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Podcast: Slate Technology
Episode: ICYMI: Why âThe Ultimatum: Queer Loveâ Ultimately Fails
Description: On todayâs show, Candice and Rachelle are joined by Lindsay Lee Wallace, a culture writer who recently reviewed the second season of Netflixâs reality dating show The Ultimatum for TIME. The three discuss how the showâs unhinged conceit fares when all the contestants are queer and how the seasonâs reception on the internet. They dive deep into the chaos subsumed The Ultimatum subreddit, where one of the contestantâs name was briefly banned because so many critical threads were being posted about them. And they determine the show achieves of its two aims: to be messy and to sh...