What makes someone choose to hate her and not adore her is in the end as mysterious as a crush, and just as normal. It's probably just as important later. A crush helps you define who you are, a grudge helps you define who you aren't. And hate, like love, needs an object. Hating Hewitt is the flip side of Tiger Beat, and those who indulge in it are granted a peak through a crack in the mirror glass of celebrity.
Love makes the world go 'round, but a healthy hatred can keep it from spinning the wrong direction.
It is a bad feeling, but is more of a great power. Ana Marie Cox is a New York freelance writer. Her stories have appeared in Spin and Mother Jones, and on Feed. All rights reserved.