Historians on Housewives

In which the Historians learn about how issues surrounding Intimate Partner Violence are reflected on BravoTV, discuss dynamics of internalizing abuse and the manifold ways IPV arises on the shows and in domestic relationships, design a Yacht day, and much, much more!

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In which the Historians learn about a Housewives connection in Chicago, discuss workplace power relations, surveillance, and employer policing on Below Deck and Below Deck Med, Flipping Out, and Vanderpump Rules, discuss some parallel and dissimilar treatment of unfree people in early America, play a round of ‘Foul on the Play’ and much, much more! 

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In which the Historians learn from Dr. Catherine Koonar about US capitalism, consumption, and food based on her research of chocolate and the Hershey company, the myth of the “self-made” man, and its relation to The Real Housewives, comparing Milton Hershey’s larger-than-life brand to Andy Cohen, Ramona, Bethenny, and Vicki play high-low with the Housewives’ reported net worth, use Karen Huger's La' Dame perfume drama to discuss the culture of entrepreneurship, and much, much more!

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In which the Historians discuss representations and depictions of fertility and infertility in popular culture, BravoTV and in real life; learn about women's health practices, particularly well-women's exams; discuss Dr. Silverman’s edited volume titled The Fantasy of Reality: Critical Essays on The Real Housewives (2015), play a new game called “Cheeseburger in Paradise, and much, much more!

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The Historians talk about the importance of fashion and material culture for denoting race and ethnicity, class, and religious associations in colonial Spain, the accuracy of RHOD’s portrayal of Dallas culture, debate the possibility of a Housewives cage match, discuss the importance of material culture, learn about how materiality and attire alter individual behavior both on Bravo and within the colonial Spanish empire, and much, more!. 

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In which the Historians respond to John Legend being named sexiest man alive, discuss the ways that Bravo shows relationship to feminism, how the Guidice’s experiences with incarceration, immigration, and deportation take on a different tone than what we might see at the border, the now infamous Andy Cohen interview with Teresa and Joe after his deportation, and much, much more!

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HonH is taking this week off, but we’ll be back with an all new episode on January 15. For more HonH content, head over to Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram updates and opinions about the latest shows on BravoTV and Bravoleberties.

Happy Holidays!

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In which the Historians break out their textured jingle-bell sweaters for a special in-studio holiday edition of HonH to discuss the history of Santa Clause, put to rest the eternal question of whether Coto de Caza is the sticks, learn the long and storied history of BravoTV as well as about critical media literacy, the (lack of) guilty pleasures in watching reality television, hear about what interviewing two Bravolebs was like and get a little tea, discuss the technical expertise of WWHL, listen to Kacey jingle some bells, attempt to answer the oldest chicken and the egg question: do the audiences shape the shows or the shows shape the audiences, and much, much more!

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In which the Historians talk about BravoTV in the classroom, play politics with the Housewives, discuss the art of leveling criticism when someone’s got to go, the connections between BravoTV and the First Ladies, compare CSPAN notes, learn about how women inform male-centered presidential histories, grapple with some of the implications of a reality star president with Housewife supporters and detractors, analyze the Kavanaugh fight on RHOBH, the politics of silence with Kyle Richards and Eddie Judge, RHOA’s activism in BLM and Bravo’s depictions of “mainstream politics,” and much, much more! 

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In which the Historians discuss the ways that elite reality stars think about money, learn about the #FergusonSyllabus, interrogate the ways that Bravo discusses issues pertaining to race and racism in America, converse over Bethenny Frankel’s disaster relief work, learn about how people indicate their social class based on their consumption patterns, think critically about the connections between Dennis the Hot Dog King of Atlanta and the intersection of post-1968 civil rights struggle and the rise of the fast food industry, and converse about Tamara’s confrontation with her son Ryan over his support for Trump and The Wall.

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