Bridgerton and Philosophy Understanding Happily Ever After

The essay below appears as Chapter 5 of Bridgerton and Philosophy, edited by Jessica Miller. “I shall be very happy, indeed.”: Understanding Happily Ever After Jessica Miller Viewers love Bridgerton for many reasons—its visual allure, fantasy Regency setting, dramatic plots, swoony romance, and, of course, the inimitable Lady Whistledown—but foremost among those is the promise…

Midnight Mass: Merits in Morally Ambiguous Media

Midnight Mass Merits in Morally Ambiguous Media By Tylor Cunningham Often, interpretive disagreements about artworks are the very things that make those works interesting and worth engaging in further. When two people pull seemingly contradictory themes or messages from a story, that’s an opportunity to come together and compare notes; to see if there’s something…