i'll worry about that tomorrow...

See this?

This is called Afrezza. It’s an inhaler for diabetic insulin. That’s right. An inhaler. That means no more needles. It’s only for fast acting insulin, but it could still vastly improve the life of a lot of diabetics. 

Imagine having to constantly prick yourself with needles to keep yourself alive, and then suddenly there’s a new product that could change the whole way you live your life for the better.

And here’s the thing: it works. It works really really well. People with diabetes that have been lucky enough to have used it think it’s amazing.

But sadly, it’s probably going to end up as a failure because the pharmaceutical company (a French company called Sanofi) that was in charge of marketing it didn’t care enough to actually try. Not only that, but they made it incredibly expensive so hardly anyone could afford it. Most people have never heard of it, and the way things are going, no one else ever will.

It runs in the family.

Elle Woods was always smart. The movie establishes she made good grades in undergrad and scored high on the LSAT. She also doesn’t seem to have much trouble keeping up with the coursework when she starts at Harvard (after a few hiccups in the first weeks). Elle was also always compassionate. She can’t stand injustice. She helps Paulette because she’s being taken advantage of, she fiercely fights for a woman she’s convinced is innocent, she stands up to sexual harassment.

The only thing that significantly changed about her character was that she gained a sense of self-worth and realized that Warner was a jerk and that she deserved better. Elle never changed who she was, she just proved that who she was was enough to accomplish her goals. She was wealthy, blonde, and girly, so most people wrote her off as being stupid and bitchy, even though she was never those things. She didn’t have to “act like a man“ to get ahead, she was fully herself every perfume scented, pink page step of the way.

Elle Woods is the feminist icon we deserve.