411: The Divine Miss O

Oprah Winfrey is a spiritual guru for the new millenium according to a piece in USA Today.

"She's a really hip and materialistic Mother Teresa," says Kathryn Lofton, a professor at Reed College in Portland, Ore., who has written two papers analyzing the religious aspects of Winfrey. "Oprah has emerged as a symbolic figurehead of spirituality."

Boy are those suburban housewives gonna be pissed when they reach under their seat for keys to a new car and find lousy "enligthenment" instead.



[via The Huffington Post]