Hayden Panettiere: the Jane Fonda of Generation Y?
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After taking on the dolphin murderers in Japan, Hayden P. is now bringing her aquatic activism stateside. Just over a week ago the Palisades native was in D.C. to headline a “Save the Whales Again!” rally in Dupont Circle.
As the Washington Post’s Reliable Source blog pointed out, between Panettiere getting an arrest warrant for her antics in the land of the rising sun and her stumping in the nation’s capital—“she talked for most of an hour without notes”—she may just be the Jane Fonda of Generation Y.
In describing her attempt to stop the dolphin slaughter in Japan, Panettiere said, “It was like ‘Mission: Impossible’! We had masks on. . . . The water was so red with blood. . . . This baby dolphin popped its head up and looked at me.”
Since that speech, Hayden gave a talk at Georgetown; visited the embassies of Iceland, Norway and Japan; and held a news conference with Sen. John Kerry and Rep. Nick Rahall of the House Natural Resources Committee. As if that weren’t enough, she’s even launched her own website, Panettiere’s Closet, where she auctions off clothes she’s worn in order to raise money for the Whaleman Foundation. (On the site, you can also watch an old clip from Access Hollywood about the dolphin rescue operation.)
The icing on the cake: She’s even been out campaigning for Barak Obama.
I’m not about to make light of all this do-gooding (won’t make that mistake again), but I will say this: the Jane Fonda label doesn’t quite do the girl justice. If she keeps up like this, she’ll be the heir apparent to Bono.
(AP Photos/Susan Walsh)
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