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The Cult of The Real Housewives

Sounds Like A Cult

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The Shameless Celebration of Consumption

Which is cultier, the shameless celebration of consumerism or the portrayal of women as image obsessed, belligerent breaths? I'm gonna go with number one and here's why. Fandom are also cult members because we are presented with a woman who knows that Mary Cosby's church has a lot of red flags. The clout chasing couple that crashed a White House dinner in 2021 while they were auditioning to be on Real Housewives of DC. Or Jen Shaw, the real Housewives of Salt Lake City, pleading guilty to running a massive telemarketing fraud scheme.

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