America’s First Supermodel Died Alone in a Mental Asylum
The Curse of Beauty is a tale about the past, but it also reads as a cautionary tale for many of the stars of 2016. Our culture is far less likely to condemn women like Audrey today—bloggers defend celebrities and socialites vehemently when men call them sluts for posing nude; Madonna has reinvented herself at least five times. However, when stars are deemed mentally ill, like Britney Spears and Amanda Bynes, they remain under legal conservatorships. The legal bound place the control of the women’s lives in assets in the hand of other people, making the stars essentially children in the eyes of the court. No male celebrity has ended up in these conservatorships.
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