sexual as you want to be.”

My personal favorite: “I think the sky is open. I don’t believe in the ceiling and if there is one we will KICK. OUR. WAY. OUT.” -Sigourney Weaver