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Reality TV makes advertising look like a paragon of feminist values

Barbara Lippert’s piece on The Swan [Critique, May 31] was particularly witty … and disturbing.

Compared with most reality TV, advertising is a paragon of feminist values, but it makes one wonder what the next generation of copywriters, weaned on Miss Universe Fear Factor and dating sites like HotOrNot.com, will churn out. She’s right about the sexualized behavior, but it’s even more offensive when the shows portray the experience as some kind of self-actualization.



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