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Her current presence in the world is marked by a return to the independence that first made her a star. Whether she is focusing on her fashion collective, her tireless advocacy for refugee rights, or her life as a single mother, there is a sense of wholidation. She is reintegrating the parts of herself that she had placed in storage during the “Brangelina” era—her edge, her defiance, and her fluid understanding of love and desire. This reclamation is a quiet act of rebellion against the industry’s tendency to put women in boxes once they reach a certain age or stage of motherhood.