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Period Pieces

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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Jail Bait

Rethinking Images of Incarcerated Women
Article by Anna Clark, Illustrated by Omar Lee, appeared in issue Home & Away; published in 2005; filed under Film; tagged criminal justice, fantasy, media, prison reform, race, stereotypes.

It is not my pleasure to remind anyone of the 2001 teen flick Sugar & Spice. Teetering between the black humor of Heathers and the girly glitz of Clueless, it achieves the success of neither, and I bring it up now only because of a single scene.

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