"Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny"
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The subtext is defiance wrapped in nonchalance. By refusing to over-explain, she rejects the demand that public women, especially famous ones, provide a thesis statement for their sexuality. This isn’t a courtroom testimony or a coming-out script; it’s a refusal to be pinned to a single lane. “Like everything” is obviously not literal, and that exaggeration functions as shield and provocation: if you try to police her boundaries, she’ll widen them until policing looks absurd.
Contextually, a star of Jolie’s era saying this in interviews hit differently than it would now. In a media climate addicted to categorizing women as either “wholesome” or “dangerous,” she leverages celebrity to normalize ambiguity. The line doubles as persona-making: Jolie as the unapologetic outsider who won’t perform purity, and won’t apologize for appetite.
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| Topic | Love |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Jolie, Angelina. (2026, January 18). Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/honestly-i-like-everything-boyish-girls-girlish-13887/
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Jolie, Angelina. "Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny." FixQuotes. January 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/honestly-i-like-everything-boyish-girls-girlish-13887/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Honestly, I like everything, boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny." FixQuotes, 18 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/honestly-i-like-everything-boyish-girls-girlish-13887/. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.










