This summer, Bravo, an American cable TV network known best for its reality content and mafia of "Real Housewives," launched yet another reality show called "Gallery Girls." With this both alliterative...

When my brain feels like dying in the happy, vapid abyss that is reality television, Bravo is the immediate destination of my retreat. But in examining the shows that have made Bravo a cable force to be reckoned with in the world of media networks, I cannot help but realize that Bravo's success is founded upon the continual presentation and reinforcement of stereotypes.