They're right to think that about me, because I'm the person

The words of Angelina Jolie, “They’re right to think that about me, because I’m the person most likely to sleep with my female fans, I genuinely love women. And I think they know that,” fall with the candor of one unafraid of scandal, unafraid of truth. Beneath their provocation lies something ancient: the daring of a soul who refuses to wear the masks society demands. In declaring her love for women, Jolie does more than confess desire—she affirms solidarity, a bond of recognition, and the breaking of chains that long sought to bind women’s passion in silence.

From the earliest ages, desire outside the approved order was shunned and hidden. In ancient Athens, Sappho of Lesbos raised her voice in lyric poetry, singing openly of her love for women. Though centuries sought to bury her words, her verses endure, reminding us that the love of women for women is as timeless as the love of man and woman. Jolie’s declaration, bold in its modern tongue, is heir to this same flame: the courage to love without apology, to honor passion as a form of truth.

Yet there is more. Jolie does not merely speak of desire but of genuine love. Her words suggest that her fans—women who look to her not only as an actress but as an emblem of strength—sense in her an openness of spirit, a refusal to feign distance. Where many idols stand aloof, she stands near, vulnerable, human. This intimacy, though dangerous in its honesty, creates a bond deeper than mere celebrity. It echoes the ancient role of the muse and the goddess, who drew followers not only through beauty but through recognition of shared humanity.

The history of queens and empresses reveals the same paradox. Cleopatra of Egypt, though famed for her liaisons with men, also commanded love and loyalty from women of her court, not only through power but through charm and solidarity. She embodied the dangerous mixture of desire and admiration that Jolie here names: to be loved not just from afar, but with the dangerous intimacy of one who could cross the boundary between idol and equal.

So let the future generations learn: in these words lies not scandal, but the lesson of authenticity. To love freely, to admit desire openly, to acknowledge the bonds between women, is to defy the world’s expectation of silence. Jolie’s boldness is not merely about passion, but about the right of each soul to speak its truth without shame. In such honesty lies power, and in such power lies the freedom for others to be unafraid.