celebrity gossip because your ugly image
Q. Okay, so every time somebody looks at me, I assume there talking about me. Even if its my mom I say "Stop starring at me" because I think she's saying in her mind that I look ugly. Even if somebody glances at me I assume there talking or thinking mean things about me. So is there something wrong with me like being too self conscious??
Don't leave rude answers like that a**hole below me.
Don't leave rude answers like that a**hole below me.
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You could feel that way for a number of reasons. Quite possibly you've been hurt in the past. Maybe you've had a number of bitchy girls at school insulting or downgrading your looks - maybe you still do. If not, it could just be your own self consciousness. It's easy to feel unworthy when you look at celebrities, models, or even people at school/work who you (in your own mind) see as superior. Just remember, not everyone will think you are beautiful but not everyone will think you are ugly. To one person you may be the most unattractive girl they've ever seen and to another you are the prettiest they have ever laid eyes on. However, most likely they are not talking about you, at least not about your looks. Believe me I hear gossip all the time and when someone is trash-talking, it's rarely about someone's looks unless they've recently done something to piss that person off (such as stealing their boyfriend). Take it from someone who's been there and still goes through and has the feelings you have. There is nothing wrong with you.
You could feel that way for a number of reasons. Quite possibly you've been hurt in the past. Maybe you've had a number of bitchy girls at school insulting or downgrading your looks - maybe you still do. If not, it could just be your own self consciousness. It's easy to feel unworthy when you look at celebrities, models, or even people at school/work who you (in your own mind) see as superior. Just remember, not everyone will think you are beautiful but not everyone will think you are ugly. To one person you may be the most unattractive girl they've ever seen and to another you are the prettiest they have ever laid eyes on. However, most likely they are not talking about you, at least not about your looks. Believe me I hear gossip all the time and when someone is trash-talking, it's rarely about someone's looks unless they've recently done something to piss that person off (such as stealing their boyfriend). Take it from someone who's been there and still goes through and has the feelings you have. There is nothing wrong with you.
Why is our society so obsessive about celebrites?
Q. I mean why exactly do we have all those gossip magazines and tv shows that just talk about the personal lives of other people? what's the point? Do average Americans really care more about Britney and Miley more than they do about actual news? I just don't get why so many people take pleasure in ridiculing other people's problems!
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People are attracted to celebrity news because it's an "escape" from actual news, but sometimes it's an escape that seems to becoming something of an addition, and it's a growing concern according to some experts in the audience studies, communications, law enforcement/security and psychology fields. A few years back several academics in the US and the UK did studies on what they called "Celebrity Worship Syndrome...results were pretty mixed...with much of it shifting to the negative.
Yes, you can hear about obsession in its extreme such as John David Chapman killing John Lennon, or people attempting to assasinate presidents to impress other celebrities, but yet celebrity obsession is not just an "American" thing as some would believe, either. It's very much an international issue...celebrity obsession and stalking has become a problem in Britain and other parts of Europe. Australian TV plans to run a series on the issue of fame, stalking and obsession next month...so it's also an issue there, too.
Asia has its own unique problems with celebrity obsession that you don't see or hear much about in the rest of the world. Sometimes, the celebrity obsession thing over there can get very intense and ugly, too. In Japan, there's actually a derogatory word for such an obsession: Okatu. It's usually geared towards Anime fans, but can also refer to celebrity obsessed folks as well
A few true stories reported in the Asian media but didn't quite make to the mainstream US or European media:
In S. Korea, a pop star called U-Know was nearly poisoned by an anti-fan. She put super glue into a drink she gave him! The likelihood of stars meeting anti-fans there are just as strong as meeting regular fans.
In India, fans were very upset because Shilpa Shettyone of their top Bollywood stars and Richard Gere kissed! An action that no one in the US or Europe would even give a second though. Yet, the upset re: this specific breach of Indian culture and tradition escalated to the point of protests and effigy burning in some communities there. There were even calls for Gere's arrest!
In China last year, there was a gal, Yang Lijuan, who was so obsessed by an actor named Andy Lau that her family actually SOLD their house to go to hong kong for a meet and greet. This woman had been obsessed by Lau since age 16, and had actually dropped out of school to make the full time observation of him her career! The 29 year old woman complained to her father about how unhappy she was about getting to have only a few minutes with the star. The father wrote Lau a 12 page letter saying that it was the celebrity's fault that his family was now homeless and in ruins...and then the dad jumped off a bridge and killed himself! The gal tried to say it was the star's fault her dad was dead...and was STILL demanding to spend time with him. Crazy, no? This story was the talk of China and other parts of Asia for quite a while.
Sad thing here is that such nutjobs around the world give regular fans of celebrities a bad name. People figure if one is psycho and obsessed then they ALL must be psycho and obsessed...and that's just simply not fair.
People are attracted to celebrity news because it's an "escape" from actual news, but sometimes it's an escape that seems to becoming something of an addition, and it's a growing concern according to some experts in the audience studies, communications, law enforcement/security and psychology fields. A few years back several academics in the US and the UK did studies on what they called "Celebrity Worship Syndrome...results were pretty mixed...with much of it shifting to the negative.
Yes, you can hear about obsession in its extreme such as John David Chapman killing John Lennon, or people attempting to assasinate presidents to impress other celebrities, but yet celebrity obsession is not just an "American" thing as some would believe, either. It's very much an international issue...celebrity obsession and stalking has become a problem in Britain and other parts of Europe. Australian TV plans to run a series on the issue of fame, stalking and obsession next month...so it's also an issue there, too.
Asia has its own unique problems with celebrity obsession that you don't see or hear much about in the rest of the world. Sometimes, the celebrity obsession thing over there can get very intense and ugly, too. In Japan, there's actually a derogatory word for such an obsession: Okatu. It's usually geared towards Anime fans, but can also refer to celebrity obsessed folks as well
A few true stories reported in the Asian media but didn't quite make to the mainstream US or European media:
In S. Korea, a pop star called U-Know was nearly poisoned by an anti-fan. She put super glue into a drink she gave him! The likelihood of stars meeting anti-fans there are just as strong as meeting regular fans.
In India, fans were very upset because Shilpa Shettyone of their top Bollywood stars and Richard Gere kissed! An action that no one in the US or Europe would even give a second though. Yet, the upset re: this specific breach of Indian culture and tradition escalated to the point of protests and effigy burning in some communities there. There were even calls for Gere's arrest!
In China last year, there was a gal, Yang Lijuan, who was so obsessed by an actor named Andy Lau that her family actually SOLD their house to go to hong kong for a meet and greet. This woman had been obsessed by Lau since age 16, and had actually dropped out of school to make the full time observation of him her career! The 29 year old woman complained to her father about how unhappy she was about getting to have only a few minutes with the star. The father wrote Lau a 12 page letter saying that it was the celebrity's fault that his family was now homeless and in ruins...and then the dad jumped off a bridge and killed himself! The gal tried to say it was the star's fault her dad was dead...and was STILL demanding to spend time with him. Crazy, no? This story was the talk of China and other parts of Asia for quite a while.
Sad thing here is that such nutjobs around the world give regular fans of celebrities a bad name. People figure if one is psycho and obsessed then they ALL must be psycho and obsessed...and that's just simply not fair.
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