All The Fictional Sociopaths I’ve Loved

June 14, 2021.Reading time 27 minutes.

The sociopath boyfriend isn’t looking for a perfect little wife. He wants an accomplice.

What The Bold Type Gets Right — and Wrong — About Social Media Abuse

July 21, 2017.Reading time 13 minutes.

The Freeform series gave us a ground-breaking depiction of online abuse, but it’s far from perfect.

Unpopular Opinion: I Hate Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’s Sex Education Segment

August 10, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

This is the hottest take of all hot takes because I literally just watched the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver sex education segment and loved it and then got REALLY ANGRY in the final few minutes. I haven’t seen any of the glowing coverage of the segment address this point, so I’m doing that angry writing thing. […]

Bachelorella: The Bachelorette’s Nightmare Non-monogamy

June 24, 2015.Reading time 20 minutes.

I took a break from Bachelorella recaps because much of this season has been composed of cringe-inducing group dates and unnecessary confrontations. But I needed to come back this week because, in case you hadn’t heard, Kaitlyn got laid on national television. Reactions to Kaitlyn gettin’ some swung in two directions: the online media rolled […]

Bachelorella: The Literal Battle of the Bros

May 25, 2015.Reading time 9 minutes.

I love bros. This isn’t exactly a secret; my twitter handle is @brosandprose, after all. Why do I love bros? I love their confidence, and their nerve, and their arms. I really love their arms. I also love their near constant negotiation with gender, because if being a bro is about anything, it’s about masculinity. […]

I went to the Outlander premiere, where everyone laughed at domestic violence

April 5, 2015.Reading time 12 minutes.

I’m sitting in the beautiful Ziegfeld Theater in midtown Manhattan, watching a woman be beaten with a belt. The audience around me is laughing, clapping, and whistling. My plus one winces as he watches the scene through his fingers. I listen to the delighted howls echoing through the theater and wonder if I am missing […]

Bachelorella Finale Recap: Why having two Bachelorettes is BULLSHIT

March 9, 2015.Reading time 12 minutes.

I’m going to try to recap the actual finale of The Bachelor before I descend into my rage spiral about the decision to have two Bachelorettes. Thankfully I wrote half of my recap during “After The Final Rose” before the big announcement, back when I had faith in society and was not shuddering with rage. […]

Bachelorella Recap Week 9: Lady-on-lady crime

March 3, 2015.Reading time 7 minutes.

Last night was the penultimate episode of The Bachelor: the Women Tell All, also known as “let’s put the rejects in a room with Chris and a studio audience and see what happens.” Traditionally there is a lot of crying, demands of closure, and some awkward confrontations. Host Chris Harrison yucks it up with the ladies and nods sympathetically as […]

Bachelorella Recap Week 7: Deal breakers (Iowa vs. Playboy)

February 18, 2015.Reading time 14 minutes.

The Bachelor franchise graced us with five hours of television this week, thanks to back-to-back episodes on Sunday and Monday nights. This is far too much Bachelor for me to process. In a nutshell: Britt continued to be super fake, Carly ratted her out to Chris, and when provoked Britt self-destructed in an “I need […]

Bachelorella Recap Week 6: What makes a woman perfect (for Chris)?

February 11, 2015.Reading time 7 minutes.

“Sorry I’m not from Pleasantville. I’m from fricken 2014. You and I both have our masters, and I have it from a good place… if you don’t think I’m intelligent enough to see through you, you’re friggen hilarious.” – Ashley I. It was the catfight heard around the world. This season’s dreaded two-on-one date (two […]