Saturday, February 25, 2012
“What is it about stars who die prematurely that is so hard to resist? Is it the unrealized potential, or is it that we never have to see the inevitable downfall? The dead-sweetheart phenomenon holds true across gender and generation: Marilyn, Kurt, Selena, Tupac, and Heath all fit the bill. There are countless actors and actresses and musicians who peak early and then vanish from view, and college kids don’t have posters of them on their dorm room walls. There is something inherently morbid about being a teenager, and I think the romance of the sex/death connection is never stronger than when you’re in high school. After all, who doesn’t read Romeo and Juliet and think, just for a second, that it’s the only satisfying ending?”  -My Dead Boyfriend (Why River Phoenix and I are still going steady) written by Emma Straub for Rookie Mag X

“What is it about stars who die prematurely that is so hard to resist? Is it the unrealized potential, or is it that we never have to see the inevitable downfall? The dead-sweetheart phenomenon holds true across gender and generation: Marilyn, Kurt, Selena, Tupac, and Heath all fit the bill. There are countless actors and actresses and musicians who peak early and then vanish from view, and college kids don’t have posters of them on their dorm room walls. There is something inherently morbid about being a teenager, and I think the romance of the sex/death connection is never stronger than when you’re in high school. After all, who doesn’t read Romeo and Juliet and think, just for a second, that it’s the only satisfying ending?” 

-My Dead Boyfriend (Why River Phoenix and I are still going steady) written by Emma Straub for Rookie Mag X

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