{"id":11869,"date":"2017-01-04T00:42:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T08:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=11869"},"modified":"2017-01-04T13:27:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T21:27:10","slug":"giving-up-celebrities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/giving-up-celebrities\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Up Celebrities"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I stopped writing for Popdust<\/a> a few weeks ago, I never thought I would lose interest in celebrities.<\/p>\n

Having to write about them every day involved a total immersion in their real and made-up antics. I labored over the Daily Mail, looking for some news or photos I could spin into a post. I refused to just copy something that had already been posted somewhere else. Even though my writing and the website itself were garbage, I took a pathetic pride in being original.<\/p>\n

I became an expert on Kim<\/strong><\/a> and Kanye.<\/p>\n

My husband had to ask me several times when we were out walking to stop talking about Kanye. I found it hard not to share the contents of my knowledge base. I thought about Kylie and Khloe and Madonna and Gwyneth even when I was off the clock.\u00a0 I started checking in on them several times a day, worried about missing something.<\/p>\n

I followed Rumer Willis<\/strong> on Twitter, and tried to decode her tweets to her sister, whatshername.<\/p>\n

Now, I am blissfully unaware of Rumer’s musings, and I don’t know where Kylie stands with Tyga.<\/p>\n

Without any deliberate detox plan, I quit celebrities, just like that!<\/p>\n

It feels like a miracle. No longer preoccupied with celebrities, I haven’t become more productive and I haven’t developed a new interest, but at least I don’t talk about Kanye. I think it’s a win.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, I may have a lot more free-floating rage and hatred. But I will need it for our Insane Clown President.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

In fact, given Matt Taibbi<\/strong><\/a>‘s brilliant nickname for Donald Trump, it would be wonderfully fitting if Insane Clown Posse<\/strong><\/a> and a few thousand juggalos<\/a> could perform at the inauguration! Please, universe, make this happen.<\/p>\n

Where once I could rant about Taylor Swift with the passion of a crazed zealot, now I have no idea what she’s up to, and I wonder how I could once get so worked up about her.<\/p>\n

Maybe it’s the emergence of actual villains that has drained my hatred for celebrities, or maybe familiarity really does breed contempt. Getting some distance from Kim Kardashian’s ass has helped me to refocus on my own ass,\u00a0 such as it is.<\/p>\n

If you fear that you are a hopeless celebrity addict, take it from me, you can live without them. Step 1 is to renounce the Daily Mail, and if I could do it, so can you. Then, move away from your computer and start thinking about your ass.<\/p>\n

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*photo by Juggalo4U<\/em><\/p>\n

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