Angelina Jolie Talks Systemic Racism and Domestic Violence for Harper's Bazaar

[shangri__la]

"A system that protects me but might not protect my daughter - or any other child, woman or man in our country based on skin colour - is intolerable" - Angelina Jolie on why fighting injustice is no longer something we can ignorehttps://t.co/QBw9Pv30hV
- BazaarUK (@BazaarUK) June 12, 2020
Angelina Jolie has given an interview to Harper's Bazaar

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[syzygy09]

What is whiteface? It's definitely not anything of importance.

That's fucked up that you were put in that position to keep it casual and she's probably not worth arguing with, but fuck. that.

[eatmydustbinns]

Lmao omg who are these white ppl who feel attacked by White Chicks?!

[ms_mmelissa]

"We still turn a blind eye to domestic violence. We often don’t believe survivors, we don’t put the rights of children first or take their trauma seriously."

Like even as someone used to how sexist and racist Hollywood is it's truly amazing to me that they all just decided to act like Brad Pitt's a great guy when he assaulted their child while verbally abusing her.

[shangri__la]

Considering how Angelina and even her children have focused recent charity work on domestic violence and the way Angelina talks about her marriage leans toward a darker side of that whole thing and I sincerely hope my hunch is wrong.

[shangri__la]

Before anyone asks:

I think it was at the end of my relationship with Brad and then when we separated. It was complicated. I didn’t recognize myself anymore, and I’d become, how do I say this, smaller, insignificant, even if I didn’t show it.

I was profoundly, deeply sad. I was hurt. On the other hand, it was interesting to tap into this humility and sense of insignificance...It’s a lesson I pass onto my children: the idea of renewal, and through it all, the possibility of joy. I had to rediscover the joy.

The part of us that is free, wild, open, curious can get shut down by life. By pain or by harm. My children know my true self, and they have helped me to find it again and to embrace it. They have been through a lot. I learn from their strength.

[talklikelions]

This is so sad. I also remember her (alleged) eating disorder got really bad when she was with Brad. The headlines of “Brad is helping Angelina recover!” always bothered me so much because giving a man credit for a woman’s mental health recovery (which it didn’t seem she was doing anyways) is so gross. Has my bf helped my recovery by being supportive and wonderful? Yes. But it was ME that did the work to get where I am. But there were many headlines about how Brad was saving Angie from herself and it icked me out, especially once they broke up and it became obvious what a dick he was.

[syzygy09]

No one should ever look to me for advice (or her, perhaps), but "Regarding the pandemic, she is most worried for refugees and women/children in abusive households" has been such a real and terrifying thing for so many people. If you've seen that, been that, have tangentially experienced that, you know.

Global pandemics and being shut in are a laugh, at best, because we have to. But they're also a haven for domestic violence.

[crystalzelda]

One of my friends got married the weekend before our state shut down. When we Zoom chatted a few weeks later, she told me that she’s kind of incredulous this is her life now bc she’s so happy to be in quarantine with her new husband. Her previous marriage was really abusive and she said she’d been spending a lot of time thinking how terrible this time have been if it had happened when she was still with her ex. I’m gutted for all the people who are now trapped with their abusers.

[swearwolves]

😭 I’ve been in a ~mood today and thinking about your friend just made me teary with happiness for her

[crystalzelda]

Me too! I’m genuinely envious honestly, she and her husband and just... so in love and great together. Honestly goals, and she really deserves her happiness after all the shit she went through in her first marriage.

[crystalzelda]

I really like her. She’s been a humanitarian for so long, and seems to really be a great mom to her kids. Can’t say the same about their father but really... is that anything new

[allmylines]

didn't she do blackface for a role?

[nutmegdealer]

this was weird because the woman she played wanted angelina to play her.

[allmylines]

yeah i remember that, but it was still a weird decision idk

[swearwolves]

yeh...the “but she wanted angelina to play her” excuse is not actually an excuse. she could have easily said “I’m v flattered but I don’t feel comfortable doing that”.