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April 26, 2006
Why the Obsession with Celebs?
Bitch, Ph.D posted about the ubiquitous inquiry into Britney Spear uterus and asked readers to comment on why everyone seems to care. Here was my response:
People have always been interested in celebrity gossip, but the fascination is at an all time high. I believe it is fueled by media coverage, especially the proliferation of celebrity gossip rags like US Weekly, Star, Hello, and OK!
Celebrity magazines have a higher growth rate (in readers and ad dollars) than almost any other category.
Now, as to why people are so fascinated with Britney and Angelina's wombs, I think it is relaxing to crawl under a rock and fill one's mind with useless detritus from celeb lives rather than deal with the reality of increasing gas prices, illegal occupation of foreign countries, and death from the mumps.
Posted by cj at April 26, 2006 10:54 PM
Comments
Forgive me if you already read it long ago, but there was a fairly interesting discussion on this topic, in this post, http://simplywait.blogspot.com/2006/03/fertility-goddesses.html , at Patry Francis' blog 'Simply Wait', which continued in the comments, too.
Posted by: Sarsparilla at May 4, 2006 06:47 AM