<p>FBoy me once, shame on you. FBoy me twice, you're a reality TV internet superstar. The latest obscure dating competition fad, HBO's FBoy Island, has me asking all sorts of questions about our reality TV trajectory (and weird effing obsession), how shallow our culture is, and if spotlighting these f-boys is really feminist or good for women. Time to face the music, ladies. Or in this case... your dms.</p>

FBoy me once, shame on you. FBoy me twice, you're a reality TV internet superstar. The latest obscure dating competition fad, HBO's FBoy Island, has me asking all sorts of questions about our reality TV trajectory (and weird effing obsession), how shallow our culture is, and if spotlighting these f-boys is really feminist or good for women. Time to face the music, ladies. Or in this case... your dms.

Ep 85: Why the Eff(boy) Are We the Way We Are?

"Don’t tell me what I can and can’t say." Veteran journalist Taylor Ferber wrote this in her unprecedented Playboy feature, challenging the idea that brains and beauty are mutually exclusive, as the only woman who both posed and was a featured writer. After years as Hollywood's "Celebrity Whisperer" who interviewed and humanized the biggest A-listers, her irreverent show empowers viewers to think freely outside rules in politics, media, and pop culture, getting big guests like Blake Shelton, Tucker Carlson, Dave Portnoy, to say what they really think.

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Ep 85: Why the Eff(boy) Are We the Way We Are?

Ep 85: Why the Eff(boy) Are We the Way We Are?