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Author Aitken-Radburn, Alisha, author

Title The villain edit : a memoir about reality TV and taking control of the narrative / Alisha Aitken-Rdaburn
Published Sydney : Allen & Unwin, [2023]
©2023

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 280 pages)
Contents Cover -- Praise -- About the Author -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue A Bad Person -- CHAPTER 1 The Application -- CHAPTER 2 True Believer -- CHAPTER 3 The Mansion -- CHAPTER 4 The Aftermath -- CHAPTER 5 Paradise -- CHAPTER 6 Umbrella of Ambiguity -- CHAPTER 7 Back to Reality -- CHAPTER 8 Third Time Lucky -- CHAPTER 9 Perfect -- CHAPTER 10 Happily Ever After -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements
Summary "A memoir about identity and authenticity in the smoke-and-mirror worlds of politics, reality TV and social media, from Bachelor star Alisha Aitken-Radburn. When former government staffer Alisha Aitken-Radburn was given a 'villain edit' on her first season of The Bachelor, she wasn't entirely surprised - after all, there are only a handful of character tropes producers can manipulate into storylines. But the backlash on social media was unexpectedly intense, and Alisha found her sense of identity completely rocked by a single comment: 'You are a bad person'. Determined to shake the 'villain' label, she returned to reality TV screens, and this time, she got a different edit. She was met with praise and empathy, and her portrayal led to a third and final season, where she met the man she would marry. But along Alisha's rocky path in the reality TV spotlight, the line between truth and fiction blurred. She cared about other people's opinions more than her own, and her insatiable quest for external validation saw her outsourcing her decisions and her self-worth to everyone from anonymous forum-lurkers to journalists and politicians. The Villain Edit charts Alisha's journey through the smoke-and-mirrors worlds of politics, reality TV and social media. Navigating the secrets, lies and hard truths that are laced through even the most fairytale of endings, it reveals how the perceptions of others can rewrite the story of who we think we are, and how important it is to know when to go off-script and take control of the narrative."--Publisher
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Aitken-Radburn, Alisha
SUBJECT Bachelor (Televison program : Australia)
Subject Television personalities -- Australia -- Biography
Reality television programs -- Psychological aspects
Reality television programs -- Australia
Reality television programs.
Television personalities.
Australia.
Genre/Form Electronic books
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781761187582
1761187589