Brooke Shields: Stardom, Teen Girls & Social Media

Published: April 3, 2023, 9 a.m.

b'After a brief discussion about the impact of social media on the mental health of teenage girls, Kara and Nayeema turn to today\\u2019s guest: Brooke Shields. She became a teenage superstar through her roles in \\u201cPretty Baby\\u201d and \\u201cBlue Lagoon\\u201d as well as the famous Calvin Klein ads (\\u201cDo you want to know what comes in between me and my Calvins? Nothing.\\u201d). In her new Hulu documentary, \\u201cPretty Baby: Brooke Shields,\\u201d she talks about how she sees those hypersexualized roles today and how she survived life in an industry that she says did nothing to help her. Shields also revisits her complex relationship with her mother, who introduced her to modeling and acting, and how Shields now counsels her own two teenage daughters about feeding the social media \\u201cmonster.\\u201d\\xa0\\n\\nQuestions? Comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find us on Twitter @karaswisher and @nayeema\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'