Social media is like reality TV shows for people with monitors instead of TVs. I think that [in] 2010… it’s not enough to just say “I’m great”, you’re actually going to have to go out and show people what the hell you’ve done.

Wendell’s argument about the disabled body as not public gets to the very crux of why the “disability chic” representation in “Paparazzi” is so problematic: the temporarily disabled Lady Gaga is hidden not just from the paparazzi, but also from public space.