About this episode

Tess Barker and Courtney Kocak discuss the disturbing truths behind the 'Girls Gone Wild' franchise and its impact on culture.

Few commercials were as ubiquitous in the early aughts as the ones for the video series “Girls Gone Wild.” The premise of these videos was so dumb it seemed funny: girls being treated as zoo animals as they flashed the camera. A deeply disturbing truth permeated this cultural phenomena, however. Joining Tess to talk through her own first hand experience with the franchise is comic, writer, and podcaster Courtney Kocak (Private Parts Unown).

People in this episode

Host: Tess Barker

Guest: Courtney Kocak

Topics covered

• cultural phenomena
• media critique
• women's representation
• documentary analysis
• personal experience

Keywords

• Girls Gone Wild
• Courtney Kocak
• Tess Barker
• media critique
• cultural phenomena
• women's representation
• documentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Private Parts Unown

Books & works: Girls Gone Wild

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