10.Tina Lawson — creator of Beyoncé and Solange — won't even let airplane protocol stop her corny joke time, and we just wanna live with the same zero fu*k$.
11.Allure Editor-in-Chief Michelle Lee is legit breaking barriers in the women's lifestyle media space, and we're slowly realizing she's actually an angel...
20.In between acting, the original #WCE Halle Berry finds time for philanthropy, fitness, and Instagram shoots that look like they were plucked from Vogue. She is our entire vision board.
31.*sigh* Ava Duvernay is literally out here shifting narratives and changing the world through TV and film, and cheering her on is one of our favorite hobbies.
32.Salma Hayek is super vocal and active about human issues. Also worth noting, her hair manages to always have the shine and bounce of a shampoo model's.
38.Can we talk about the way Shonda Rhimes revolutionized TV and had two black women taking over our screens every Thursday, back to back, on a major network?!