If you haven’t checked out my sister site, The Tired Feminist, lately you may have missed a series of posts I’ve done based on… let’s call them insights… stemming from a little show called Bethenny Ever After, following booze/nutrition/lifestyle/media mogul Bethenny Frankel through the ups and downs of her life. I know reality TV is not a place we normally seek out or expect to find deep thoughts, but sometimes these things creep up on you when you least expect them.

New episodes air on Mondays, so in preparation for tonight, here’s a re-cap of some past posts (*trigger warning for survivors of abuse/trauma):

• The hard side of love
• Unlovable: The Ballad of Bethenny Frankel
• Frankel Files Part 1: On acceptance and unconditional love
• Frankel Files Part 2: Mommy Dearest