Consumerism, Cutting, and Celebrity.
In that vein, many 'self help sites' for self harm have pages devoted to 'Famous Self Injurers'. Examples include:
and
What does it say of our celeb-obsessed culture that such sites proliferate--and that questions about self harm plague young starlets?
Perhaps most enlightening: Comments from the Lindsey Lohan article
"Seriously guys, I am not a fan of Lohan but seriously, it honestly isn't our business whether or not she is and for a second thing, self harming isn't always "to die", its used as a way to release emotional pain into physical."
"Shut up you douche, take your preachings elsewhere. Why are you even in a celebrity gossip column anyway? Oh, and Lindsay, please come up with something original in the pain category. e.i. slitting palms or fingers. it's more honorable.
I feel stupider for even wasting this energy to type this shit"
"wow, big deal a TEENAGER that CUTS HER SELF =0. man everybodys paying too much attention to celeberties, i dont even know y im on here. and as far as her publicist denying it, he probably just doesnt want to worry her fans (that is if theres still any more lindsay fans out there)."
"Ok. Those are cut marks. I cut, my friend cuts. They are cut marks. End of story. She wouldnt have covered it up at before if she fell in a bush. Whatever. If it was a suicide attempt, its pathetic, you cut down the legnth of your arm if you want to die. Whatever."
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