The Implicit Dehumanization of the "It-Girl"

"Most pieces that I have read “against” the it-girl implore us to value these women as more than just a sum of their aesthetic parts, all while using markers of femininity to denigrate their work."

I remember being at a Hollywood party, watching in horror as someone put their cigarette out on a coffee-table copy of Slouching Towards Bethlehem. There is a point to be made about objectifying women’s art into one cool, digestible category made for reproduction and shallow consumption alone. Unfortunately, it’s not the point I’ve seen explored effectively in the “it girl” discourse.