I Can’t Stop Thinking About Bridgerton Season 4, Class & The Limits Of Representation

I Can’t Stop Thinking About Bridgerton Season 4, Class & The Limits Of Representation

What do Benedict Bridgerton, Sophie Baek, Nicki Minaj and Kash Patel have in common? Here’s why I can’t stop thinking about Bridgerton Season 4, class, race & the limits of representation.

Stop romanticizing the past

“Life was so simple back then.” Almost a quarter of the United States population was enslaved. “But, those were simpler times.” Women weren’t allowed to possess their own homes. “Everything was so pretty!” Only for the elite. Common statements like these severely understate the true nature of the past. From “Bridgerton” to “Downton Abbey,” there’s been a rising tendency to simplify history.  This idealization needs to stop if we want to make any…

‘Bridgerton’ Returns With Charm, Chaos in its Fourth Season

Arguably one of the most watched and well-known television series of the past decade, Regency-era romance “Bridgerton” has always easily entered mainstream conversation with every season they produce. While the third season brought forth questions regarding the show’s viability because of its disastrously overstuffed plot, the fourth season puts those worries to rest as “Bridgerton” applies a… Source