and everything else in that relationship. Sexual exclusiveness . Sexual exclusivity. Do you think that the legalization of gay marriage is going to change that?
Luckily Gilad is a genius computer scientist and I spend a lot of time reading celebrity magazines. Between the two of us we figured out a way to access celebrity networks and the exclusiveness of their social lives without asking them a single survey question or trying to talk to Paris Hilton. A definitive aspect of being a celebrity is that your life is fascinating to many other people, and in the case of stars like Paris and Angelina your life is photographed and
I think that on many levels, there are certain freedoms that you-- like the redefinition of monogamy as a primary emotional commitment that may or may not be including sexual exclusiveness is one of the most important things that straight couples can learn from gay couples because in the straight discourse, that is always considered impossible. And it's not impossible intrinsically.
A fundamental quality of celebrity is that celebrities are celebrities because they spend time with each other, reinforcing the belief that they truly are different from you and me. This may seem to be a story about one of the world's pol, biggest political celebrities, but the exclusiveness of celebrity world can be mirrored in the most ordinary and small scale ways. High school cliques and college sororities maintain their elite sim, status similarly, except that their parties are not at the Gramercy Heart, except that the parties at the Gramercy
people. They are a part of a very elite, invite only network. Individuals attain celebrity in part by the company they keep and the events they attend; in other words, their social network. There are benefits to being a part of an exclusive network. While all forms of celebrity exhibit this type of exclusiveness , most though not all mainstream celebrities get their foot in the door first by being associated with popular culture industries to some degree.
or who they met up with for coffee. But we knew that one of the defining differences between celebrities and us is that they spend time with each other and we spend time with, well us. That exclusiveness is part and parcel of why it would be almost impossible to document their networks. Most of the point after all is that ordinary people can't participate.