Taking down the sacred

Fuck-Me vs. Fuck-You Celebrity

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ID5675009
AuthorsMisha Kavka (0000-0003-0546-4421, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume11
Issue1
Pages8-24
Publication date2020-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCelebrity Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1939-2397 • E-ISSN: 1939-2400
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19392397.2020.1704369
OpenAlexW3007573652
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited14

I argue that we must talk about fucking in order to dissect the tangle of power, gender and sex that has upheld Hollywood-built celebrity. Celebrity has always been a machinery of desire organised around acts as well as fantasies of fucking, which processes of medial sublimation turn into the aura of the sacred. In the spirit of desublimation and desecration, I make a distinction between fuck-me and fuck-you celebrity, drawing on examples such as Caitlyn Jenner, Tess Holliday and Rose McGowan. Whereas fuck-me celebrity abides by standards of feminine beauty, fuck-you celebrity openly addresses sex and power. In the post-Weinstein era, it may be that the celebrity system, which has heavily favoured the fuck-me over the fuck-you, is beginning to shift

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