Essay: Matthew Perry – the power of celebrities speaking publicly about their addiction
In an article first published on The Conversation, PAULA CORCORAN, a senior lecturer in health psychology at the University of London, says that perhaps the Friends actor’s most last legacy will be that he brought “a human face to addiction”…
Essay: Beyond $1,000 sneakers – Carl Lentz, hype priests and the cult of celebrity
In an article first published on Religion News Service, TYLER JONES, a pseudonym used by the founder of PreachersNSneakers, reflects on how some churches have adopted a celebrity-centric approach…
UK charity Comic Relief stops sending celebs to Africa after white saviour furore
Thomson Reuters Foundation British charity Comic Relief said on Wednesday that it will stop sending celebrities to Africa to raise funds following criticism that figures like singer Ed Sheeran acted like “white saviours”. The charity won a Norwegian advocacy group’s Rusty Radiator Award for the worst appeal of 2017 for a video about street children […]
Forget celebrities and focus on people in need, UK charities urged
Thomson Reuters Foundation British charities should stop chasing celebrities to promote their projects and focus instead on the people they were set up to help, the outgoing head of a charity watchdog said on Monday. William Shawcross, who has chaired the Charity Commission for England and Wales since 2012, urged charities to measure success in […]
ESSAY: CHILDREN AS PARENTS – BABY MAISIE, CELEBRITY CULTURE AND FEWER MARRIAGES
MAL FLETCHER reflects on the saga of baby Maisie in the UK and says it raises real questions about the power of celebrity culture and the weakening of family…
ESSAY: THE SADNESS OF SOAP OPERA LIVES
MAL FLETCHER takes a look at where the “culture of celebrity” is leading us…