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5. The Hollywood "It" Girls | Just Like Us: The Tabloids That Changed America

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The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.21.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Britney, Paris, Lindsey—we’ve spent a lot of time rethinking the way young female celebrities were treated in the 2000s. In this episode we take a look at how celebrity media built up—and tore down—these women, and how readers ravenously followed along. Host: Clare Malone Producers: Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, Juliet Litman, Vikram Patel, and Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I have a love-hate relationship with the New York Post, of which I am a daily reader.

0:09.3

They are consistently scummy in their coverage.

0:12.5

Crime, fear-mongering, race-baiting, you name it, the New York Post has got it, along with

0:17.7

some legitimately devoted local reporting.

0:20.9

But I read page 6, it's gossip column, because I know the post will go there, for better

0:26.5

or for worse.

0:28.0

The paper's gender politics are remarkably consistent.

0:31.6

Through the years, even as the nation has become more conscious of ingrained sexism,

0:36.3

the post has stood a thwart change and said, eh, we're good.

0:41.0

So it's perhaps no surprise that one of our boldest examples of naughty-audi sexism comes

0:46.4

from the good people at the New York Post.

0:49.5

On November 29, 2006, the paper splashed the headline, Bimbo Summit, across its front page.

0:56.4

The accompanying picture was of Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, and Paris Hilton squashed

1:01.5

into the front seat of a sports car.

1:06.6

Here's a clip from a paparazzi video that shows the moments leading up to that shot.

1:11.6

In it, Lindsay is addressing allegations that Paris had hit her.

1:25.3

There's a little back and forth with the paps.

1:31.3

Oh, this is classic.

1:36.3

Oh, wow.

1:38.3

The, oh, this is classic from the photographer, is a reaction to the fact that all three women,

1:44.8

all wildly famous for their partying at the time, have piled together for a photo.

1:50.4

You probably need a little more context.

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