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Canada's leading pot magazine has devoted its latest issue to lady legalizers, distaff danksters, gorgeous growers and just about everything female, including cannabis of course. According to Skunk, these are the most "influential women of the cannabis world." (Note that the list skews heavily towards Canadian activists and actually includes 114 women.)
In alphabetical order:
Carolyn "Mountain Girl" Adams - ex-wife of Jerry Garcia Rebecca Ambrose - Vancouver Seed Bank
Elena Basescu - Romanian President's daughter* Drew Barrymore - actress Lynn Belle-Isle - Canadian AIDS Society Joan Bello - author of The Benefits of Marijuana Sarah Bergeron - activist Hilary Black - BC Compassion Club Society Natalie Bouchard - activist Bong Pixie - Toronto Hash Mob Dr. Susan Boyd - author
Sarah Cannon - activist Rielle Capler - Canadians for Safe Access Tamara Cartwright - Southern Alberta Cannabis Club Danni Cherish - activist Loretta Clark - activist Shelby Chong - comedienne, wife of Tommy Chong Valerie Corral - WAMM Jessica Corry - attorney Cathy Couch - activist Adrianne Curry - model
Joy Davies - City Councilor, Grand Forks, B.C. Libby Davies - member of Canadian Parliament Dragonfly de la Luz - writer Dora Dempster - Vancouver Medicinal Cannabis Cameron Diaz - actress Sarah Diesel - Oaksterdam University Barbara Douglas - federal medical-cannabis patient Melanie Dreher - editor Ann Druyan - NORML board member, wife of Carl Sagan
Barabara Ehrenreich - NORML advisory board member, author Jodi Emery - Cannabis Culture, wife of Marc Emery Eva Ends - SAFER Melissa Etheridge - musician
Anna Faris - actress Debbie Fagin - Calgary 420 Vycki Fleming - activist Megan Fox - actress Toni Fox - activist Dr. Esther Fride - scientist (RIP)
Ann Genovy - activist Debby Goldsberry - Berkeley Patients Group Crystal Guess - activist
Shirley Halperin - author of Pot Culture Deb Harper - DrugSense Hemptress December - activist Jeannie Herer - wife of Jack Herer Kate Hudson - actress Ariana Huffington - Huffington Post, DPA honorary board member
Mila Jansen - Ice-o-later Jasmin - breeder Debbie Jeffries - activist Dr. Claudia Jensen - researcher (RIP)
Mari Kane - publisher Jane Klein - Quick Trading Co., wife of Ed Rosenthal Lisa Mamakind Kirkland - Skunk
Stephanie Landa - Landa Prison Outreach Kay Lee - activist Kathy Lewis - Oregon NORML Sarah Lovering - MPP Tara Lyons - Canadian SSDP
Kristen Mann - activist Alison Margolin - L.A.'s Dopest Attorney Rita Marley - singer, wife of Bob Marley Jean Marlowe - WONPR Madeline Martinez - NORML board member Mary Lynn Mathre - Patients Out of Time Stella McCartney - fashion designer, daughter of Paul McCartney Cher Ford McCollough - WONPR Francis McDormand - actress Jeralyn Merritt - attorney Bette Midler - singer, actress, activist Cheryl Miller - patient activist (RIP) Corinne Millet - federal medical-cannabis patient Alanis Morissette - musician, actress on Weeds Elvy Musikka - federal medical-cannabis patient MzJill - breeder
Loretta Nall - Alabama Compassionate Care Mikki Norris - West Coast Leaf
Mary-Louise Parker - actress, star of Weeds Puff Mama - medibles baker
Gayle Quin - CBCC
Angel McClarey Raich - medical-cannabis patient Michelle Rainey - Treating Yourself Mary Jane "Brownie Mary" Rathbun - medibles baker (RIP) Judith Renaud - EFSDP Stephanie Ritch - activist Vanessa Rivers - model Danna Rosek - activist Marjorie Russell - attorney
Pauline Saban - WONPR (RIP) Shelby Sadler - NORML Women's Alliance Sarah Saiger - Bambu Tian Scherer - model Nicole Seguin - WhyProhibition Steph Sherer - ASA Cheryl Shuman - Beverly Hills Cannabis Club Sarah Silverman - comedienne, actress McKenna Stephens - Marijuana Radio Kristen Stewart - actress Barbara Streisand - singer, actress Sarah Strongarm - writer Nadine Strossen - ACLU Debbie Stultz-Giffin - MUMM
The WeedGeezs - breeders Anita Thompson - wife of Hunter S. Thompson Alice B. Toklas - brownie baker (RIP) Pebble Tribbett - activist
Jennifer Valley - Stoney Girl Gardens
Watermelon - model, medibles baker Karen Watson - entrepreneur Sita Von Windheim - Green Harvest
April Yaroslausky - Edmonton 420
Dr. Lynn Zimmer - sociologist, author of Marijuana Myths, Marijuana Facts (RIP)
* have no idea why she's on the list
These "women of weed" were omitted from the list:
Michelle Aldrich - historian, wife of Michael Aldrich Mischa Barton - stoner starlet Ani DiFranco - musician, MPP advisory board member Dr. Jocelyn Elders - former Surgeon General, MPP advisory board member, DPA honorary board member Sabrina Fendrick - NORML Paris Hilton - stoner starlet Dr. Julie Holland - editor of The Pot Book Ellen Komp - California NORML Natasha "Vaporella" Lewin - High Times Mishka - French activist Mae "Grandma Marijuana" Nutt - activist (RIP) Michelle Phillips - singer, MPP advisory board member Amy Poehler - comedienne, actress Marsha Rosenbaum - DPA Susan Sarandon - actress, MPP advisory board member Deborah Small - Break the Chains
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The Skunk top 100 list does have some good women but it also has a lot of internet "pot models" that no one has heard of outside of MySpace, celebrities that have nothing to do with marijuana and that don't even indulge or advocate it, edibles bakers the world hasn't heard of and other women that are obviously just buddy-buddy with Skunk staff.
I know a handful of obvious, well-known, hardworking women in the cannabis culture that should be on this list.
BTW, the title of the article actually is "Over 100 Influential Women of the Cannabis World," not Top 100 women. And although SKUNK HQ is located in Montreal, Quebec, 80-90% of our readership is American.
Please note that WE DIDN'T LEAVE ANYONE OUT - this is not a definitive list by any means. It's an organic legacy that will definitely be added to and look for "Over 100 Influential Women of the Cannabis World Version 2.0" sometime next year. Keep in mind that if we put EVERYONE on there, we wouldn't have room for any articles.
If there were only 114 influential women in the cannabis world, I'd be very, very sad for humanity in general.
Much love & kindness,
Mamakind
Yeah, I'm not sure why she's on the list either.