Lisa Bloom: Angelina Jolie and the Media Cult of the Absurd

   The article below is both really well written, and quite impressive. I knew Jolie was an activist, but I am now  officially amazed...the Council on Foreign Relations? Really? Wow.

Team? Angie.

   Audry Hepbern and Princes Diana (among others) are dancing in their graves at this article. The sad thing is, the Media doesn't think people are interested.

In the era of declining magazine sales and fragmented TV viewership, don't you think that some established media outlet-or perhaps a new one, would 'capitalize' on this? Think of all of the beautiful celebs out there that NOBODY really knows the cool stuff about. People love to know that the people they admire are worthy of their admiration.

   There is nothing wrong with enjoying being entertained and having outside interests..example:  One of the most constantly engaged and involved people I know, someone who travels the World learning and teaching non-violent strategies was flattered and impressed when Alyssa Milano directly responded to one of her questions about a tweet about beauty secrets...there is nothing wrong with that. It is part of having a well-balanced life...which is IMPERATIVE if you want to stay healthy long enough to make a positive difference in the World.

   As an example of the opposite, I recall an interview with Donald Rumsfield in '04 or '05 where he admitted he hadn't seen more than one or two movies in a decade-how did that career turn out?

     Hugh Heffner made an empire because he not only showed beautiful naked women, but he PAID great writers and and journalists to publish their work in his magazine. My mom was an active feminist. She was a member of NOW, NARAL, and helped establish the first rape-crisis center in our part of my home state. She even got death threats for her involvement and SHE owned a hardback-bound copy of Playboy's Best Fiction and the hands-down best thing I have ever read about PTSD was in GQ.

The Sheep just need to be pointed in a better direction.
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Lisa Bloom: Angelina Jolie and the Media Cult of the Absurd: "While the public laps up this mind-numbing drivel, the real Angelina Jolie forges on. Perhaps you are vaguely aware that she is somehow involved with helping poor people in faraway places. The truth is that she has devoted a huge portion of the last eight years of her life to educating herself and then doing everything within her power to raise consciousness about and directly aid those who Franz Fanon called 'the wretched of the earth.'"