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What is the history of Reality TV? How has reality TV shaped society? How have Black women shaped reality TV? What is Baddies and why is it a thing? Why is Baddies so trifling?
[Media history, media literacy, Black women history, Black American History, Black History, TV History, Nene Leakes, Omarosa Manigault, Real Housewives of Atlanta, RHOA Season 17, Love and Hip Hop, Tiffany New York Pollard, Heather B. Gardner, Tami Roman, Real World, Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, Porsha Williams, Porsha Williams Divorce, Kandi Burruss, Todd Burruss, Kandi and Todd Divorce, Carlos King, Pillow Talk, Pillow Talk Fight, Carlos King Podcast, Cynthia Bailey, Marlo Hampton, Kenya Moore, Basketball Wives, Rasheeda, K Michelle, Schadenfraude, Natalie Nunn, Baddies Chain, Baddies Fights, Lemuel Plummer, Zeus, Baddies Auditions, Kash Doll on Baddies, The Apprentice, Survivor, Vacepia Towery, Queen For a Day, An American Family, Cue the Sun by Emily Nussbaum, Mean Girls, Queen Bees and Wannabees, 2000s, 2000s History, Flavor of Love, Americas Next Top Model, ANTM documentary, Tyra Banks, Tocccara Jones, Ebony Haith, Eva Marcille, Tiffany Richardson, Yaya DeCosta, Pinky Cole, Slutty Vegan, College Hill, BET, College Hill Season 1 Southern University, HBCUs, Langston University, Shalondrea, Kinda Andrews, College Hill Virgin Islands Season, Krystal and Vanessa Fight, Keyshia Cole, Tanisha Thomas, Bridezillas, Marriage Boot Camp, Baldwin Hills, Harlem Heights, Tracey Edmonds, Obama, Obama Presidency 2008, 2009, Welcome to Sweetie Pies, Braxton Family Values, Reality TV Sound Effects, Real Housewives of Potomac, RHOP, Wendy Osefo, Wendy Osefo Arrest, Candiace Dillard Bassett, Gizelle Bryant, Robyn Dixon, Ashley Darby, Mary Cosby, Eboni K Williams, Mona Scott Young, Judge Mablean, Tyler Perry, Bethenny Frenkel, Deborah Momma Dee Bryant, Chrisean Rock, Joseline Hernandez, Puerto Rican Princess, Mimi Faust, Stevie J, Antwanaha Alameen Shavers, Down Ass Bitch, Umar Johnson, Heather and Julie, Blac Chyna, Tokyo Toni, Jennifer L Pozner, Reality Bites Back: The Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV, RHOSLC, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Who Said That?, Who Said Dat?, Phaedra Parks, Apollo Nida, Charisse Jordan, Karen Huger, Million Man March, Mary Cosby Church, Mary Cosby Cult, Mary Cosby Husband, gay men and Real Housewives, Brian Moylan, Summer House Marthas Vineyard, Selling Sunset Tampa, Laguna Beach, Laguna Beach reunion]
0:00-2:17- Intro
2:18- Queen For a Day & An American Family
7:23- Heather B, Tami Roman, & The Real World
11:54- Courtroom Judges, Survivor, & Vecepia Towery
15:50- Omarosa & 'Angry Black Women'
23:25- America's Next Top Model
28:49- College Hill
38:11- New York & Flavor of Love, Keyshia Cole
42:28- Bad Girls Club & Mean Girls Behavior
49:36- Brides and Wives
51:10- Baldwin Hills, Harlem Heights, & Black Excellence
58:09- The Dawn of RHOA and Nene Leakes
1:15:51- Kandi, Porsha, and Respectability Politics
1:24:33- Peachholder Philanthropy & Problematics
1:29:42- Married to Medicine Interlude
1:32:08- Violent Men on Real Housewives of Atlanta
1:42:38- RHOA Compared to Other Shows
1:44:10- Basketball Wives and Love and Hip Hop
1:53:20- RHOA Attitudes on Dating
2:00:41- Storytelling, Schadenfreude, & Producing
2:08:51-Politics, Class, and Colorism: RHOP
2:23:42- Black Housewives on RHOSLC and RHOBH
2:30:35- College Hill Reboot, Baddies, and Zeus
2:36:21- The Impact of So Much 'Reality'
2:41:38- The Future of 'Reality' & Conclusion
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What is the history of Reality TV? How has reality TV shaped society? How have Black women shaped reality TV? What is Baddies and why is it a thing? Why is Baddies so trifling?
