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1. Writer, The Nation https://www.thenation.com/authors/jeet-heer/ … 2. email: jeetheer1967 at gmail dot com 3. Twitter essayist 4. Drawn by Joe Ollmann

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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Nov 2014
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      40. Rather, I think the more fruitful way to bring this to an end is to bring in political economy & power relations.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Nov 2014
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      41. I know, I know: always with the political economy Jeet, you doctrinaire leftist!

      1 reply 2 retweets 10 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Nov 2014
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      42. There is a money economy but there is also an (overlapping) attention economy.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Nov 2014
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      43. Celebrities are the 1% (or really 0.001%) of the attention economy. Small in number but outsized in attention they receive.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Nov 2014
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      44. As the plutocrats of the attention economy, celebrities have billionaire like power to reshape narratives & realities.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Nov 2014
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      45. Fighting a celebrity (with their plutocratic control over attention) can be as difficult as doing battle with Koch Brothers.

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Nov 2014
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      46. It's the inequalities of the attention equality that help explain why abuse is covered up for years, goes unreported, isn't believed.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Nov 2014
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      47. Inequality of attention economy also explains why some very bad men (Allen, Polanski) allowed to rehabilitate themselves.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Nov 2014
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      48. Celebrity worship (albeit a pathetic Canadian sort of celebrity worship) is one of the keys to Ghomeshi scandal.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Nov 2014
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      49. We have to learn to distinguish between masks and persons, art and life. Also, to avoid idolatry of worshiping masks.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Nov 2014

      50. "Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face." John Updike. Okay, that's it for this one, folks.

      8:54 PM - 3 Nov 2014
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Nov 2014
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          Postscript: many great comments on this one, I'll try to retweet as many as possible. (Some might get lost).

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        3. Rahul K‏ @zrahul2020 3 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet What about Michael Jackson unlike ur examples went thru a trial & acquitted? Do u think he was a predator ?

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        1. Seth  🌹‏ @mfpseth 3 Nov 2014
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          .@HeerJeet Put another way, fame is a social disease. There are different strains of infection for the idolized and the idolizers.

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        2. Jonathan Goldsbie‏Verified account @goldsbie 3 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet Mazel tov on hitting 50 for (I think?) the first time.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 3 Nov 2014
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          @goldsbie I might have done it before. Not sure. Everything is blurry now.

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        1. Mary‏ @mariootsa 3 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet You could have just posted this video of vintage Bowie in mime mode. http://youtu.be/2i6COiwMl9Q 

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        1. Marita Dachsel‏ @maritadachsel 3 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet Great essay! Thank you for continuing to do these. This one was esp good.

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        1. Chandler Powell‏ @plasticitychan 3 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet Celebrity is a living symbol. The masks worn by celebrities represent the masks worn by many who identify with them.

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        1. Chandler Powell‏ @plasticitychan 3 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet The founder effect. Problems and troubles celebrities face often reflect the problems of many who identify with them.

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