Kim Kardashian exemplifies how celebrity activism ought to be done

Published April 11, 2019 6:36pm ET



How many times have you heard Alyssa Milano, Alec Baldwin, or Chelsea Handler wax poetic in the name of the #Resistance over the past two years? Milano crashed the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, Baldwin regularly trashed President Trump, and Handler went as far to claim that she ditched her Netflix show to focus on “activism” (though in reality, low ratings were likely to blame).

The Trump era has transformed all of Hollywood into a political army. Even Harvey Weinstein strode in the Women’s March at Sundance, mere months before journalists revealed that the festival had been his playground for decades to prey on women. But of all the woke celebrities claiming meltdowns and fury, only one has turned pain into power, and she’s the one the town won’t stop mocking.

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