The internet lost its collective mind yesterday when it discovered that Grimes could read. Fresh from a “semi-separation†from Elon Musk, Grimes was papped out and about reading The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx. It was a hoot and a half, and Twitter did what Twitter do, namely, made a lot of memes about it. Grimes claimed to be trolling on Instagram, writing, “Full disclosure I’m still living with e and I am not a communist (although there are some very smart ideas in this book …†If you are getting stalked, you might as well have some fun with it.
But where does Claire’s consciousness-raising walk rank among the other great moments of celebrity literati? Grimes is dressed like a denim moth, walking right into Paris Hilton’s territory. Does she know who she’s messing with?
Other iconic literature choices include: Jamie Lee Curtis perusing a Playgirl while noshing on what looks like a breakfast sandwich, Lea Michele posing with a book from Reese Witherspoon’s book club, and Bradley Cooper reading Lolita to his 17-years-younger gf Suki Waterhouse. And, of course, Emma Watson loves books so much that she hides them around the New York subway.
Update 5:00 p.m.: Writer and podcaster (and Vulture contributor) Molly Lambert has curated a master Tweet thread that adds queen of photo ops Heidi Montag, Ghislaine, and Kim Kardashian to the list.