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CONVERSATION AND COMMENTARY: CELEBRITY AND POPULAR FEMINIST VISIBILITY

Performative Wokeness/White Victimhood: The Hypocrisy of Celebrity Villainization of Paparazzi

Vanessa DíazDepartment of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 363-368 | Published online: 21 Dec 2020

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