Love Lust Or Run Analysis

What does it mean to be a proper citizen? Some might say to doing good, being the best person you can be, or behaving in a way that only benefits society. If this is the case, where and how do we learn these behaviors? The majority of us would probably think our parents, friends, and educators are the ones who teach us how to act like a proper citizen, but Laurie Ouellette suggests there is another influence. In her article, Ouellette labels this process of learning how to behave like a citizen as “citizenship training” and argues that watching reality-based programing on television one form of citizenship training (Ouellette, 67). I agree with Ouellette’s article and in this essay I respond to her work by creating my own archive and argument, but focus on how beliefs about specific genders and neoliberalism are important factors in citizen training. In this essay, I argue that the reality television show “Love, Lust, or Run” serves as a form of citizenship training for women of all ages on how to dress in a way that is considered sociably …show more content…
After reveling the reactions of the strangers (which is always to run from the look in the beginning) to the contestant, the host, Stacy London, asks the woman if she is “ready” to participate in “makeunder.” When the contestant agrees to the “makeunder,” she is stripped of her long extensions, wild makeup, and outrageous clothes to start completely from scratch. With help from Stacy, her team of stylists, and a few clothing stores, the woman’s appearance is transformed into a one that all the strangers either love or lust; all while boosting the contest’s