For many women, a selfie is the first time they have been in control of their image and the photographs of themselves. For many fat women, it is a therapeutic and self-loving act to take a selfie.

Note also that that Jezebel article skirts the edge of racism, as the hashtag #blessed is one predominantly used by women of color.

As for the OP - for me, Kim Kardashian is hardly the cause of the fall of the American empire. She, and her ilk, are used by those who are causing the the downfall of America to hide what they are doing.