I've decided to write my blog extension paper on the celebrity status of Nicki Minaj and Kim Kardashian. I feel as though I have to devote another blog post to this idea of the celetoid for the fact that I've uncovered so much more information that I find so interesting. One of the articles I'm including in my paper is on the antifeminist nature that exists in Nicki Minaj's image. She portrays herself as Barbie, continuously becoming more and more like the hegemonic image of Barbie that come to mind. She's small-waisted, always wearing makeup and expressing herself and her sexuality constantly. This is what our culture has determined is the proper woman. Nicki is our daily reminder of our society's values - body image. Kim Kardashian follows that same path as she constantly talks about her butt in nearly every episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, she tweets about it, it never stops! I just think it's really interesting that we don't talk about this a lot but it's a huge reason of why they're famous. Weird, yeah? If everyone could be famous because they had a "donkey booty" - wouldn't there be a lot more celebrities?
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