Julianne Moore looks stunning as she poses up a storm on the cover of InStyle to celebrate the mag’s 25th anniversary.
Moore chats to Helena Christensen in the accompanying interview, as she also looks back at her six InStyle covers in a YouTube clip.
During the interview, Christensen asks why it’s so hard for women to get paid the same as men.
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“Why?” Moore replies. “Sexism. Another thing I really resent in our culture is the conversation about aging. Everybody’s aging all the time — men, women, and children. But why has that become a narrative for women?
“It’s because, traditionally, the only currency that women have had was how they looked and who was going to marry them. So, if all your power is derived from your beauty and your youth, then that’s going to be something people hold on to. That’s no longer true. We do not need to subscribe to that narrative. It doesn’t matter.
“That’s why I always want to get that question out of interviews. That’s an old question, a sexist one.”
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Fifteen former cover stars also feature alongside Moore in the latest issue of the mag.
Jennifer Aniston, Kerry Washington, Demi Moore, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz, Halle Berry, Drew Barrymore, Meg Ryan, Gwyneth Paltrow, Salma Hayek, and Jennifer Garner all reveal what’s changed since they posed for the publication.
Aniston says, “When I think back on the ’90s, it makes me nostalgic— period. They were simpler times. This is going to sound odd but there was a sense of safety in the world. We weren’t exposed to as much as we are now. And even if there was just as much s**t going on, we didn’t necessarily have it in our faces 24/7. It was lighter. There was a lot more human connection.”
Alba adds, “Looking back, when I shot my first InStyle cover, I was insecure. I felt like I needed to be someone I wasn’t in order to be accepted. I allowed other people’s ideas of who they thought I should be to define me. Who am I now? I give zero f**ks. I have three children. They’ve exploded my body, and I’m cool with it.”
