Going Kold Turkey

Let me just start this blog off by saying that I don't hate anyone. I find that, as a society, we tend to overuse that word when really what we mean is that we find someone or something displeasing to us and/or our life. With that being said, I find the Kardashians terribly displeasing.

I respect that they have clothing, make-up, perfume, credit card, jewelry and the like lines all over the place. I'm sure all of those things take an incredible amount of work and are in highly competitive markets. For the most part, the Kardashians aren't hot Amanda Bynes messes and, as far as I know, they haven't hurt anyone. Bonus points.

I guess my problem stems from the fact that even though they have built this giant empire of merchandise and are selling opulent lifestyle choices, they truly are famous for being famous. As I was looking at my twitter feed today, there were multiple updates about Kim Kardashian's new engagement to Kanye West and I finally hit my Kardashian limit.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice shame on me. Didn't she learn with Kris Humphries the pitfalls of making her personal life so public??? It just really irritated me today that there are serious world problems out there right now and the biggest news today was Kim Kardashian's engagement to Kanye West.

So - I am going Kold Turkey. I am silently boycotting everything and anything Kardashian. I refuse to watch them on tv, click on stories on the internet about them, and buy any of their various products. Do I think this is going to put the world on its ear? No. Kardashian fever has spread like wildfire and the populous is incredibly infested. Hopefully, we can slowly release ourselves from their hold and regain the life we had pre kardashian. You know, the one that didn't include oogling bulging derrieres and idolizing people who are about as deep as a puddle.

If their shows spent as much time promoting altruism and helping others in need as much as it does promoting needless cosmetic procedures and materialism - the world would be a much better place, but it doesn't. Ask any one of them about Syria, clean drinking water, unemployment, the government shut down, etc and they would probably look at you with their perfectly injected glossed lips and bat their fake lashes at you and say, "huh??". And giggle. Don't forget the giggling.

The world deserves better. We deserve a media that is invested in REAL news and not the latest Fall Fashion Trends. Those types of stories are lazy and distracting. There are some scary problems that need to be solved and, if we keep paying attention to whether or not wedges are in and ignore the real issues, we are going to be screwed. We can figure out if our purses match our skirts ourselves and the media outlets should focus their attention on the real problems at hand. I figure if the Kardashian stories don't have the following anymore then media outlets will let them slowly fade away and find something with more substance to cover. As consumers, we have the power to dictate was flies and what doesn't. I think we have forgotten that we have the power.

I'm not going to say that it is going to be easy, but if we all stick together, we might have a chance. WE CAN DO THIS!!!