MTV’s ‘Jersey Shore’: America’s tanned, gelled, unlikely sweethearts? 

I feel nearly certain MTV has slipped me some kind of mind-altering drug these past few weeks. This undetectable yet potent elixir causes me, who would rather claw my own eyes out than watch an episode of ‘The Real World’ or ‘The Hills,’ to be absolutely enthralled by their newest reality offering – ‘Jersey Shore’.

It’s not TV, it’s birth control 

So if you haven’t seen it, that’s the tagline for NBC’s newest steaming pile of reality show, The Baby Borrowers. But when you think about it, isn’t all reality TV the best form of birth control there is? Honestly, who can watch 5 minutes of Tila Tequila, Bret Michaels, or Tyra Banks’ crew of underfed [...]