IMO, people who diss Angelina Jolie

[davidthegnome]

45. Not interested in dissing her...

I'm not really interested in her period. The media circus, while annoying, is at least good for perhaps shedding some light on the issue.

I have yet to notice anyone going to any lengths to insult her, particularly based on her decision, I probably missed some threads about it somewhere.

What gets to me is that plenty of women have had this procedure... and the world ignores it and goes about it's business. Yet when someone like Angelina Jolie does it, suddenly the whole damn world is sitting up and paying attention, because the media is suddenly very interested. Why do you think the media is suddenly interested? It's not because of the procedure she's having - it's because she's a celebrated, beautiful woman who is greatly desired by men. It's not because she's a woman, that is, not for that reason primarily. The media's intentions have shit all to do with anything noble or progressive - generally speaking.

It's good that this is being talked about... but why does it take someone like Angelina Jolie having this operation to get a real conversation going? I'm not judging her personality, her character, or her personally. I just think it's sad that it requires the celebrity status of someone like Angelina for the talking heads to start pretending to give a damn - and for most of the rest of us to actually think about it.

I suppose if it doesn't effect us personally - and if it's not a celebrity doing it, most of us either don't know, or don't care.