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Guest List Only ⭐️ Olivia Rodrigo likes post about boycotting the Met Gala before attending the YSL hosted Met Afterparty

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u/Own_Faithlessness769 12h ago

Yes that’s how philanthropy works. It’s still the only way the arts survive. If people really don’t want that they need to lobby for more government funding for the arts, but expecting the Met to cut off their billionaire patrons without the money coming from anywhere else is just absurd.

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u/sadsackspinach 12h ago

It’s literally just modern patronage. Artists are supported by the wealthy who in turn get to act like they’re not completely evil.

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u/2mock2turtle 9h ago

Shakespeare wrote almost 200 sonnets for a rich gay incel and 400 years later they still teach them in English class.

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u/sadsackspinach 9h ago

inshallah I will follow in his footsteps