True story: what reality TV says about us

"Don't be all, like, uncool" (the self)

"Here for all the right reasons" (couples)

"Not here to make friends" (groups)

"Kim is always late" (families)

"Sparkle, baby!"

(childhood)

"I question your taste level" (class)

"Who gon' check me, boo?" (race)

"We're all born naked ..." (gender)

"Food, a drink, and a gay" (sexuality)

"Bad boys, bad boys" (deviance)