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WATCH: The Ideology of Celebrity Humanitarianism

"Within the academe there is a flourishing body of criticism of the role of celebrity in recreating and reproducing hegemonic capitalist inequality. Kapoor adopts the most radical position, arguing that celebrity is part of the forces which create and produce inequality, and that celebrities might in fact be ‘sadists’ delighting in their position at the top of the pyramid."

A Madame of Mediocrity

Another vapid luminary on the cover of Vogue.