THE SECRET OF CELEBRITY MAGAZINES

«On the surface the celebrity rags seem to be about sex. But their real subject is reproduction and the future of the human tribe. On the savanna we needed to monitor how our clan was faring and given our small population we could do the job by ourselves...But in a country of 290 million people where even our next door neighbors are stangers we still need to flex those savanna needs for gossip and information in order to measure our species prospect. What better proxy than the young wealthy handsome and visible alpha male and female breeding stock that Hollywood employs».


Jack Shafer
Slate
Nov 20 2003