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The triumph of the uncelebrity

Jon and Kate! Octo-Mom! Speidi! Stars are out, ordinary people are in -- until we render them as soulless as celebs
By Heather Havrilesky

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  • Wednesday, June 3, 2009 07:38 PM

    Facts not in evidence

    Such an article assumes facts not in evidence, to wit, that some of them (Octo-Mom, Jon & Kate) had any soul to begin with. I would argue that they didn't in the first place. Someone with a true soul and valid self-identity wouldn't need to sink to such depravity as reality TV, AW'ing interviews, etc.

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