https://monicanolan.com/pulppep An exploration of lesbian pulps and 1950s teen romance Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:15:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 120614702 https://monicanolan.com/pulppep/2012/01/19/dating-advice/ https://monicanolan.com/pulppep/2012/01/19/dating-advice/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:15:26 +0000 http://monicanolan.jayuen.com/pulppep/?p=21 I watched The Bachelor a few days ago, probably for the last time. It turns out my enjoyment of the premiere episode had more to do with being on vacation and seeing old friends than the show’s intrinsic qualities; and like the pleasure of watching HGTV every night in the hotel room, is not to be recaptured now that I’m back in my normal surroundings. On Monday night after the host advised the assembled women to make the most of whatever fleeting moments of contact they had with the bachelor, I found myself asking, “How could you ever hope to have even a semi-normal interaction in these circumstances?” — a … Read more

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