I applaud Anousheh Ansari and her efforts to serve as a positive female role model, not just for Iranian women, but for all of us. She's an electrical engineer and a succesful business woman, which is pretty badass in itself. Let me tell you, I was terrified of the EECS majors at Michigan because I was pretty sure they were using their above-level intelligence to read my thoughts. Add to that the fact that she is the first Muslim female to go into space, and you've got a pretty impressive CV.

all that said, could she have made her blog a little less, well, silly sounding? Was it absolutely necessary to talk about how being in zero gravity conditions caused her to lose her lip gloss?

ok, I promise I will stop being all "grrrrrl power", at least for now.