

I built a reputation for basically being prudish, conservative, nerdy, serious, in an attempt to feel that my body was safe and that my voice would be listened to.” And I cultivated an elegant way of dressing. I emphasized how bookish I was and how serious I was. I rejected any role that even had a kissing scene and talked about that choice deliberately in interviews. “And that men would feel entitled to discuss and objectify my body to my great discomfort. ”I understood very quickly, even as a 13-year-old, that if I were to express myself sexually, I would feel unsafe,” she said.

The experience, she said, changed the way she expressed herself publicly, in order to limit the ways she could be objectified by others. Movie reviewers talked about my budding breasts in reviews.” “A countdown was started on my local radio show to my 18th birthday, euphemistically the date that I would be legal to sleep with. ”I excitedly opened my first fan mail to read a rape fantasy that a man had written me,” she recalled. Portman described her pride and excitement in releasing the film, only to encounter sexually explicit messages both directed toward her and made about her. “Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman told the crowd at Saturday’s Women’s March in downtown Los Angeles that she experienced what she calls “sexual terrorism” as a 13-year-old after the release of the film The Professional. i feel like she could unhinge her jaw and drag me into the ocean like a kraken but she wouldn’t bc it’s undignified it’s not exactly evil but it’s not warm either…. Natalie portman radiates such a terrifying energy i can’t describe it….
