Jane Fonda ~ Queen Jane
Queen Jane, Approximately How Jane Fonda found her way back to acting. By Hilton Als When she was young, Fonda says, “being a woman meant being a victim, being the loser, being the one that’ll be destroyed.” Photograph by Martin Schoeller August. The dog days of 2007. The whole world seemed to be wilting. Jane Fonda—the actress, philanthropist, feminist, political activist, model, Christian, blogger, fitness advocate, licensing magnate, and memoirist—impeccable and straight-backed in a light-colored chiffon dress, was attending an outdoor wedding reception in Brooklyn. The groom was Fonda’s son, the actor Troy Garity, who had married the actress Simone Bent earlier that day. Before the reception began, Fonda marched over to one of the bar tables, followed by a coterie of younger men. “I’m the mother of the groom and I need a drink!” she announced to the startled bartender. She took a sip of her vodka-and-orange-juice and l...


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