“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

Today I watched the Lifetime biopic on Coco Chanel. I have always had an enormous amount of respect for Chanel. She changed the fundamental concept of fashion, she encouraged woman to dress for comfort and for themselves, she sat at the head of a fashion empire, and she had incredible vision and gumption. While I found the biopic interesting and well made (not your typical Lifetime movie), I was upset by how much the movie focused on her love affair with "Boy" Capel. Yes, the story goes that he was the great love of her life and that his death was the most upsetting event of her life. However, this was not a woman to be ruled by anyone, particularly not a man. She lived by her own terms and encouraged other woman to do the same. It seems to me sometimes that movies have trouble representing a female character without needing a love story to dominate her life. I think her true love was her work and she was not only good, but successful at it. Isn't that enough?