About this episode

The episode explores the cultural significance of reality television through the lens of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.

It's a Vivian episode, which means she's taking us away from the traditional nerdy and to the other kind of nerds. And today, it's to the Houewives fans. We need to center this conversation on a particular episode, and so Vivian had 'Olly watch the season finale of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City season 4. Topics include: the anthropology of reality television, the connection between Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Housewives, the gendered performance of these women, how campiness works, and how reality television is not reality while being reality. Our Socials Vivian's Instagram Holly's Instagram The Pod's Instagram Buy Our Books! Buy Holly's Book! Buy Vivian's Book! Fan Of That is now on Patreon! Go support us over there! Music for this episode was Nowhere Land by Kevin MacLead Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Logo by Moira Daykin, @mecha_moira on instagram This episode was produced by Vivian Asimos and Holly Swinyard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Vivian Asimos, Holly Swinyard

Guest: Olly

Topics covered

• reality television
• gender performance
• anthropology
• campiness
• The Real Housewives
• Queer Eye

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon

Books & works: The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

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