The Secrecy of Celebrity Icons
It’s undeniable: we love being kept on our toes, and we love gossip. The harder something is to find out, the more we want to elucidate it; being aware of…
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Deux Moi, Amanda Bynes, and the Ethics of Paparazzi
Curled in bed, watching a viral YouTube documentary about the life of Amanda Bynes, I was horrified. Horrified by the entertainment industry’s unreachable standards, by the money-grabbing attitude of her…
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Consuming Princess Diana: Our Obsession With Women and Tragedy
My obsession with the royal family began with The Crown. Watching the perfection that is Claire Foy in Seasons 1 and 2, I felt like I finally understood their cultural…
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Redefining Celebrity as Distance Disappears
In 2017, a 16-year-old girl named Emma Chamberlain uploaded her first YouTube video. The city-inspired lookbook, filled with a mid-2010s array of Brandy Melville and Pacsun, has now amassed almost…
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An Ode to the Bimbos Emily Ratajkowski Left Behind
Emily Ratajkowski, certified Girl Boss, has positioned herself to be a walking modern feminist statement. In an interview with Paper, she coined her Instagram account a “sexy, feminist magazine.” Painfully…
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The (Queer?) Opulence of Harry Styles
When beloved boy band One Direction broke up in 2015, millions of fans all over the world were devastated. For many, the band’s upbeat pop anthems and meticulously styled matching…
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When Celebrities Become People, Too
Since being in quarantine, my Apple-calculated screen time has shot up. Astronomically. I spend much of my day on my phone, clicking through Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and even Facebook, to…
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