{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695e5ac1adf9f2c53a665a53/6980cc6d19ef991f73491ea0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"'Geordie Shore' from 2011 Reality TV, Sexism, and the Birth of Influencer Culture","description":"<p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@PodcastGaze/videos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to watch this episode on YouTube</a></p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of&nbsp;<strong>The Problematic Gaze</strong>, we dive headfirst into a&nbsp;<strong>2011 episode of&nbsp;<em>Geordie Shore</em></strong>&nbsp;to unpack everything early-2010s&nbsp;<strong>MTV reality TV</strong>&nbsp;thought was normal. From&nbsp;<strong>lad culture and binge drinking</strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<strong>sexual politics, gender performance, and working-class stereotypes</strong>, this episode is a perfect snapshot of a pre-Instagram, pre-cancel-culture media landscape.</p><p>We break down how&nbsp;<em>Geordie Shore</em>&nbsp;helped shape&nbsp;<strong>British reality TV</strong>, launched accidental influencers, and normalized behavior that now reads as wildly&nbsp;<strong>problematic, sexist, and chaotic</strong>. Is this show a guilty pleasure, a cultural artifact, or a cautionary tale? Probably all three.</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoKRR65u-kg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to watch the episode of Geordie Shore from 2011 discussed in this episode</a></p>","author_name":"David Moor and Lee Arnott"}