[Media history, media literacy, Black women history, Black American History, Black History, TV History, Nene Leakes, Omarosa Manigault, Real Housewives of Atlanta, RHOA Season 17, Love and Hip Hop, Tiffany New York Pollard, Heather B. Gardner, Tami Roman, Real World, Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, Porsha Williams, Porsha Williams Divorce, Kandi Burruss, Todd Burruss, Kandi and Todd Divorce, Carlos King, Pillow Talk, Pillow Talk Fight, Carlos King Podcast, Cynthia Bailey, Marlo Hampton, Kenya Moore, Basketball Wives, Rasheeda, K Michelle, Schadenfraude, Natalie Nunn, Baddies Chain, Baddies Fights, Lemuel Plummer, Zeus, Baddies Auditions, Kash Doll on Baddies, The Apprentice, Survivor, Vacepia Towery, Queen For a Day, An American Family, Cue the Sun by Emily Nussbaum, Mean Girls, Queen Bees and Wannabees, 2000s, 2000s History, Flavor of Love, Americas Next Top Model, ANTM documentary, Tyra Banks, Tocccara Jones, Ebony Haith, Eva Marcille, Tiffany Richardson, Yaya DeCosta, Pinky Cole, Slutty Vegan, College Hill, BET, College Hill Season 1 Southern University, HBCUs, Langston University, Shalondrea, Kinda Andrews, College Hill Virgin Islands Season, Krystal and Vanessa Fight, Keyshia Cole, Tanisha Thomas, Bridezillas, Marriage Boot Camp, Baldwin Hills, Harlem Heights, Tracey Edmonds, Obama, Obama Presidency 2008, 2009, Welcome to Sweetie Pies, Braxton Family Values, Reality TV Sound Effects, Real Housewives of Potomac, RHOP, Wendy Osefo, Wendy Osefo Arrest, Candiace Dillard Bassett, Gizelle Bryant, Robyn Dixon, Ashley Darby, Mary Cosby, Eboni K Williams, Mona Scott Young, Judge Mablean, Tyler Perry, Bethenny Frenkel, Deborah Momma Dee Bryant, Chrisean Rock, Joseline Hernandez, Puerto Rican Princess, Mimi Faust, Stevie J, Antwanaha Alameen Shavers, Down Ass Bitch, Umar Johnson, Heather and Julie, Blac Chyna, Tokyo Toni, Jennifer L Pozner, Reality Bites Back: The Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV, RHOSLC, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Who Said That?, Who Said Dat?, Phaedra Parks, Apollo Nida, Charisse Jordan, Karen Huger, Million Man March, Mary Cosby Church, Mary Cosby Cult, Mary Cosby Husband, gay men and Real Housewives, Brian Moylan, Summer House Marthas Vineyard, Selling Sunset Tampa, Laguna Beach, Laguna Beach reunion]
0:00-2:17- Intro
2:18- Queen For a Day & An American Family
7:23- Heather B, Tami Roman, & The Real World
11:54- Courtroom Judges, Survivor, & Vecepia Towery
15:50- Omarosa & 'Angry Black Women'
23:25- America's Next Top Model
28:49- College Hill
38:11- New York & Flavor of Love, Keyshia Cole
42:28- Bad Girls Club & Mean Girls Behavior
49:36- Brides and Wives
51:10- Baldwin Hills, Harlem Heights, & Black Excellence
58:09- The Dawn of RHOA and Nene Leakes
1:15:51- Kandi, Porsha, and Respectability Politics
1:24:33- Peachholder Philanthropy & Problematics
1:29:42- Married to Medicine Interlude
1:32:08- Violent Men on Real Housewives of Atlanta
1:42:38- RHOA Compared to Other Shows
1:44:10- Basketball Wives and Love and Hip Hop
1:53:20- RHOA Attitudes on Dating
2:00:41- Storytelling, Schadenfreude, & Producing
2:08:51-Politics, Class, and Colorism: RHOP
2:23:42- Black Housewives on RHOSLC and RHOBH
2:30:35- College Hill Reboot, Baddies, and Zeus
2:36:21- The Impact of So Much 'Reality'
2:41:38- The Future of 'Reality' & Conclusion
Love the content? Support for $1/month on patreon.com/intelexualmedia
Sources, essays, exclusive videos, a podcast, reading lists, and much more are available ON PATREON.
