Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Constance Zimmer, Tabloid Talk Show, Femininity

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

Document Summary

Pitch to lifetime: a feminist working on the bachelor" has a nervous breakdown . Based on 20-minute short film, sequinraze (on youtube) Critics choice awards, peabody award, actress constance zimmer recently nominated for an emmy. Season 2l almost half episodes were directed by women; three students from the directing workshop for women received training. You can watch unreal for the same destructive women-on-women behaviour you see on the. Deeply varied subgenres (transformation/self-improvement, competition, social experiments) All themes reinforce codes of normative gender behaviour. Presents itself as a route for recognition. Favourite" contestant can easily become part of another show, usually on same network, if not same format. A sense of the real that is informed by constructed expectation of reality that have been informed by tv itself. A prime example is black women who view themselves on shows like the bachelor, they view themselves the way they are portrayed in fictional tv.