If you opened up a magazine in the 2000s, you'd likely be met by countless images of celebrities on their worst days. And the conversation accompanying those images? Pretty toxic.
We've come a long way in how we talk about mental health since then, but how did we get here? What changed?
Today, we reflect on the cruelty of tabloid culture and how the internet shifted the narrative about mental health.
If you want to hear more about our relationship with celebrities, check out our episode Moog became a Youtube megastar — and it messed with his mental health.
Guests:
Jo PiazzaAuthor and host of Under the Influence
Sophie GilbertStaff writer for The AtlanticAuthor of Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves
Dr Jessica FordLecturer in MediaUniversity of Adelaide
Professor Nick HaslamUniversity of Melbourne
Clinical Professor Jonathan ShedlerDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioural SciencesUniversity of California
Hadley MearesHollywood historian
Matthew SuarezAuthor of Paparazzi Daze: Celebrity Encounters
David KampContributing EditorVanity Fair Magazine
Credits:
- Presenter/producer: Sana Qadar
- Reporter/producer: Jennifer Leake
- Producer: Rose Kerr
- Senior producer: James Bullen
- Sound engineer: Simon Branthwaite
