Not Above It!

Not Above It! is back above the 49th Parallel with Season 1, Episode 3 of The Real Housewives of Vancouver. Jake and Taija discuss the ubquity of the perpetually hungover "Chelsea Handler woman" archetype of the early 2010s, the comic tragedy of the Housewife side hustle, an anthropology of Canadian drunkenness, and the dubious cosmetic qualities of... whale splooge.

In this episode of Not Above It!, Taija and Jake are back in Vancouver to talk the inception of concern trolling, Christina's suspected South African-ness, the exhibitionism of "playing in one's face," and the special toxicity of Canadian mother's guilt.

We're back! Not Above It! returns to the birthplace of one of its illustrious hosts, the Great White North, the would-be 51st State, the People's Republic of Degrassitopia, a.k.a., Canada. In Season 2, Tasia and Jake are covering the short-lived but legendary exportation of Bravo's Housewives formula, The Real Housewives of Vancouver. In this episode, they get into what it means to be famous in Canada, Vancouver's special brand of income inequality, the anthropology of Anglosphere accents, and the myth of "Canadian nice."

In this final episode of the first season of Not Above It!, Jake and Taija cover all three episodes of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 5 reunion special. Topics include the many age-regressive defense mechanisms of Lisa Barlow; the paternal menace of Todd; a recap of Heather Gay's fall from grace, momentary recovery, and immediate fall from grace again; the season-defining alluring strangeness of Mary Cosby; and Angie K.'s ascendant character arc.

Jake and Taija cover the Season 5 Finale of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City in this episode of Not Above It! Topics of conversation include Lisa Barlow's emotional Peter Pan syndrome, the refreshing earnestness of Mary and Angie K.'s friendship, Meredith's neverending quest fo a memeable screengrab, and the conspiratorial menace of Heather C-I-Gay, producer-at-large. Also, a bite-sized review of Good Time Girl, otherwise known as The Year Obsessive Thinking (About Monica Garcia).