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Long gone are the days of Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert eviscerating some hapless target in their opening monologue. Stewart has gone to pasture and Colbert is busy at CBS. Instead, we’re left with watching Trevor Noah and John Oliver literally thinking that “Drumpf” was funny.

So that leaves us only with Samantha Bee. The late-night host has been a small shelter in the shitstorm that has defined American political discourse over the last two years. And her interview with journalist Masha Gessen, an expert on authoritarianism, is as eye-opening as it is horrifying.

Her chief fears include: Nuclear war, irreperable damage to the environment, and the end of American democracy. So basically she thinks we’re all gonna be fine.

If you don’t know Gessen by now, you really ought to. She wrote this indispensable guide to surviving autocracy in the days after the election. She’s also written about her family fleeing Nazi Germany, how Vladimir Putin operates, and another about how Putin views America. If you hadn’t guessed, she’s Russian but fled the country.

Her archive is a good place to start. Watch the interview below.

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UnREAL, a TV show based on creator Sarah Shapiro’s experience working on The Bachelor, often beats its inspiration to representation landmarks. In just its second season, the show featured a Black bachelor. Now it’s breaking ground again and casting Caitlin FitzGerald as its first woman suitor, TVLine reports.

She’ll be vying for bachelorette Serena’s love alongside the customary heaping helping of man meat. All your favorite backstage people, like Rachel (Shiri Appleby), Quinn (Constance Zimmer), and Everlasting creator Chet (Craig Bieroko).

Technically, this isn’t a TV first. A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila featured an equal number of men and women contestants. Unfortunately, Tequila later became a Nazi.

Naturally, it’s disappointing that the Bachelor series has never featured a bisexual contestant. But at its core, that show is highly conservative. The creators are invested in selling a white-washed version of American life to which the highest people can aspire to is marriage. Whatever window dressing is given to the show, it remains a fantasy that love can win the day. So we hope that one day there’s a Black Bachelor or a bisexual one, but we won’t be holding our breath.

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