Mimetic Monday: October 18, 2021
'Goth' Kourtney, Mimetic Mentors and Mentees, and Your Chief Want
Mimetic Monday: The good, the bad, the mimetic.
Negative (?!) Mimesis
Famous-for-being-famous Celebristan model Kourtney Kardashian has been in a relationship with rocker Travis Barker, the drummer of Blink-182, for a while now—and fans can't help but notice that her fashion style has suddenly become quite goth since she started appearing with the gothic-styled Barker. (Yes, I know this information. Please don't think anything less of me.)
This has got me thinking about the idea that people in a romantic relationship often start resembling one another in various ways. They pick up habits, adopt one another's style, preferences, religion, maybe even political beliefs. In short, many couples end up becoming pretty mimetic with one another. Or do they just self-select for those traits in the first place? It's an important question.
I do often see serious mimesis happening, though, in the form of rapid and consequential trans…