{"title":"Stevie K. Seibert Desjarlais","description":"\u003cp\u003eSTEVIE K. SEIBERT DESJARLAIS is an assistant professor in the Goodrich Scholarship Program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and co-editor, with Ilana Masad, of \u003cem\u003eHere for All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeibert Desjarlais holds a BA from Pepperdine University, an MA from San Diego State University, and a doctorate from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Her scholarly writing appears in the \u003cem\u003eQuarterly Review of Film and Video\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Popular Film and Television\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePedagogy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStevie lives in Nebraska.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStevie K. Seibert Desjarlais’s books are published by Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"here-for-all-the-reasons","title":"Here For All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bachelor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e franchise has been around for over two decades and amassed an army of fans across its four shows. While contestants battle to prove they’re here for the right reasons, Bachelor Nation is confronting their own question—\u003ci\u003eWhy are we here and why can’t we stop watching?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevout franchise fans Ilana Masad and Stevie Seibert Desjarlais pose the big questions to Bachelor Nation: Who are we? What does the franchise mean to us? And seriously, why on earth can we not stop watching?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, fans of the \u003ci\u003eBachelor\u003c\/i\u003e franchise have laughed with and at contestants; cried along with their heartbreaks; tuned in again and again each season despite feeling betrayed by producer and contestant decisions alike; and celebrated, alone and together, the love (or loveless) lives of perfect strangers on our television screens. And we wonder, \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e, why? With reality TV broadly characterized as “trash TV,” why are so many intelligent, funny, and critical people watching and discussing it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere for All the Reasons\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to answer this question, diving into the complex negotiations of gender, racial, and class politics that arise within the fandom. This anthology is a polyvocal exploration of Bachelor Nation \u003ci\u003efor\u003c\/i\u003e Bachelor Nation. So, will you accept our rose and join the chat?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1684426111\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781684426119\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Ilana Masad, Stevie K. Seibert Desjarlais","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50732528304344,"sku":"9781684426119","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50732528337112,"sku":"9781684426126","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781684426126_WITHSTROKE_FChigh_mockup_v2_1757094305_7db38ff8-3f18-4a2c-b709-905a8088bd2c.jpg?v=1791086013"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-stevie-k-seibert-desjarlais.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}