Performing sexual availability can multiply rather than restrict celebrity reach

Evidence

In communicating her sexual availability, Baloch multiplied her chances of acquiring fame, rather than limiting it through proximity (Abidin, 2015) with the targeted cricket stars. — Crystal Abidin and Megan Lindsay Brown (eds.), Microcelebrity Around the Globe, 993

Categorization

  • SEED: An essay on how signaling unattainable-but-theoretically-available desire is a broadcast media strategy versus scarce proximity in dating markets.
  • XREF: connects to: Always-on contact shapes intimacy, celebrity, and status simultaneously — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 527

Broader Connections