38 – MAY 2015editor’s LETTER
NATHANIEL GOLDBERGALL PRICES APPROXIMATE DETAILS LAST PAGESo the great frustration many of Vog u e’s sta ff,
I like to wait until the entire issue is paginated
in “the book” before I write my editor’s letter.
Seeing and reading the issue the way you, the
reader, will experience it often gives me a fresh
perspective. This month, I am glad I waited
until the last minute to write this letter because
the day before we went to print the New York Times published a
powerful column written by Angelina Jolie Pitt about undergoing
a laparoscopic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy to remove her
ovaries and fallopian tubes. She opted for the procedure because
there was a small benign tumour on one of her ovaries, but no
signs of cancer in any of the tissues. “I feel deeply for women for
whom this moment comes very early in life, before they have had
their children,” Jolie Pitt wrote. “Their situation is far harder than
mine ... It is not easy to make these decisions. But it is possible to
take control and tackle head-on any health issue. You can seek
advice, learn about the options and make choices that are right for
you. Knowledge is power.” This month Vog u e supports the Ovarian
Cancer Research Foundation’s (OCRF) White Shirt Campaign,
and I encourage you to purchase a white shirt from Witchery
because 100 per cent of the proceeds will go towards the OCRF
whose scientists are working towards finding an early detection
test for this insidious disease.
I lost my godmother to ovarian cancer and in 2013 a fellow
magazine editor passed away who was only in her 30s. Regular
readers of this magazine will recall we profiled the incredible
Margaret Rose in our February issue. She is a lucky survivor – they
are far too rare – but the heartache her diagnosis and treatment
caused her family resonated with you and we were inundated with
your feedback and admiration for her. The equally brave Susan
Renouf shares the story of her treatment this month on page 102.
As Jolie Pitt says, knowledge is power, so I encourage you to read
her story, and again, please buy a white shirt from Witchery.
Elsewhere in this issue we profile some extraordinary home-
grown acting talent, not least Abbey Lee, who shares our cover with
Riley Keough, her friend and co-star in the upcoming Mad Max:
Fury Road film. (Elvis’s granddaughter has become an honorary
Australian following her recent marriage to Australian stuntman
Ben Smith-Petersen, who she met on set filming the latest Mad
Max instalment.) We also profile the incredibly talented Marta
Dusseldorp (see page 188) and I hope you enjoy the conversation
between Rose Byrne and Krew Boylan (from page 162), who have
come together to form creative collective, the Doll House. It’s no
wonder Aussies are making such a big impact in Hollywood.T
Edwina McCann
Editor-in-chiefAbbey Lee and
Riley Keough in
“Two for the road”,
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