What ‘Bridgerton’ Teaches Us About Constitutional Law

Kelly Marages
5 min readJan 31, 2021

It makes more sense than you might think.

My, what a delicious idea. Netflix.
“If anyone shall reveal the circumstances of this match, it is I.” (Image: Netflix)

“This author finds herself compelled to share the most curious of news.” So states Lady Whistledown, in her sing-songy soprano voiceover, in the first episode of Netflix’s runaway Regency romp, Bridgerton.

The non de plume-protected author is reading from her own astoundingly popular Lady Whistledown’s

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Kelly Marages

Magazine Publishing Veteran and Fiction Writer | Bylines with WaPo, WSJ, Marie Claire, Us Weekly | Founder of Shirley Books https://shirleybooks.substack.com