Forget Hugh Hefner! It's All About Kody Brown.

They’ve taken over TLC, PerezHilton.com, and probably the registry at every single Pottery Barn Kids in Utah. But if you still haven’t heard of Sister Wives, you’ve probably fallen off of the face of the Earth. When I first heard of the polygamy-based reality television series, I thought, Is this Girls Next Door all over again minus the palm trees and the breast implants? But I was wrong. Sister Wives, featuring advertising exec Kody Brown and his four wives Meri (the first one), Janelle (the career one, who kind of resembles Mrs. Clause), Christine (the sassy sister), and Robyn (the hot, young wife) is a candid approach to a lifestyle that still exists among approximately 38,000 Americans, most of them Mormon. And minus the fact that they live together in adjoining suites within a giant house, and Kody rotates his time with each of the wives, they all go through the challenges of any other family out there; The teenagers dye their hair crazy colors, they fret over what to make for dinner, the kids fight with one another, and they debate over financial priorities. And they’re not exactly FLDS Prairie-looking women either; While Robyn’s wedding gown was not my first choice, the women dress like modest, career-forward American women.


While polygamy is still very illegal in Utah, Kody has recently be caught under fire, and may even go to jail for his polygamous lifestyle (despite the fact that he’s only legally married to Meri, his first wife). And while the family said that they decided to do the program to show to the rest of America that they were like any other family, they’ve been under fire and big pimpin’ Kody could be locked up forever.

And you know what? While you would NEVER catch me as a sister wife, and would strongly discourage my children from taking part in this lifestyle, I’m a pro-choice girl and feel that this family should be able to live however they’d like. If they’re fostering their children in an environment of love and acceptance (many of the children don’t want to be a polygamist lifestyle when they’re older and speak openly about this), I think that families should be able to live however the hell they want. Why are we locking up Kody Brown when there are plenty of monogamous families out there who embody abuse, addiction, and adultery in their homes? In a country like the United States where we foster the ideals of diversity, I don’t understand why we are so scared to accept an alternative lifestyle on the opposite end of the spectrum.

But whether you believe in it or not, there’s no dying that Sister Wives is an addictive show- or that Kody Brown is the biggest pimp daddy in all of Utah.