On Tuesday, a day which saw the Obama administration stumbling and fumbling in response to a series of political embarrassments, the Oscar-winning actress and director wrote a remarkable essay in the New York Times that ended with a simple but powerful sentiment: “Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.”
Jolie, a mother of six, revealed she underwent a preventive double mastectomy because she carried a rare defective gene that made it virtually certain she would one day develop breast or ovarian cancer. Her odds are now less than 5 per cent.
Jolie’s action was bold and proactive — “I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer” — and her decision to make it public was selfless and strategic. It was an intimate message to other women “who do not know that they might be living under the shadow of cancer” that this disease can be beaten. “I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.”
Read more: Angelina Jolie’s leadership lessons: Obama, are you listening? Burman | Toronto Star
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