Reality TV

Reality TV, Gender, and Gender Policing

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by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

November 22, 2010 - 2:06pm (Print)

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Jennifer Pozner talks about reality TV, gender roles, and actual reality. Abortion terrorism and its links to all right wing terrorism. Also, right wing talk radio gets rather explicit in its masculinity policing.

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Too Realistic for Reality TV?

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reader diary by Next Door Solutions, Next Door Solutions

November 17, 2010 - 4:28pm (Print)

What happens when sensationalism becomes real life? At what point does the statistic that 1 in 4 young women are victims of abuse become too real to air on television?

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Jessica Simpson Skimming the Surface of "Inner Beauty"

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

March 25, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

Jessica Simpson's new show The Price of Beauty suffers from an identity crisis. Is it meant to be a lesson in appreciating inner beauty or a silly look at bizarre grooming rituals worldwide?

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Kourtney's Choice

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by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

August 28, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

In America, abortion is always a choice "someone else" makes. But this is a myth and we need to face reality. Those who choose "the other option" aren't selfish, desperate or "someone else." They are our friends, our neighbors and, often, us.
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MTV: Teen Pregnancy Meets Reality Television

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by Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

May 20, 2009 - 1:47pm (Print)

It’s a far cry from the days when pregnant teens were packed up and sent away. Just a few decades ago, early pregnancy was seen as a stain on a family that was often elaborately hidden. But when reality television meets teen pregnancy, have we gone too far?

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True Reality Television: Where's Abortion?

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by Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow

April 23, 2008 - 8:48am (Print)

Through our television sets, it seems, we get nearly every possible opinion and viewpoint on nearly every possible topic. Just not abortion.

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