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Fake Me On

The Box blog post by Juliana Tringali, November 17, 2008 - 7:19pm; tagged America's Next Top Model, fake, Onch Movement, Paris Hilton's My New BFF, reality tv, Tyra Banks.

Is "fake" the new "bitchy"?

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Just when I complain about American female comics not wanting to let themselves look silly...

sm[art] blog post by Briar Levit, August 15, 2008 - 12:52pm; tagged American comedy, comedy, Margaret Cho, reality tv.

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Oh Tila Tequila, how can we gays ever thank you enough?

Love / Shove blog post by Debbie Rasmussen, June 12, 2008 - 12:57pm; tagged assclowns, gay marriage, genderqueer, mtv, Myspace, queer, reality tv, Tila Tequila, WTF?.

Apparently all y'all gay folks in California who can now get married have Myspace/MTV reality assclown Tila Tequila to thank. From Us Magazine's website:

"It is because of me — I definitely think [my show] has helped the movement," she told Usmagazine.com at the Hollywood premiere of The Love Guru on Wednesday.

"Before it came out, everyone was still a little apprehensive about [same sex relationships]," she said. "Then they realized, 'Wow, everyone is really into this stuff, and it is fine.' The next thing you know, [gay marriage] is legal."

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Is Christian Siriano making a hot mess of the term "tranny"?

Love / Shove blog post by Andi Zeisler, March 14, 2008 - 2:44pm; tagged fashion, reality tv, tv, WTF?.

by Margaret Price

Project Runway 4: The Season of Love. And no designer was more lovable than the prancing, snapping, flat-iron–wielding Christian Siriano, who ended up winning it all—the final runway showdown, the spread in Elle, and the $10K Fan Favorite prize. Sassing and sewing with equal velocity, the diminuitive designer and self-described "big deal" introduced us to an array of hip, new-to-many-Americans phrases: Fierce! Ferosh! A hot mess up in here! A hot tranny mess up in here!

Wait. Tranny?

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Weighing Reality

Who's Really the Biggest Loser?

Article by Jacob Anderson ..., Illustrated by Ai Tatebayashi, appeared in issue Anniversary; published in 2005; filed under Broadcast; tagged beauty standards, body image, eating disorders, fat phobia, health, obesity, reality tv.

“Obesity,” declares Charlotte Cooper, author of 1998’s Fat and Proud: The Politics of Size, “is just a word used by people to medicalize fat.” Extra weight, once considered a genetic short straw, is increasingly characterized as a crisis threatening the physical, political, and moral health of our nation—even as large bodies are becoming increasingly visible in popular culture.

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Period Pieces

The Last Taboo of Reality TV

Article by Wendy Weiner, appeared in issue Home & Away; published in 2005; filed under Broadcast; tagged menstruation, period, reality tv, survivor.

Detailed discussions of diarrhea (Survivor). On-camera vomiting (The Bachelor, The Biggest Loser). Extensive cosmetic surgery (The Swan). Endless hot-tub makeout sessions (take your pick). On reality tv, no subject is too personal to reveal, no biological function too intimate to discuss—except for one final taboo too terrible to mention: menstruation.

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