Charity as a Trend: Sucks
December 20, 2009 129 CommentsMan, those trendies sure know how to hijack just about everything in our pop culture and society, don’t they? Stars have been interested in charitable efforts for a long time. Remember Live Aid? But now that we have all these glossy rags for stars to show us about their dumb, culturally-empty lives even more, it seems like there has been growth in the trend of being charitable, to the point where it’s become a social issue. Piously, self-satisfyingly charitable. These stars with their photo-ops with African babies, bringing mosquito netting and their day-glo smiles. Barforama. We’ve seen pictures of Jessica Simpson posed with starving kids. Paris Hilton holding hands with people who own exactly one T-shirt. To me, as soon as a charitable effort becomes a photo-op, it ceases to be charitable. It just becomes so much more cultural noise that veils what’s really going on: that these people really are starving and falling victim to diseases that we take for granted as archaic and 100% curable. Oprah’s school in South America. Ok, great. That’s awesome. Those girls begged for a school, and it’s absolutely awesome that they get to go to one. But why did Oprah have to make a 2-hour TV special out of it? Whom did that help, exactly? Could it have been, oh – I don’t know, Oprah’s own ego? No! That’s blasphemy right there, right? I’ve gotten a lot of flack for this particular countercultural attitude of mine, because a lot of people feel like charity work is still charitable no matter what. But I just can’t seem to feel good about Jessica Simpson saying she’s trying to help the world. Not while she goes to Africa while simultaneously launching her line of hair extensions. Sorry. It just doesn’t add up to me. Sometimes charity is done for the recipient, and sometimes it’s done for the one being charitable. And to me, there is a world of difference. I do believe in karma and the yin and yang of life, and photo-op charity just feels like it throws all that out of whack. Just my two cents o’ social issue commentary on my little web talk show here. Please donate yours here. You could just save another commenter’s life. They might even send you a picture!
[..YouTube..] @ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz Thank you! The most important thing is that the trend is causing the humanitarian movement to progress. Iron sharpens iron people!
[..YouTube..] @ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz Thank you! The most important thing is that the trend is causing the humanitarian movement to progress. Iron sharpens iron people!
[..YouTube..] @ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz Thank you! The most important thing is that the trend is causing the humanitarian movement to progress. Iron sharpens iron people!
[..YouTube..] @ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz Thank you! The most important thing is that the trend is causing the humanitarian movement to progress. Iron sharpens iron people!
[..YouTube..] i would agree with you res about it being a trend, but even so its a good trend, of all the trends a celebrity could go along with, charity is one of the best i would say. maybe they do it for the wrong reasons but atleast its the right thing for the wrong reasons instead of just the wrong thing alltogether
[..YouTube..] i would agree with you res about it being a trend, but even so its a good trend, of all the trends a celebrity could go along with, charity is one of the best i would say. maybe they do it for the wrong reasons but atleast its the right thing for the wrong reasons instead of just the wrong thing alltogether
[..YouTube..] i would agree with you res about it being a trend, but even so its a good trend, of all the trends a celebrity could go along with, charity is one of the best i would say. maybe they do it for the wrong reasons but atleast its the right thing for the wrong reasons instead of just the wrong thing alltogether
[..YouTube..] i would agree with you res about it being a trend, but even so its a good trend, of all the trends a celebrity could go along with, charity is one of the best i would say. maybe they do it for the wrong reasons but atleast its the right thing for the wrong reasons instead of just the wrong thing alltogether
i would agree with you res about it being a trend, but even so its a good trend, of all the trends a celebrity could go along with, charity is one of the best i would say. maybe they do it for the wrong reasons but atleast its the right thing for the wrong reasons instead of just the wrong thing alltogether
[..YouTube..] great video!
[..YouTube..] great video!
[..YouTube..] great video!
great video!
[..YouTube..] It’s about time this is addressed. There are people in need and organizations must sift through the people in need of publicity. lol
[..YouTube..] It’s about time this is addressed. There are people in need and organizations must sift through the people in need of publicity. lol
[..YouTube..] It’s about time this is addressed. There are people in need and organizations must sift through the people in need of publicity. lol
[..YouTube..] It’s about time this is addressed. There are people in need and organizations must sift through the people in need of publicity. lol
It’s about time this is addressed. There are people in need and organizations must sift through the people in need of publicity. lol
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[..YouTube..] I agree 100% with that black guy who said we’re all God’s children. I find it annoying when people complain about Angelina Jolie doesn’t adopt in the U.S. Why does the country matter??
[..YouTube..] I agree 100% with that black guy who said we’re all God’s children. I find it annoying when people complain about Angelina Jolie doesn’t adopt in the U.S. Why does the country matter??
I agree 100% with that black guy who said we’re all God’s children. I find it annoying when people complain about Angelina Jolie doesn’t adopt in the U.S. Why does the country matter??