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Reality TV show contestants are more like unpaid interns than Hollywood stars

  • Written by David Arditi, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
Reality TV show contestants are more like unpaid interns than Hollywood starsCountry singer Adley Stump, a former contestant on NBC's hit reality show 'The Voice,' performs at an Air Force base in Washington state.Joint Base Lewis McChord/flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

In December 2018, John Legend joined then-newly elected U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to criticize the exploitation of congressional interns on Capitol Hill, most...

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