Kourtney has been wed to drummer Travis Barker since 2022

Once the article began circulating online, some readers attempted to reduce the conversation to a simple label.

Was Kourtney saying she was autosexual?

Was she revealing something about her sexuality?

Was she making a personal confession?

Those questions may be understandable, but they also demonstrate the problem with trying to turn nuanced conversations into headlines.

Discussing a concept doesn’t necessarily mean someone is personally claiming that identity.

A celebrity can interview a therapist about a subject because it is interesting, relevant or helpful to readers.

The existence of an article about a particular form of sexuality does not automatically constitute a personal declaration.

That distinction is easy to lose once social media gets involved.