skanks:

perhaps as a perverse reaction to the wire's departure from the airwaves, my television viewing preferences have made a dive into some intellectually [and perhaps morally] indefensible programming. i've sampled most of the more base reality shows, and have a particular fondness for rock of love. last night, i watched the first episode of "for the love of ray j" (ray j being the dude that made a sex tape with kardashian). it's terrible. i'm in.

anyway, whatever. all that is just a seque to this interesting panel discussion on those types of shows:

In The Know: Are Reality Shows Setting Unrealistic Standards For Skanks?