The Systemic Abuse of Celebrities

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A good example of "manufactured authenticity" are these vogue 73 questions interviews imo.

that family feud thing was sickening

Nothing like what happened to Britney has ever happened to anyone else. The girl was hounded mercilessly and driven to a mental breakdown. It was like a stoning in public. For her to still even have love for humanity and a love of life shows just how strong she is.

We all say "If Britney survived 2007 i can survive xyz", but i would not have survived what shes gone through. This woman has gone through pure hell and shes still getting up every morning to gain her freedom back. She deserves respect just for that. It breaks my heart.

Our culture has an entitlement problem. We treat customer service people the same way, demanding they be beholden to whatever we ask because we spend money on the company they represent or the service they offer. We need to treat all people like humans, especially in a business context—not chattel, not merchandise, not our therapists, not our friends.

How sick is hollywood to portray a real person's mental health and personal life as a mere prop on a game show. Like that really disgusted me. Britney deserved better.

That whole “fame is abuse” line got me because just yesterday I saw a video of Miley Cyrus on Facebook where she was going out to greet & take pics with a big crowd of fans behind a metal gate, and one of the fans kept like touching/brushing her hair as if she’s a horse or something. Miley didn’t even react, but it struck me as odd. So I commented on the video saying how weird that was to me and someone responded back saying “it’s not weird it’s admiration.” So your line “fame is abuse” really reminded me of that. It just made me so uncomfortable but Miley didn’t even flinch which made me believe she’s probably used to be treated like that :/

It's also important to note that Selena Gomez and Miley Cyrus come from different backgrounds, Miley's family background offers her a bit of security so she can take risks while Selena's does not . Selena has to maintain a certain image to continue to work and remain in the same circles therefore everything has to go through a filter.

It doesn’t sit well with me that Brittney was so scrutinized for sleeping with Justin and he got off scot free. I understand she said she would practice abstinence but still, people change there minds, I just hope people can be more understanding.

“I just really can’t wait for people to forget about me.” I never knew Selena Gomez said that. The sadness in that statement says so much about everything unhealthy in celebrity culture. The research that went into this video is really stellar all over but that quote especially is going to stick with me.

i can’t help but cry when i delve too deep into Britney Spears and her media treatment. the fact that she never ended her own life is kind of insane to me but I’ve very glad she’s still here

My jaw dropped when that lady said what she said about Britney & her kids. I can’t believe that was viewed as ‘okay’

A lot of the people who have embraced the Britney redemption will engage in exactly the same behaviours online that she was subjected to.

Society likes to build up the underdog. Then once you get to the top they want to drag you down. Then once you're down, you are back to being the underdog again and they want to build you back up. Humanity is sick.

at 15:50, Britney sobbing about the paparazzi never leaving her alone is heartbreaking. she always deserved better and was never able to just live her life.

People: "money doesn't buy you happiness" Also people: "these celebrities are so rich. How can they be depressed?"

I think this is why the Gorillaz are so interesting to me. By using fictional character they are completely detaching themselves from the celebrity culture while still being able to make their art and having it broadcasted to millions of people.

This part where Miley says that she's not 12 anymore because people decide things for her makes me realize why the entertainment industry loves child stars...

"condescending animosity disguised as concern" The world has this to such an intolerable degree right now. something to do with internet culture, accessibility to people while being allowed a disassociation from the ability to humanise them Loved this video, itll defintely stick around on my mind for a bit with its various themes. I'm a huge fan of the general production of this video as well as its nuanced exploration of this topic, I'll be looking for more