Reality TV: Guilty pleasure or public service?
reality tv
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
A Close Look at the Thing We Call ‘Celebrity’
Why do we care about famous people?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story
I’m Not Queer to Make Friends
By Trying on the Role of Reality TV Villain, Logan Scherer Confronts His Gay Shame
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Story
Captive Audience
When you live alongside anything for a long time — any person, any character, any narrative structure, any screen flicker — you become a part of it and it becomes a part of you.
Posted inEditor's Pick
A Clarifying Dose of Reality (TV)
In this personal essay, Valentina Valentini tries out for American Idol and it puts her permanently off fame-seeking.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Reality TV, Why Do We Love You So?
Love and guilt about reality TV.
Posted inCrime, Nonfiction
How ‘Cops’ Became the Most Polarizing Reality TV Show in America
What one of TV’s longest-running reality shows says about race and our relationship with the police.
Posted inCrime, Nonfiction, Story
How ‘Cops’ Became the Most Polarizing Reality TV Show in America
What one of TV’s longest-running reality shows says about race and our relationship with the police.
Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes
We Watch HGTV for the Destruction, Not the Makeovers
Drywall, meet sledgehammer.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Beware the Open-Plan Kitchen
Almost a decade after the speculation-driven financial crisis of 2008, the success of HGTV’s aspirational real-estate programming proves that house-flipping culture is alive, well, and potentially dangerous.