by Annie Vischer
Jennifer Lawrence takes to the cover of the latest issue of Vanity Fair. Her blonde crop is teased into loose waves, her lips swept with a red lipstick laden lip brush, and her neck adorned with glistening diamonds. She looks every inch the classic Hollywood bombshell, but her words in the interview within take on a a far more earnest tone than the cover might suggest.
The interview is Jennifer’s chance to speak out about the photo-hacking scandal, and she takes to the podium with passion. She describes the process of exposing private and personal images of her and other targeted personalities as a ‘sex crime’. She says ‘It is not a scandal. It is a sex crime. It is a sexual violation. It’s disgusting. The law needs to be changed, and we need to change. That’s why these web sites are responsible. Just the fact that somebody can be sexually exploited and violated, and the first thought that crosses somebody’s mind is to make a profit from it. It’s so beyond me. I just can’t imagine being that detached from humanity. I can’t imagine being that thoughtless and careless and so empty inside.
According to Jennifer, she tried several times to write a statement at the time, but was too angry or upset to go through with it. She thought about an apology, but was there anything to apologise for? The pictures were intended for one person only, with whom she’d been in a relationship for four years. It was not her choice to make them public, she had no choice, and the people who should be apologising weren’t even considering it.
Her situation at the time was an unthinkable one, and women everywhere could sympathise. Her candid words in Vanity Fair make it more than apparent that the photo-hacking headlines this year, meant more than just a ‘scandal’.