Madame de Pompadour's View on 21st Century Issues

Pompadour, being at the forefront of intellectually stimulating salons would be a big fan of blogs. The exchange of analytical cultural information has shifted from salons and coffee shops to the online world of blogs. No matter what the setting, so long as there was intelligent conversation being exchanged, she would be happy. 

Pompadour would have mixed feelings about the status of women around the world. On one hand women's rights have increased in general and now share either equal or almost as equal status as men. Pompadour wouldn't be pleased at the lack of many prominent political figures that are women. In her time Madame de Pompadour advised the king closely and handled a lot of exchanges with people the king did not know well. There are not many women that nowadays share such an important political, and cultural, don't forget her influence on the arts, status.