Off Campus (2026, season 1)

For reasons, I ended up watching season 1 of “Off Campus”. Watcher beware: loss of a parent to cancer (in the past); rape drugs, rape off-screen, and references to rape culture on-screen; drinking; domestic violence; abusive parent; misogyny, both societal and internalized; full frontal nudity, various characters. If you are a fan of the show, you may want to skip this one. Short version: the show serves as a reminder that New Adult is definitely not for me. When sexual trauma is used as a plot device rather than given the weight it deserves, I find personally offensive and potentially harmful to others. Furthermore, the ‘gratuitous nudity’ and ‘soft porn’ accusations flung so freely at “Heated Rivalry” actually fit this show. (Longer version below the fold.) ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ “Off Campus” is based on a series of new adult books by Elle Kennedy. Ostensibly, the first season covers mostly the plot of The Deal, the first book in the series, which is about Hannah’s and Garrett’s journey from…