Rich Girls

I’ve talked a lot about the media in my past blogs, and the stereotypes they endorse. Over Thanksgiving break, I was flipping through television channels and stumbled upon MTV’s new show “Rich Girls.” This show follows the lives of Ally Hilfiger and Jaime Gleicher. As MTV says these girls are “normal teenagers who enjoy doing normal teenage things like shopping, talking on the phone, and going to the prom. But there's one important difference between them and the rest of us--they're rich. Really, really, really rich.” MTV’s show follows Ally and Jaime around as they spend their “mountains of money.”

This super-fabulous lifestyle (as MTV calls it) is full of shopping and living lavishly. The episode being re-run over Thanksgiving break was when the girls were moving into their college dorms. While organizing their closets, in walked Tommy Hilfiger. He then arranged the girl’s closets, and new clothes were obviously provided. The girls were then taken to his studio in order to help make design decisions for his new line.

After talking with “Jen” in my previous blogs, it because apparent that some rich teens are just raised that way. It’s the idea of nature vs. nurture. It’s fine to have all the money in the world and spend it on frivolous things, but to follow these girls shoving cameras in their face is another. As I’ve said before, many of the reasons rich teens act they way the do is the media stereotypes put before them. Without these stereotypes, such as the ones created on “Rich Girls,” we may not have this sense of organizational power and a clear divide between rich and poor in our society.


Image Source: http://www.mtv.com/onair/rich_girls/flipbooks/girls/images/flip_14.jpg

MTV's Show Description: http://www.mtv.com/onair/rich_girls/episode_guide/