(S2, E3) We Owe Paris Hilton An Apology
This week on Pop Culture Boner we’re revisiting the life and times of Paris Hilton. She was in every magazine and on every gossip site for most of the 2000s - she might have been paid a mint to make a scene but she was also called a signal of the end times and a bad influence on young girls. On this episode, we’re looking at the kind of misogyny that defined her early career, why it happened and what it looks like now.
You can find references here:
This Is Paris (2020)
Mitchell Sunderland (VICE, 2015) - This Is How Paris Hilton Fooled the Entire United States of America
Kathleen Deveny and Raina Kelley (Newsweek, 2007) - Girls Gone Bad?: Paris, Britney, Lindsay & Nicole They Seem to Be Everywhere and They May Not Be Wearing Underwear. Tweens Adore Them and Teens Envy Them. But Are We Raising a Generation of ‘Prostitots’?
Jonah Engel Bromwich (New York Times, 2017) - Paris Hilton Said She Invented the Selfie. We Set Out to Find the Truth.
Minette Hillyer (Velvet Light Trap, 2010) - Underexposed Overexposure: One Night In Paris
You can download the full transcript here.