Word: fonda
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Fonda’s chameleonic existence fills the remaining pages with enough color and calamity to catch any reader’s attention—and her candidness and “good enough is good enough” message keeps that reader impressed. Fonda deserves respect, regardless of personal politics...
Between her time as Barbarella and Hanoi Jane, among the Oscar wins and spousal losses, Fonda kept journals. Using those diaries along with media interviews and biographies of her famous family members (such as father Henry, brother Peter, and niece Bridget), she wrote her memoirs. Of course, the 22,000 pages of FBI files (kept on her because of her involvement in Vietnam) didn’t hurt either...
Some steamy details never made the final cut. “They all read it before I ever published it. My husbands, my children, my stepchildren,” Fonda promises. In particular, “Ted’s children asked me to take out the sex.” During editing, Fonda cut 500 pages, “But I left in what I felt I needed to leave in order to render my journey vibrant and palpable,” she says...
...book, Fonda certainly inspires women—through her own resilience—to adopt a stronger voice and be more aware of their intrinsic power. But America might not be prepared to accept full-fledged feminists yet. “I think that we’re perfectly ready to embrace a female head of state,” she says. “Whether we’re ready to embrace a strong woman who is not a ventriloquist for the patriarchy is another thing...
...rate, one strong woman can count on Fonda: “If Hillary was the nominee, I would definitely vote...