The Bachelorette

Buzz Off: Of Course, “The Bachelorette” Found a Way to Objectify Sex Positivity

Katie Thurston, the new Bachelorette, is a thin, white woman with long, brown hair who is sitting on a chaise and smiling in a sparkly green dress
by Andréa Becker
June 18, 2021 at 10:36am
This show can’t run from its long history of peddling purity myths.
Zac C, a white man with brown hair who is wearing a suit, poses beside Tayshia Adams, a Black woman with long, flowing hair and is wearing a white wedding gown, on The Bachelorette

Poisoned Rose: Why the “Cruel Optimism” of “The Bachelorette” Still Draws Us In

by Oliver Haug
January 20, 2021 at 2:17pm
In a time that’s more mediated than ever before, love is a contrived TV show for us all. Read more »
Rachel Lindsay as The Bachelorette

The Pleasure Dome: Why Can’t I Give Up the “Bachelor/Bachelorette” Franchise?

by adrienne maree brown
August 30, 2017 at 9:00am
America only tolerates this poly behavior because it is temporary. Read more »