Here's The Problem With A Celebrity Boycott
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The viral "digital guillotine" calls for fans to block celebs who haven't expressed support for Gaza. But the outcome may be more disappointing than effective.
There’s no doubt that celebrity culture is tiring — especially when the world’s turmoils seem to grow graver by the day.
So it’s understandable that when New York’s Met Gala fell on the same day that Israel began its offensive in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, social media users pointed out the dystopian contrast.
Pro-Palestinian activists began noting that many of the celebrities present for fashion’s biggest night hadn’t spoken out about the more than 30,000 lives lost in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. Their voices got louder after influencer Haley Kalil posted a since-deleted TikTok of her lip-syncing to the words “let them eat cake” in a Marie Antoinette-inspired gown.
TikTok user @ladyfromtheoutside responded to the video by calling for a “digital guillotine,” a campaign urging social media users to block celebrities who’ve been silent about the ongoing conflict, including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Drake, Justin Bieber and countless others. The hope is that this could cause a big enough impact to affect them financially.
This isn’t the first boycott that Generation Z activists have initiated in the push for a cease-fire and divestment from Israel. They’ve also led the charge in calling out corporations and universities that they believe are complicit. With celebrities, it may be a bit more complicated, however.
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