Celebrity is, in some ways, an infection that is only marginally beneficial. Your family is investigated, photographed or harassed daily – parents, children, sometimes even siblings also losing any semblance of privacy simply because you share the same blood or name. You are asked intrusive questions about your personal life. The further away you are from living as a white, heterosexual, middle-class man, the less privacy you enjoy – the more likely your illusions of privacy will be shattered when you least expect it.įor celebrities, privacy is utterly nonexistent. A group of teenagers driving by as a person of color walks on a sidewalk shout racial slurs, interrupting their quiet.įor most people, privacy is little more than an illusion, one we create so we can feel less vulnerable as we move through the world, so we can believe some parts of ourselves are sacred and free from uninvited scrutiny. A man walking down the street offers an opinion on a woman’s appearance or implores her to smile.
A stranger reaches out and touches a pregnant woman’s belly. When you are an Other, you are always in danger of having your body or some other intimate part of yourself exposed in one way or another. It is rarely enjoyed by women or transgender men and women, queer people or people of color.
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