Tag: Celebrity

Adopting Difference: Race, Sex, and the Archaeology of Power in the Farrow-Allen Case

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date January 7, 2020

Taking all these intertwining histories into account reveals an archaeology of power. This is not just a history of Farrow’s life, but a cultural history of the link between celebrity, adoption, and the idealisation of the nation-state.

Originally published May 3, 2014

British Painting - British 19th Century, Portrait Of An Unknown Family by Quint Lox

Tags Celebrity, Film, Hollywood, Mia Farrow, Television, Woody Allen

Film, Art, Television, and Media

Don’t Let Sean Penn’s Joke Distract You From All That Other White People Stuff At the Oscars

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 23, 2015

When it comes to internet squalls, we continue, endlessly, to take our aim at easy and often misplaced targets.

Tags Celebrity, Hollywood, Oscars

Film, Art, Television, and Media

Ronan Farrow Bites the Dust, But Media Myths Continue

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date February 20, 2015

At the heart of the Farrow hiring was and is the biggest lie both media and consumers like to hold up: that what matters most is not substance or talent, but the ability to attract attention.

Tags Celebrity, Hollywood, Television

Film, Art, Television, and Media Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Celebrity Nude Photos and Sexual Assault: Some Thoughts

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 3, 2014

At the heart of all this manufactured outrage lies barely suppressed anger at the projected violation of white women.

Tags Celebrity, Hollywood