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The Last Taboo of Reality TV
Article by Wendy Weiner, appeared in issue Home & Away; published in 2005; filed under Broadcast; tagged menstruation, period, reality tv, survivor.

Detailed discussions of diarrhea (Survivor). On-camera vomiting (The Bachelor, The Biggest Loser). Extensive cosmetic surgery (The Swan). Endless hot-tub makeout sessions (take your pick). On reality tv, no subject is too personal to reveal, no biological function too intimate to discuss—except for one final taboo too terrible to mention: menstruation.

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