I have to admit that this story on Cory Kennedy has me a little bothered.  Basically, it’s the story of a 15-year-old who was photographed by some guy who had kind of a popular L.A. nightlife website, and they started dating, and he put her pics up all over, and she turned into this worldwide celebrity.  No kidding.  Invitations to party and hang out with Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.  Designers asking her to wear their clothes.  Fan sites dissecting her wardrobe and praising her up and down and eating up every little thing she did, to the point where a video of her eating Indian food while listening to her iPod became one of the most-viewed movies on YouTube. 

Have we become so starved as a society for culture and role models that we turn to this, a 15-year-old from Los Angeles?  Is one person really that interesting that people follow her every move, that they have to gush over everything she does and even the most mundane thing about her becomes a must-see item?  She hasn’t contributed anything.  She’s an average club-going high schooler from Los Angeles who happened to stumble into worldwide popularity and fame and hobnobbing with the elite for no apparent reason. 

Ask a high school kid who Jackie Robinson was, and you’ll probably get a blank look.  But I’d almost be willing to bet money they’d know who Cory Kennedy is.