So not over.

Forgive the serious tone in response to an amusing article ["Is Angie Over?" August 14], but the media have failed, for years, to mention another reason why Angelina Jolie can be admired, including by "rabid lesbian fans" like me: She wrote a book, Notes From My Travels, about her work with refugees; proceeds go to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Her image turnaround, discussed only recently, is not new--she published this book over four years ago. Anyone whose invisibility means they can be killed and no one sees it--whether they're refugees from Cambodia or they have been kicked out of a home in the U.S.--can use someone who has the means to call for help. If Angelina Jolie is "over," it's because she's now in a position where we can look up to her.

Oh, blah blah blah, forget my lecture and go rent her movie Foxfire, in which she plays a dyke--your rabid-lesbian-fan tendencies will come roaring back.

L. HINTON Hilo, Hawaii 

For years I have been waiting for some type of article on Angelina Jolie. The Advocate is an excellent magazine, and I was very excited when I saw there was a piece on her ... finally. But to my dismay, it seemed more like an article fit for Us Weekly than your magazine.

Angelina is not only a dykon but an openly bisexual woman, unlike Michelle Rodriguez, who will not address her sexual orientation. Bisexuals, with the exception of Ani DiFranco, really don't seem to be embraced by The Advocate, and that's sad.

CARRIE DUNCAN NEWMAN Ottumwa, Iowa