Celebrity

A great and critical book by Andrea Mcdonnell and Susan j. Douglas. They elaborate beautifully on how celebrities and celebrity culture has affected American culture. This episode hopes to elaborate on that just a bit and show how celebrity culture affects us individually and collectively. They also talk about in great detail how technology has been fundamentally useful for celebrities going back to radio, film, television and social media. This episode specifically focuses on social media as it is contemporarily and arguably the most culturally relevant and relatable. The book also talks about how essential celebrities are for capitalism and this episode also expands on that as well. This is an incredibly detailed and thorough book that looks at America's biggest cultural icons from the Beatles to the Kardashians and it reflects us as a people and how we respond to these celebrities, for better or for worse. LINK TO THE BOOK: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/celebrity-a-history-of-fame_susan-douglas_andrea-mcdonnell/20332628/?resultid=8b84c65b-1c8e-40c9-bff5-7d9cbae9ce7c#edition=21655026&idiq=32425307 PROTEST SONG RECOMMENDATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syeyKhfChfA PLOT TO OVERTHROW AMERICA TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Xu6FuP-IM LINK TO THE SPEECH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qkU-evkvMo CELEBRITY CULTURE EXEMPLIFIED: https://twitter.com/Epithymia__/status/1385684052544397315?s=20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH7InxylzRU