BAM!
fame follows for whatever reason.
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| Economics major Sex life put on trial |
Remember Monica Lewinsky? I don't think she was looking for fame. She was simply a human being wooed by a POTUS penis that was practically waved in her face.
The Steubenville rape victim was scorned and threatened recently in the media and also by her local unloving and hostile community, who harassed and bullied her after CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC announced her name.
Shame. On. Them.
Why do we continue to pay audience to these stalkers and Peeping Toms if it seems wrong in our own "normal" lives?
Enough with making more privacy laws! What it really boils down to is a bad moral character on the part of the photographers, then perpetuated by the people who poison their brains buying those magazines.
It seems that, in lieu of a reigning American Royal Family, we have our celebrities to warm our hearts and to entertain us, existing as both the Throne and as the Court Jester.
They are mounted onto an impossible platform, and this very act of human idolatry creates a striking division between reality and celeb-reality. Without photographers (stalkers) capturing their every move, we would never believe that so-and-so and what's-her-face do "normal" things, like, going to the grocery store for food, tampons, and toilet paper.
Shame. On. Them.
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Not every actor, singer, dancer, writer desires fame; most just want to express their art successfully. Wanting to entertain or express your art shouldn't come with the heftiest price: loss of privacy. Photographers (stalkers) shouldn't be able to freely telephoto lens you while you are in your backyard or in the bathroom without some repercussions. If someone did that to you, you would probably think that's creepy and possibly get police intervention. Celebrities, on the other hand, are seen as bad, bitchy, or unappreciative jerks if they request their right to privacy. It's a very curious reversal, if you ask me. Why do we continue to pay audience to these stalkers and Peeping Toms if it seems wrong in our own "normal" lives?
They are mounted onto an impossible platform, and this very act of human idolatry creates a striking division between reality and celeb-reality. Without photographers (stalkers) capturing their every move, we would never believe that so-and-so and what's-her-face do "normal" things, like, going to the grocery store for food, tampons, and toilet paper.
Just like the rest of us...
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