Extreme Makeover, The Swan & Plastic Surgery TV

Close your flip phone and stop scrolling the TV Guide channel because today we’re getting a broader understanding of The Swan & Early 2000’s makeovers. At a time when everyone was being scrutinized for their physical appearance there was a certain type of reality competition show that seemed to thrive. The Biggest Loser, The Swan & its predecessor Extreme Makeover provide a look back at a dark time in our reality tv and body image history but have things improved? Did The Swan shame us into being better or did it just pave the way for something worse? Sources: The Dark Side of Reality TV: The Swan Vice, 2024 This Controversial Reality Series Was Its Own Horror Movie Rhianna Malas & Pierce Baugh, Collider The Swan Fox, 2004 Extreme Makeover ABC, 2002-2006 Why Women in Movies Get Makeovers The Take, YouTube The Ugly Pretty Girl The Take, YouTube The toxic diet culture & fatphobia of early 2000's chick flicks elle literacy, YouTube Worst Moments of The Biggest Loser The List, YouTube Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.