"We are obsessed with image. I don't think we should take it that seriously"
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A pop star admitting the pop machine is flimsy is its own kind of rebellion. When Geri Halliwell says, "We are obsessed with image. I don't think we should take it that seriously", she’s not pretending image doesn’t matter; she’s puncturing its mystique. The line lands because it’s delivered from inside the system that sells looks as product. Coming from a Spice Girl whose entire brand was built on instantly readable personas, it carries the credibility of someone who benefited from the costume rack and still recognizes the cost.
The intent is disarmingly practical: keep perspective. Halliwell frames "we" as a collective addiction, not an individual failing, which widens the target from tabloids and fans to the industry that profits off scrutiny. "Obsessed" is the tell - it’s clinical, a little accusatory, implying compulsion rather than choice. Then she pivots to a low-key refusal: don’t take it that seriously. Not "abolish it", not "ignore it", just stop treating the surface as fate.
The subtext is defensive and liberating at once. Image is unavoidable currency in pop, especially for women, but seriousness is optional - a choice that decides whether you’re playing a role or being played by it. In late-90s celebrity culture, and even more in today’s algorithmic self-branding era, the quote reads like an early diagnosis of influencer logic: the performance will happen; the trick is not confusing the performance with the person.
The intent is disarmingly practical: keep perspective. Halliwell frames "we" as a collective addiction, not an individual failing, which widens the target from tabloids and fans to the industry that profits off scrutiny. "Obsessed" is the tell - it’s clinical, a little accusatory, implying compulsion rather than choice. Then she pivots to a low-key refusal: don’t take it that seriously. Not "abolish it", not "ignore it", just stop treating the surface as fate.
The subtext is defensive and liberating at once. Image is unavoidable currency in pop, especially for women, but seriousness is optional - a choice that decides whether you’re playing a role or being played by it. In late-90s celebrity culture, and even more in today’s algorithmic self-branding era, the quote reads like an early diagnosis of influencer logic: the performance will happen; the trick is not confusing the performance with the person.
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| Topic | Self-Love |
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