Step 157: Do not be emotionally vested in the actions of celebrities

20th February 2012

Post reblogged from Adulting with 138 notes

Step 157: Do not be emotionally vested in the actions of celebrities

Inspired by the fact that righteous Rihanna anger/defense has cluttered up my dashboard, a quick note.

Rihanna owes you nothing, and will give you nothing. Her body and mind belong to her, not you. Your relationship to Rihanna is to spectate, or not; buy her music, or not. You are not Rihanna’s older sister or best girlfriend. She’s a pop star, not a referendum on whether or not domestic violence is OK (spoiler alert: it’s not).

If you feel upset about it, then give $10 to your local women’s shelter, or volunteer. That is a billion times more productive than angrily parsing the personal decisions/reactions to those decisions of someone you’ll never meet.

Kind of ignorant.
Not being “emotionally vested in the actions of celebrities” should mean not caring about their divorces and sex tapes and red carpet faux pas. It is entirely reasonable to express outrage when the “actions of celebrities” tend toward domestic violence. Yes, please do donate to a local shelter, but also yell and scream and shout your disagreement when an (unfortunate) role model is able to get away with behavior that is not only literally harmful to someone- whether you know her or not- but also harmful to the ideals our youth should be embracing. No, celebrities should not be placed on pedestals, but neither should their plights be ignored simply because our relationship with them is “to spectate, or not.” Human is human, and no amount of limelight should wash out a wrongdoing.

Source: adulting

My nerd is showing.

Step 157: Do not be emotionally vested in the actions of celebrities