Love Island Explainer Post
This is a post for everyone who doesn’t understand Love Island. Because Love Island USA may be over, but Pure Honey breakdowns? Pure Honey breakdowns are forever. So what is Love Island exactly? The most popular reality dating show on the market? The reason I have Peacock and am now binging Parks and Rec? A thick dense stew ripe for analysis about dating, gender, and race in America? Yes. It’s all of those things. Love Island is a show in which people live in a villa in Fiji for six weeks, separated from their personal devices, and are filmed 24 hours a day. On the very first night, the islanders are placed in a couple. The couples share a bed in a big room with everyone on the island. I will admit to being surprised about the non-traditional sleeping arrangements. I was shocked the first time I saw two people hooking up. I suppose it can’t be helped- I am a prude, through and through. At least I come by it honestly; my mother described the show as “legal whoring.” Al...
