http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/16/opinion/wexler-celebrities-share/index.html?iid=article_sidebar
This week, Laura Wexler, writer for CNN, wrote about Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy. The news was astonishing to many women because usually women in the later stages of breast cancer undergo a double mastectomy, not women who are just trying to be proactive. Angelina Jolie had a recent scare while receiving her yearly mammogram, and decided to get a double mastectomy. Being one of the most famous sex-symbols in todays society, the media was all over the story. Jolie stated that being preventative is important and shouldn't be glamorized in Hollywood, since breast cancer takes the lives of thousands of women each year.
The author of the article, Laura Wexler, supported Jolie's "coming out of the closet" by remembering previous celebrities who have done the same. She alludes to Billie Jean King, and other women who openly admitted to getting an abortion. Wexler explains how this sense of openness between celebrities and their fans allows their fans to become proactive themselves and follow in the footsteps of their idols. Wexler's use of supporting details to defend her claim that celebrities who share secrets cause their fans to do positive things, effectively supported her argument.
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