There are probably plenty of people on HN who don’t know who the Kardashians are. Heck, I bet plenty of people in the US who can’t name a Democratic presidentia

There are probably plenty of people on HN who don’t know who the Kardashians are. Heck, I bet plenty of people in the US who can’t name a Democratic presidential candidate. But if you read English books in an English-speaking country and you semi-regularly visit a English language bookstore, she is a big deal. If you look at the first picture of this article in the New Statesman: https://www.newstatesman.com/%E2%80%8Beimear-mcbride-goldsmiths-lecture-why-the-novel-matters https://www.newstatesman.com/%E2%80%8Beimear-mcbride-goldsmi... She is the person right in the middle.