Reese Witherspoon's new book shows just how powerful she is. I'm obsessed

The first time I remember wanting to be Reese Witherspoon when I grew up, was not, actually, seeing her as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, when she endeared herself to millions of teenage girls and became a Hollywood A-lister after years in the business. 

Nor was it her perfect turn in Election, which gave rise to a type of intense, Type-A blonde lady that she would return to again and again who seemed to be telegraphing, prior to her stating it regularly in speeches herself, that ambition is not a dirty word.

As best as I can recall, my idolization of her began in about 2004, when Paris Hilton was sweeping the nation and women were, once again, famously playing dumb. Witherspoon was having none of it.  Read more…

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