Beware the Humunculus (with Phoebe Kaufman!)

Today, with our guest Phoebe Kaufman from the Money Can't Buy You Class podcast, we're talking about the construction of reality for reality TV stars. A little Berger, a little Butler, tune in to help us make sense of it all.

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Sources:

Give Them Lala podcast, The One About All the VPR Moments episode

The Daily podcast, Sunday Read: How Tom Sandoval Became the Most Hated Man in America.

Peter L. Berger, The Social Construction of Reality: https://web.archive.org/web/20191009202613id_/http://perflensburg.se/Berger%20social-construction-of-reality.pdf

Judith Butler’s Theory of Gender Performativity, Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XFg8f1STLk&ab_channel=Film%26MediaStudies

Louis Althusser's "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses."

Culture Study Podcast, The Complicated Future of Reality TV episode