Anne Helen Petersen
What we talk about when we talk about Brangelina
Celebrity gossip gets a bad rap: it’s mindless, it’s trash, it’s misogynist, it’s singularly responsible for the death of journalism. I’ve spent the last decade working to show that celebrity gossip is not only a way of making sense of the world, but progressive, even radical. If you’ve ever found yourself decrying those who read celebrity gossip or excusing your own addiction, this talk will revise and sophisticate your understanding and give you a vocabulary to talk about why celebrity gossip always has — and always will — matter.