Gays and Celebrity by Imani Williams

When I clicked the link titled "Gay celebs and marriage," I didn't think that's what it said for one thing (Its late, I'm tired). I initially thought I had clicked an article that read "Celebrities and Gay Marriage". Thus I assumed that I would be reading an article about politically involved celebrities such as Oprah, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harry Belafonte, George Clooney, or even Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and their stance on gay marriage. Instead, the "article" was nothing more than a link to a photo album of gay celebrities, each photo having no more than three sentences captioning who was in the photo and what the occasion was.
This article is an example of the incredible celebrity that Americans lend freely to wealthy people. That's all celebrities are, rich, normal people. The simplicity of this article, discloses the simple mindedness of the likings of the public. It shows that a major growing trend is to follow the growing trend of the hour. If a celebrity does something, it is likely to be copied seconds later. We see that in knock off designer clothing and accessories, popularity in "Big Name" merchandise. Just the other day I saw a person with a getup similar to that of the "catastrophic" Miley Cyrus wardrobe from her infamous MTV VMA performance, why? I'm not quite sure. Now there are articles dedicated solely to the sexual preference of such normal people. This is all a bit ridiculous.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/26/showbiz/gallery/gay-celebs-marriage/index.html?hpt=hp_c3