Nora Ephron

Today Tuesday June 26, 2012 the AWOD is Nora Ephron. I am certain that I have done her as an AWOD before but I feel compelled to bring her to our attention again. She is gravely ill and is not expected to make it, so I would like to take this opportunity to remind us all what an amazing screenwriter she has been and what awesome, strong, funny, quirky, witty female characters she brought to life with the stroke of her pen. I personally quote her brilliant lines on a regular basis. Her talent has touched my soul and I for one feel a sense of loss knowing that her voice will be silenced. 

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001188/bio

Diablo Cody

Monday’s Awesome Woman is Diablo Cody (born 1978, real name Brook Busey). Why her?


1. Her kickass pen name.


2. Her hilarious, though not for the timid of heart, memoir Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper. So very good. Go read it right this very instant. I’ll wait if you’d like.


3. Juno! She wrote the script and won an Academy Award for it. The magic of Juno, besides the interesting, cool, smart female lead, was that it was about the most controversial topic around--abortion--but somehow managed to be edgy while not making either side’s heads explode. Which is damned amazing.


4. She created United States of Tara, which I never actually saw, so I can’t really saw anything about it. Um, supposed to be good though.


5. Basically, a ballsy, daring, smart, funny, woman who is doing things the way she wants to do them. Like any good little AWUer.

If you’d like to read more about her, here’s an article she did with The A.V. Club: http://www.avclub.com/articles/diablo-cody,66267/.