But the stunt pulled yesterday forced me to give in and weigh an opinion on the matter.
One thing I will say is "kudos" to her PR team and Paper Magazine for 'breaking the internet' yet again, making her the most tweeted name in the last month.
Don't believe me? Here are the stats (according to Topsy):
- On Nov. 8, just an average day, Kim Kardashian was tweeted about 12,000 times;
- Two days later, it was reported that she had made $43 million on her app, and she received 20,000 Twitter mentions;
- And then world caught a glimpse of that infamous derriere, and she was tweeted about more than 200,000 times.
Paper Magazine editor, Kim Hastreiter, said the issue was a conceptual art piece slash commentary on virality, audience and the power of social media and the enormity of the superstars that own it.
I get it. It's supposed to be artsy, it's entire purpose was meant to cause a stir. But an entire spread of nude photos, really? Kim, you are one of the biggest household names (regardless of how that all came to be), already live under a microscope, and are constantly under scrutiny. Above all of that, you are a mother to a beautiful baby girl who will one day ask questions about your life choices. Or worse, try to emulate them. Does being a celebrity make you less of a role model? Are you that depraved of attention? Obviously, the aforementioned stats say otherwise, so I'm sorry...maybe it's the feminist in me. Or maybe I'm way too conservative. All artistic concepts aside, this is when the virality of the internet really makes me cringe. They speculate that in a week's time, her cover will have been seen by ONE BILLION people. It's already this uncontrollable behemoth, and yet the audience continues to feed the beast.
But I digress... I guess nobody believes in leaving anything to the imagination anymore?
/rant
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