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Oh, Rachel....
What is it about this show that has got a grip on the social discourse, you'd wonder? Everybody and their aunt are talking about it and it's flooded social media with clips and memes and the such for months now. So of course it was gonna pop up here. The thing is, if you want some good analysis, you can go to @michaelinnorfolk and read that. Or even go to the Chicago Tribune (Huntley sent me the link because Tumblr is feral over it) and see what people are saying about it. But this one is about me, natch. And about how the series made me feel. Full disclaimer: I had read the first book in the series Game Changers by Rachel Reid before I watched the HBO series. But I was not disappointed. The series is good. Great, even. Because even though the lure is the sex (there's a ton of fab sex in the books, too) the progression from attraction to attachment to commitment in a male/male relationship that is a the core of the narrative is what really got me. And it got me good. I ...
