The brutal economics of celebrity culture is turning children into marketing mannequins | Van Badham
by Van Badham from on (#63RE9)
The Kardashian children, and others, are working in adult spaces for the family business, whether the parents admit it or not
The events of this week provoke much introspection about hereditary privilege, inherited power and our culture's strange default to aristocracy. By which I mean, there appeared a stunning article in the Wall Street Journal announcing that the young children of pop celebrities are acquiring their own fashion stylists.
The 10-year-old daughter of Kourtney Kardashian; her nine-year-old cousin, the daughter of Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West; Beyonce and Jay-Z's 10-year-old girl and the five-year-old daughter of tennis champion Serena Williams are named in the article.
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