Public Response To Angelina Jolie's Mastectomy Proves We Still See Women As Body Parts

In a moving op-ed in today's New York Times, Angelina Jolie revealed her choice to have a preventative double mastectomy. The media coverage has been immediate--as has the troubling, sexist public conversation (#RIP Angelina's boobs!) about Jolie's decision. Jolie's mother died of cancer at age 56. Jolie herself, after discovering she carries the BRCA1 gene, which