Since they were babies, Blue Ivy Carter and North West have been compared to each other by millions of people online. The first-born daughters of some of the most prominent celebrities of the century, their lives were always going to be under society’s microscope. Recently, that scrutiny has warped into something more sinister and increasingly inappropriate as the young teenagers grow up and evolve into their own personalities, styles and career paths. The two of them are inescapable online, with strangers constantly pitting them against each other for no reason other than their age and social status. With both of them in the spotlight, it’s easy for people online to form an unfounded idea of their lifestyles and attitudes, but nobody seems to remember that they are talking about children, or the repercussions those comments might have on the girls as they enter adolescence. Our Associate Editor @s.imi unpacks the social-media fueled rivalry between West and Carter, and what needs to c...
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