Suburban Goddess

I stayed up past my bedtime last night just to watch Angelina’s interview w/Anderson Cooper last night. I’ve been trying to stay in tune with world events more these days, & I was very interested in hearing about the type of work she was doing with refugees.

I’ve always been a huge Angelina fan anyway; she’s her own person, brutally honest, a little quirky, independent & beautiful. All traits I admire. My co-worker likes to refer to her as a “home-wrecking dirty whore,” which may or may not be the case, but after last night, I don’t blame Brad for dumping shallow-little-money-grubbing Aniston for Angelina. The woman pays her own way on UN missions, shells out millions of dollars in aid, brings the starving children into her home, and goes head-to-head with Washington legislators without regard to partisan lines. “Friends” seems like small potatoes in comparison.

Angelina’s focus is the right to LIFE, in the purest sense of the word. You, as a human, have certain rights that NO ONE should be allowed to take, and as a human, you have an obligation to keep these injustices from happening to another human being. How profound. I cannot imagine the injustices she has witnessed. I cannot fathom how people can be so cruel and barbaric to one another, but especially to the vunerable & the helpless. Why are these monsters allowed to continue? How is a 16-month old a threat to a man with a machete? How, in your right mind, could you possible swing a knife at a child who stands in front of you crying & begging for their life? How, after gang-raping a woman for days, can you put a knife between her legs & rip her open? How does that still happen in this day & age? Why aren’t we focusing on these things???

I was amazed that she still looks at the world the way that she does, without bitterness, without anger. She just pushes forward trying to bring awareness. Can you imagine if all mega stars did the same thing? Forgive me, P. Diddy, but when you talk about “your people,” why aren’t you standing next to the white woman in Africa with your checkbook? (Okay, so maybe that’s not fair. I’m sure the Diddy has charitable causes, too)

I heard a story this morning about some group that’s pissed off because of the country lockdown during the birth of the her child. With as much time, effort & money that Angelina has brought to that country, they owe her that much. Hell, they should change the name of Namibia to Angelinaland. Proof that there will always be someone unhappy with every situation out there. Hey, thanks for getting me clean water to drink, but you really should have let those annoying journalists take your picture. Who do you think you are? (Whatever happened to THANK YOU???)

Like her or not, you have to respect the woman. She’s trying to change the world. And if it makes it a little safer for my daughter, then I will be eternally grateful.

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