The Bachelor
Fucking Tired: Fixing “The Bachelor’s” Racism Isn’t Rachel Lindsay’s Job
Rachel Lindsay has become the built-in key to solving the empire’s ongoing problems with racism.
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Jumping Boundaries: “The Bachelor” Rewards Red Flags in Relationships
In The Bachelor universe, men are encouraged to fight for love and to never give up.
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The Final Rose: A Black Bachelor Can’t Fix a Franchise’s Race Problem
The Bachelor franchise survives in the streaming age because it coddles white fragility.
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We’ve Entered Peak Dystopian Television, and Chris Harrison is Our King
Dystopian television is here, and it’s coming for our love lives—whether through song, or otherwise.
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She’s so Pure: “The Bachelor” Still Has a Virginity Problem
Madison’s “purity” rhetoric illustrates a much broader, scarier problem with her virginity-focused narrative arc.
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Viewers Over Decency: How “The Bachelor” Franchise Keeps Failing Its Leading Ladies
The Bachelor franchise is willing to toss women into the flames of abuse for bigger ratings. Has it even earned the right to tell the stories of these women if it won’t protect them?
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