Cruelty is Britain’s biggest export
America’s Love Island moment affirms that degrading reality TV is all we can offer now.
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It’s irresponsible to make Love Island’s Adam the poster boy for emotional abuse
Why are we monstering one individual for the outrageous behaviour reality TV rewards?
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You said you’d stop watching Love Island. Now’s the time to stick to your word
Love Island knows to appear more progressive than Big Brother or There’s Something About Miriam – but it’s got the…
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There may be little left to say about Love Island – but what does it say about us?
Having been put through the wringer of discourse, the show’s format appears invincible – as an Islander would say: “it is what…
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Will this be the most feral Love Island yet?
For years, we have lamented Love Island as commercialised and insincere. But after the past 15 months, who actually cares?
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L is for Love Island: How a show intended to be a mundane summer filler became a global phenomenon
“I was coming back here to tell you I love you”, “Two days?!”, “What time’s your flight?”, “What was your…
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What watching Love Island feels like
August is here. Summer is halfway over. And here I am again, left reflecting on why I spent yet another…
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This was the worst series of Love Island ever
Last Friday, Love Island 2019 contestants Amy Hart and Joanna Chimonides gave a joint interview to celebrity gossip site Closer…
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Cruel voyeurism: why reality TV shows are inherently bad for contestants’ mental health
When I was 17, the women’s clothes store where I worked in Birmingham crowned me the all-time worst sales rep.…
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Love Island belongs in our late capitalist hellscape
If you thought mid-2019 Britain couldn’t be more divided, you were wrong. Following months of contentious Brexit negotiations, it’s time…
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The curse of Love Island
On 15 June 2017, the then 24-year-old former Stevenage footballer Mike Thalassitis walked into Love Island’s Mallorcan villa and on…
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Love Island is a mirror revealing the society that we have become
As well as pure escapism, the show can help young people unsettled by #MeToo learn the boundaries between what is and…
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