Not all voices carry in the same way; not everyone has clout: Macpherson does, and while she is right to say that she's entitled to tell her story, it's also true that it's dangerous to shout 'fire' in a crowded theatre.
Elle Macpherson this week revealed she chose to treat her breast cancer "holistically' and not by the traditional methods of surgery, chemo or radiation.The lovely young woman who cared for my son in his very early years as I was leaving home at 3:30am for News Breakfast and while my husband was working interstate, was one of the sweetest, warmest young women I ever knew.
Gwyneth Paltrow's nonsense rode in on the back of this wave and new generations of consumers became primed, through a nascent phase of new social media platforms and the beautiful looking people on them, to be open to alternative approaches to youth and beauty.
But she is not just anyone. And that reality has sparked fury. Doctors from the UK to Australia and back have slammed her pronouncements, with one professor of public health from Trinity College Dublin saying "You have to ask if all this should matter to Macpherson when she has the right to tell a personal story that will have mass appeal to the many people who admire and envy her: it's a tale of non-invasive therapy and individual choice.
Not all voices carry in the same way; not everyone has clout: Elle does, and while she is right to say that she is entitled to tell her story and share her experience, it's also true that it's dangerous to shout "fire" in a crowded theatre.
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