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Last year, on a lark, I picked up Amy Kaufmanâs book
Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of Americaâs Favorite Guilty Pleasure. I came away convinced that everyone involved in the long-running reality television franchise ought to be tried for crimes against humanity. Jay Somâs Melina Duterte loves the show; Palehoundâs Ellen Kempner is baffled by it. âI couldnât get over the fact that one of the gayest people I know,â says Kempnerâmeaning, fondly, Duterte, âis obsessed with the straightest piece of media.â
Tongue planted firmly in cheek, the two women appropriated the showâs title to christen their new supergroup. A square-jawed Chad, a bouquet of rosesâthat, says Kempner, âis the complete opposite of what we are.â And yet, their debut album,