Criticism
Reality Television and the Work of Seeming Ordinary
A camera can record a real response inside a situation built for an audience.
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Entertainment & Celebrity
Screen culture, public personas, and the creative industries.
Essay
The Celebrity Memoir and the Right to Remember
A famous person’s account can illuminate a life while leaving other participants outside the frame.
Analysis
Why Streaming Keeps Returning to the Bundle
The price of a subscription reflects a contest over revenue, attention, and the cost of keeping viewers.
Retrospective
What the 2023 Hollywood Strikes Put Into Writing
Two strikes shut down Hollywood in 2023. What ended them was not a handshake but contract language — definitions of what counts as writing, a view, and consent. What the writers and actors actually won, clause by clause.
Analysis
The Price of Feeling Close to a Creator
Paid memberships turn audience loyalty into a recurring transaction. What, exactly, is being sold?
Article
RHOSLC S7E2: “Après-Ski with Lisa B” — Whitney Asks for Space, Ashley Arrives, and One Apology Lands
Lisa's ski day brings a new friend, two apologies and one refusal, while Whitney asks Justin for space. RHOSLC Season 7, Episode 2.
Article
RHOSLC S7E1: “Chosen Family” — Mary’s Loss, Bronwyn’s Separation, and a Group That Shows Up
Mary Cosby returns in grief after her son Robert Jr.'s death, Bronwyn is separating, and the group tries to be a chosen family. The RHOSLC Season 7 premiere.
Article
RHOSLC S6E19: “Reunion Part 3” — A Separation Announced, an Accusation Withdrawn and a Season Signed Off
Bronwyn announces her separation, Whitney withdraws the season's biggest accusation, and the reunion signs off. RHOSLC Season 6 Reunion Part 3.
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RHOSLC S6E18: “Reunion Part 2” — The Scroll Is Read, Andy Walks Off and Heather Ends It With Meredith
The scroll is read, Andy walks off, and Heather ends her friendship with Meredith on camera. RHOSLC Season 6 Reunion Part 2.
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RHOSLC S6E17: “Reunion Part 1” — 100 Episodes, One Broken Truce and a Scroll Left Unrolled
A hundred episodes in, the reunion reopens the BravoCon conversation, the lawsuits and the broken truce, and ends on an unopened scroll. RHOSLC Season 6 Reunion Part 1.