Beyond the frivolity, the show has dealt with some serious issues, including Caitlyn’s transition. So having finally watched some of it, do I wish I had kept up with the Kardashians?
I have not kept up with the Kardashians. I am not even sure how many there are. (I know people say this often, but in my case it is true.) I have never seen an episode of their eponymous show, and I would not have suggested to my editor that I mark the announcement of the end of its run by sitting down to become acquainted if I had understood there were 19 series spanning 14 years. This is a shade under half of the time I have been alive.
The Kardashian family are a phenomenon, so it’s not that I know nothing. I know who
Kim Kardashian West is because she has become one of the most famous
Women on the planet. The Kardashian matriarch, Kris, is very meme-able, so I recognise her in gif form. Caitlyn Jenner, the ex-partner of Kris, who transitioned in later series, entered my sphere of knowledge as an LGBT+ activist.