{"id":1454,"date":"2011-10-25T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.transversalmedia.eu\/of-all-people-here-i-am-going-to-defend-kim\/"},"modified":"2011-10-25T12:16:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T12:16:00","slug":"of-all-people-here-i-am-going-to-defend-kim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/of-all-people-here-i-am-going-to-defend-kim\/","title":{"rendered":"Of all people, here I am going to defend Kim Kardashian"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post with thousands and thousands of reblogs is a great many things at once!<\/a><\/p>\n

It is deeply misogynistic<\/p>\n

It is homophobic<\/p>\n

It is transphobic<\/p>\n

It is queerphobic<\/p>\n

And last, but not least, it is simplistically dumb<\/em><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at the first one of these celebrities, a regular punching bag on certain \u201cprogressive gossip\u201d media: Kim Kardashian.<\/p>\n

Now, do I like the products coming out of the \u201cKardashian Media Empire\u201d? Not by a long shot. I don\u2019t even watch that kind of reality TV. Her clothes are not to my personal style and the bits and pieces of other stuff she has branded in the past are not really up my alley. However, I simply do not get the small, acrimonious, petty hatred for this woman. They call her \u201cdumb\u201d, \u201cslutty\u201d, or \u201ca dumb slut\u201d. She is labeled as \u201cshallow\u201d, an \u201cairhead\u201d, \u201cfake\u201d, etc, etc. And yet, she makes MILLIONS out of all this. She enjoys an extremely wealthy lifestyle. Some of it unquestionably inherited from her family, but it is undeniable that she has taken it to a whole new level. This is not the result of the machinations of a \u201cdumb\u201d woman. This requires media savvy, knowledge of business and more importantly, the capacity to use them to your advantage. Calling her \u201can airhead\u201d in this context, is simply misogyny, it is the ultimate put down of a woman who might be many things but stupid is not one of them.<\/p>\n

I am highly critical of the role of capitalism in the production of pop culture and people\u2019s responses to this. I am critical of the role of certain allegiances to products that are nothing more than corporate brands. However, can we blame Kim Kardashian for using this very system to her advantage? And what exactly justifies the slut shaming, the hatred, the anti-woman rhetoric? Because let\u2019s be honest here, how is Kim Kardashian any more \u201cfake\u201d (or \u201creal\u201d for that matter), than a TV show like Castle (one that I thoroughly enjoy myself). And more importantly, how is she any less effective than such product at generating personal wealth for those involved? Still, we respond positively to the TV show, while, as a culture, we believe it is our right to use slurs against this woman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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