Are Shows Like “Fixer Upper” Damaging Or Restorative For Your Mental Health?
Guess what friends! I’m a contributing writer over at Evie Magazine. It’s a new outlet of mine where I can write about non-Catholic topics that I find interesting, and it’s an exciting opportunity to share some Catholic truths to a very large and non-Catholic audience. You can find all of my articles with Evie here, but I’ll try to post some excerpts of them on theYCW as well so that you’re aware when new articles get published!
My first article with them is about my obsession (eeep) with home renovation shows, and realizing that it might be doing some non-great things to my brain…
I know, it feels like Joanna Gaines can do no wrong! And without shows like Fixer Upper, how else would we know that gray is out, greige is on its way out, and to the shock of everyone, renter’s beige is actually in? Or where else would we find out that coastal grandma isn’t just for your wardrobe but is now a hot decor trend? (Oh wait, it’s already out. Grandpa Eclectic is now trending.) What’s so wrong with getting lost in someone else’s dream home anyway?
Rest assured, I’m not about to declare that we must cancel every home renovation show (which, for the record, I’ve seen nearly all of them), but as we dive into the brief history of our culture’s obsession with the McGees and the Gaineses in networks like HGTV and Magnolia, we are going to learn just how exploitative their preying marketing schemes can be…