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more about #cautionarytales MilointheMeadow: Having been involuntarily admitted to locked psych wards as well as having someone watch my every move in a 72-hour suicide watch while there.. Well,... more » kissmyarchetype: I think it is all explained by "Britney's New Look" South Park Season 12. From the dawn of time we have taken a young girl, treated her like a princes... more » marinav: College Candy has been deserving a good take down by Jezebel for a long time now. Thanks, Hortense. I don't usually read it, but every time I do, it i... more » BAngieB: I will only say this: This little female college student at Michigan State University is damned lucky she didn't say a bunch of ugly stuff about my p... more » laundryday: I think we celebrate because we're furious that we are made to feel so bad about ourselves for not being perfectly beautiful. Of course it's not the f... more » MizJenkins: As useless as I think a lot of these young women are, I am genuinely appalled by the media's and the public's appetite for watching them break down. I... more » angelina jolie-laide is a gaudy tulip: I think we can all admit to being shocked at the downfall of certain female celebrities (Britney Spears, for me) and, unfortunately, maybe a bit amuse... more » weetziebat: I celebrate when a Celebrity's assholeishness or diva ways are exposed, and they look silly for being such a snob. (dressing room riders, anyone?) ... more » shak_diesel: I wish we could focus our energies on young women going through the same hell, but those without the movie deals, TV shows, paparazzi, etc. As much a... more » lalaland13: I wonder if it's easier for these people to fall harder than the non-famous person because of all the Hollywood people kissing your ass. "Oh no Lindsa... more » BicSharpie: I was going to write something smart about various falls from grace, repetition of history, and the cyclical nature of humanity. I was going to refere... more » Penny: I don't. When it comes down to it, some of them may really be assholes, spoiled rotten, mean--but the ones with obvious illnesses, of course not. It... more » Bitchplz: Not only does celebrating actresses who have fallen make life more difficult for them, it makes it worse for those not in the limelight to come forwar... more » andBegorrah: I blame the Germans. If we didn't have such an awesomely fun word to say like "schadenfreude" that so perfectly encapsulated the feeling, we wouldn't ... more » shananigans aka reluctant california resident: Once again I refer people to the seminal South Park episode. http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/164627 Seriously after this I realized that we r... more » jenniferhill: You know, a lot of these woman have problems around the same time I had a pretty big problem in my own life. How can I sit here and celebrate somethi... more » Snacky_Onassis: There is a sort of good natured schadenfreude that is just naturally human and then a terrible mean spirited version that speaks more to what someone ... more » BlondeGoddess: This picture of her is so sad, it looks like she can go to pieces and start crying any minute. It's all Schadenfreude, I guess -- she may be rich, f... more » tallgirl-in-heels: For some people, I think the reveling is related to feeling that the celeb is getting their comeuppance for having become famous, rich, and popular fo... more » morninggloria: I don't know that these women would have the problems that they have if they lived "regular" lives; the industry that surrounds celebrity encourages i... more » -
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Why Do We Celebrate When An Actress Falls Apart?
We're never short on "fallen starlets." Britney, Lindsay, and now, Mischa, have all been providing lurid headlines for years, tales of their struggles with addiction and mental illness pushing them from one end of the celebrity spectrum to the other. More »
