“We cannot simply dismiss celebrity anti-trafficking activism as a case of high-profile virtue signaling.” – From Lights, Camera, Feminism? Celebrities and Anti-trafficking Politics
In her new book, Lights, Camera, Feminism? Celebrities and Anti-trafficking Politics, Samantha Majic, Professor of Political Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, looks at those unelected, self-appointed elites, aka celebrities, who take up human trafficking as their cause. With cases studies that include Mira Sorvino, Ashley Judd, Jada Pinkett Smith, Ricky Martin, Ashton Kutcher and Julia Ormond, she asks how and to what extent do celebrities raise awareness, and what are the limits of their advocacy and activism? In essence, what good do celebrities do?
Samantha is also the co-author of Youth Who Trade Sex in the US: Intersectionality, Agency, and Vulnerability, coeditor of Negotiating Sex Work: Unintended Consequences of Policy and Activism, and author of Sex Work Politics: From Protest to Service Provision. Find out more about her research here.
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