Sweet hell – can you believe they’re going to let Chaz Bono compete on Dancing With the Stars? What a travesty. Oh, no. Not because of that. We’re perfectly down with a transgender […]
Survivor: the greatest game ever played
Part one of a series. The 20th season of Survivor, Heroes vs. Villains (or, if you prefer, Revenge vs. Redemption) is now in the books, and Sandra Diaz-Twine is the game’s first […]
Reality
by Terry Hargrove One Sunday night last year, I decided to try my hand at some of the math I didn’t understand when I was a high school student. Right away, I […]
Jon & Kate: a sign of the times to come
If you’ve been off-planet for the last few months you may have missed the news: Jon & Kate have split, and in the process migrated from the relative banality of the TV […]
Has reality TV finally gone too far?
by Amaury Nora We had The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Temptation Island, Joe Millionaire, Who Wants to Marry My Dad, and many more. The latest reality show being marketed to the major networks […]
Fight the Flavor
I think it’s time for me to formally introduce myself to the world. My name is John Crews. I’m an American of African descent, a Capricorn who loves to take long walks… […]
ESPN’s ‘Who’s Now’: Why tell kids dollars, ‘buzz’ best measure of success?
ESPN, bless its profit-making soul, has joined the growing list of media that negate my need to think for myself. And if you’re a young athlete, ESPN is giving you all the […]
You want reality TV? THIS is reality TV!
Whatever you think about reality TV, this would pretty much have cemented your opinion. If you, like me, appreicate how some reality shows illuminate our genuine moral trashiness, then by god, this […]
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