Paris Hilton and the Superpower of ADHD

(first draft)

I’m working on a video essay and I thought ya’ll might be interested to see how I put the script together and get a sneak peek at it before everyone else! This one uses Paris Hilton’s memoir to analyze the superpower narrative, and it’s part of a larger series of videos thinking through various theories of ADHD.

I would love to know what you think about the draft: what’s confusing? what’s missing? what connections come up for you? Tell me in le comments!

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INTRO

Never in a quadrillion years did I think I would purchase the memoirs of Paris Hilton,

But here we are.

It is underlined,

It is sticky-tabbed,

And we’re gonna think real hard about it.

This is a celebrity memoir that uses ADHD as an organizing frame,

Which makes it ripe for a critical ADHD analysis.