Queer as Folk, Sex & the City, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Dirt, on and on; what percentage of the population is a housewife of some Wisteria Lane? a medical student humping all the other medical students in broom closets of the hospital? a paparazzi-shot hounding magazine mogul? Not very many. So why are these story lines so attractive in modern media? The easy answer is that they're dreamy shades of everyday reality: that some boring office worker can go home, curl up on the couch... read more
