Podcast appearances and mentions of john ortved

Remember when Kim Kardashian invented butts? Paper Magazine sure would like us to. When they released their scintillating cover issue of Kim K in a sequinned dress, balancing a champagne glass on her formidable silicone buttocks, Paper Mag declared: “Break the Internet Kim Kardashian” And break it she did. In this episode, Hannah and Maia trace Kim Kardashian's transformation from trashy reality star to fashionista de jour. Since the Paper cover, and with the help of Kanye West, Kim's body has become the subject of a twisted performance art. But it's also generated controversy - creating unhealthy trends, grifting from the natural features of Black women, and now disappearing into what we everyone has deemed a “skinny renaissance”. Digression includes: Maia getting riled up about Timothée and Kylie's fabled romantic union.  Support the Patreon and get juicy bonus content!: https://www.patreon.com/rehashpodcast Intro and outro song by our talent friend Ian Mills: ⁠https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusic SOURCES Joe Zee, “In Defense of Kim Kardashian and the Editors of Paper Magazine and Why This Cover Makes Sense” (12/11/14), Yahoo Jake Hall, “exploring the complicated relationship between jean-paul goude and grace jones”, (21/04/16) i-D David Hershkovits, “How Kim KArdashian broke the Internet with her butt” (17/12/14), The Guardian Blue Telusma “Kim Kardashian doesn't realize she's the butt of an old racial joke” (12/11/14), the grio Justin Parkinson, “The Significance of Sarah Baartman” (07/01/16), BBC Janell Hobson, “Remnants of Venus: Signifying Black Beauty and Sexuality” (2018), Women's studies Quarterly, The Feminist Press Nolan Feeney, “Anna Wintour Implies Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are not ‘Deeply Tasteful'”. (19/11/14) Cleo Gould, “From silicone implants and fat transfers to bubble butts and a high mortality rate, we investigate whether the BBL is the most dangerous cosmetic surgery of all” (2019), Dazed Rachel Tashjian, “How Jennifer Lopez's Versace Dress Created Google Images” (2019), GQ.  John Ortved, “Paper Magazine, The Oral History: ‘They Were Wide Open' (2023), The New York Times Eric Wilson, “Kim Kardashian Inc.” (17/11/2010), The New York Times. Natasha Singer, “The democratization of plastic surgery” (2007), The New York Times, Harper Franklin “1810-1819” (18/08/2020) Fashion History Timeline, Fashion Institute of Technology. Grace O'Neill, “How Kimye Changed Fashion Forever”, Grazia Magazine. Rebecca Jennings, “The $5,000 quest for the perfect butt”, 2021, Vox. Cady Lang, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians Is Ending. But Their Exploitation of Black Women's Aesthetics Continues”, (10/06/21), Time. Kylie Gilbert, “Backing Away from BBLs” (11/08/22), InStyle

In this episode, Neil, Niki, and Natalia discuss the historical significance of the current craze over the online game Wordle. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week's show:  When a Brooklyn software engineer designed a word game as an act of love, he didn't know Wordle would become an online phenomenon. Neil referred to this Smithsonian Magazine article on the history of the crossword puzzle and Niki to this history of mahjong.   In our regular closing feature, What's Making History: Natalia shared Stephanie H. Murray's The Week article, “Politics Closed American Schools Last Year. Now Politics Are Keeping Them Open.” Neil recommended Emily Hopkins and Melissa Sanchez' ProPublica article, “Chicago's ‘Race-Neutral' Traffic Cameras Ticket Black and Latino Drivers The Most.” Niki discussed John Ortved's New York Times article, “That Cloud of Smoke is Not a Mirage.”

Model Stephanie Seymour graces the cover of Vogue Italia’s August 2019 issue, photographed by Collier Schorr. Listen to the interview in English by John Ortved. Voices: Paola Corazza and Antony Bowden. Curated by Elisa Pervinca Bellini.

Back once again with the topic of controversy, Ted and Christine discuss the 10 most controversial moments in the history of photography; expanding on an article written by John Ortved for History.com. To continue with the theme, they then delve into the recent hoop-lah surrounding the ShutterFest competition results.

Jack and Dan look out the window at the old cemetery, then watch "Bart-Mangled Banner," a season 15 episode that skewers post-9/11 patriotism in George W. Bush's America. Surely mid-series "Simpsons" does political satire with deftness and subtlety, right? We discuss the show's reliance on episode-ending musical numbers, how dark is too dark for a Moe joke, and start writing an episode called "Bart Goes Deaf at the Talent Show." Why did we not cut out a lot of crazy nonsense about "ALF" from this episode? Does anyone else measure American history by the Harold and Kumar films? And was suspending civil liberties in a charged post-9/11 world a necessary evil to protect the American citizenship? (Why would they put a real one in with the joke ones?) Enjoy our latest "Worst Episode Ever" and see if you agree with our assessment of "Bart-Mangled Banner." Never miss an episode and subscribe in an RSS reader or through iTunes or on Stitcher. If you're an FX subscriber, you can watch "Bart-Mangled Banner" right now on Simpsons World. Thanks for supporting "Worst Episode Ever!"  Follow the show on Twitter at @WorstEpisodePod and tweet us your terrible "Simpsons" episodes future editions of the show. Or email us your feedback and questions at worstepisodepod [at] gmail.com. Last week’s episode: That 90's Show. The Current Worst Episode Ever Rankings Come to Woo Hoo! Classic Simpsons Trivia in Brooklyn! And here's a link to an episode of the Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show about Simpsons Trivia featuring Dan and John Ortved, author of "The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History," as mentioned in this episode. "Worst Episode Ever" is a part of us all! A part of us all! A part of us all! Sorry to repeat ourselves, but it will help you spread the word!  If you like the show, share it! And leave us a positive review on iTunes and on Stitcher. It helps!

The story of TV’s longest-running sitcom and the characters who created it, marking twenty years on the airThe Simpsons will celebrate its twentieth anniversary this fall. No other TV show has had the enduring popularity or cultural influence that The Simpsons has. When it premiered in 1989, the enthusiastic reaction to its subversive humor was instantaneous. It is one of the most astounding successes in TV history. John Ortved’s unauthorized history—the first ever to look behind the scenes of this pop culture phenomenon—tells how the series grew from a controversial cult favourite to a mainstream powerhouse thanks to a group of intense, thoughtful, and creative people who came together to make something unique in the history of American culture