33 Female Characters Who Inspired the Hell Out of Us in 2017

"I never saw Spike Lee's original She's Gotta Have It from 1986, but I watched the entire Netflix adaptation in just a couple days. Nola Darling is unapologetically herself, and I loved following her feminist journey that ultimately ends with her decision to focus on her own happiness before anybody else's. I live for this line from the last episode when a visibly offended Greer asks, 'What kind of lady acts . . . ', and she responds, 'Like a man?'" — EC