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• In Media Res
  Re: "This is an unstable environment”: Teen Mom 2 and Class

  Thanks, Phoebs! Your question

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  Chelsea Bullock Georgia Institute of Technology

  Wednesday, November 21, 2012 — 12:16 am

  Thanks, Phoebs! Your question gets at a tricky point within my article. Most simply, I think of anti-aspirational television as programs that foil aspirational ones such as Keeping Up with the Kardashians or some versions of the Real Housewives wherein we ...
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  Re: A "Huge" Cancellation and the ABC Family Brand

  This is such a thoughtful

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  Chelsea Bullock Georgia Institute of Technology

  Monday, November 12, 2012 — 8:22 pm

  This is such a thoughtful take on Huge within the ABC Family landscape, Phoebe! I think you're absolutely right re: their privileging of purchasable beauty. This idea is only reinforced by how frequently their stars appear on the covers of related te ...
• In Media Res
  Re: "This is an unstable environment”: Teen Mom 2 and Class

  Neoliberalism

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  Chelsea Bullock Georgia Institute of Technology

  Saturday, November 17, 2012 — 12:15 am

  Hi, Florian. Thanks for your response! I hear what you're saying about the difference in representations of class in scripted/non-scripted programs, though I can think of exceptions for each (of course). What I would say is that the onus to perpetuat ...