POD goes to Westminster: Makeover television, AI discipline, and the classed politics of Hannah Spencer’s body
European Journal of Cultural Studies
Published online on April 15, 2026
Abstract
European Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print.
This article analyses a viral X post in which the author used Grok, an AI image generator, to produce a ‘makeunder’ of newly elected Green MP Hannah Spencer, modelled on the BBC Three reality series Snog Marry Avoid? (2008-2013). Drawing on Pickering’s (...
This article analyses a viral X post in which the author used Grok, an AI image generator, to produce a ‘makeunder’ of newly elected Green MP Hannah Spencer, modelled on the BBC Three reality series Snog Marry Avoid? (2008-2013). Drawing on Pickering’s (...