pantryslut

I liked the article, but it didn't talk about the particular kind of microfame that some of us may be flirting with. We want to be Public Intellectuals, Pundits, people whose views count and have influence over the public discourse. Or we might want to be Experts, respected by academics who even get paid for that stuff.

I don't have any interest in going to a party with the people on the cover of People, but I do have fantasies of being intellectually important.