Kim Kardashian and North West
Kim Kardashian is a very notable figure in society today for her controversial nature and starring in the reality series Keeping Up With the Kardashians on E!, later branded as The Kardashians on Hulu. She first gained attention in the media for being the friend and stylist of socialite Paris Hilton, but got more attention with her sex tape being released in 2007. This was the thing that helped her gain enough notability to have her family on a reality TV series, which gave her even more opportunities to have a spotlight in the media. Many things Kardashian posts on Instagram get the attention of millions, and now with her eldest daughter, North West on social media, she too gets commented on by millions of people around the world. North West, Kardashian’s eldest daughter with rapper Kanye West, is currently 10 years old, and her media presence has been a cause of the divide between her two parents. This is because while the age requirement on TikTok to make an account is 13 years old, those under 13 can create an account with parental consent, which Kardashian did for her daughter.
With this, it led to the creation of the TikTok account Kim and North, which featured videos of North doing things with her mother, cousins, and friends. However, there has been criticism of Kardashian for allowing her daughter to have an account so young as it can expose her to many things a 10 year old should not see. In order to combat this, Kardashian has shut down the comments on the account so North cannot see any of the negativity. One video in particular that has caused a lot of criticism and backlash was a video featuring rapper Ice Spice in Kardashian’s home with North West. Along with the video of Ice Spice, there was a video featuring North dressed as the rapper and lip-syncing to one of her songs. However, Kim Kardashian thought it was harmless at the time as she did not have much knowledge on the rapper until she understood the context of what was in the content posted online, later removing all the posts (Denis). This is because many of Ice Spice’s songs hint at sexual intercourse, which is something inappropriate for 10 year-old North to be surrounded by. With seeing what the content was and the words North was lip-syncing, she agreed that Kanye may have been right in this scenario and that North should not be making content like that. Despite this, she still feels that North should have the creative liberty to post online if she wants to. In an interview she said, “maybe he was in that instance, but she loves making slime videos and doing her little hair tutorials, and I will fight for her to be creative” (Delgado). Kardashian wants her daughter to feel like she can be her authentic self while still being supervised and protected. However, just because her comments are off does not mean she is protected from all commentary online, especially if she often appears in the Kardashians show on Hulu alongside her family.
