Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Constance Zimmer, Crazy Bitch, Participatory Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Creator, sarah gertrude shapiro, worked on the bachelor for 3 years. Pitch to lifetime: a feminist working on the bachelor" has a nervous breakdown . Based on 20-minute short film, sequin raze. Critics" choice awards, peabody award, actress constance zimmer recently nominated for emmy. Season 2: almost half episodes were directed by women; three students from the. You can watch unreal for the same destructive women-on-women see slides. Think about how the women are being manipulated, what stereotypes they are portrayed as. Deeply varied sub-genres (transformation/self-improvement, competition, social experiments: recent trends: redneck, survival/wilderness, dating/appearance, kitchen/food. Favourite" contestant can easily become part of another show, usually on the same network, if not the same format. The point of reality tv is that anything can be reality tv. Low production values, high emotions, cheap antics and questionable ethics . Ideological content flies under the radar in such a way that values and norms are never really questioned.