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Limo entrances are a steadfast ritual in every first episode of The Bachelor. Each time a contestant pops her meticulously coiffed head out of the limo, the faithful chyron tells…

In the Bachelor mansion, the kitchen stays empty. There are no gourmet chefs; no kind mothers work in the kitchen. No phones to order UberEats, no Instacart; no internet, even…

The Bachelor and Bachelorette accelerate not just dating, but other romantic milestones such as falling in love, achieving physical intimacy, and — though rarely discussed — meeting a potential partner’s…

Why do smart, critical viewers who are actively harmed by the systems of domination that The Bachelor upholds continue to watch the show? The most common answer served to any…

When asked in a 2014 The New York Times Magazine interview if there should be a gay Bachelor, Chris Harrison, the franchise’s former host, responded: “The question is: Is it…

Season Nineteen of The Bachelorette (2022) proved to be one of the most “dramatic seasons ever.” Deviating from the show’s typical format of having one bachelorette, this season featured two…

There is an exception to every rule. When it comes to the portrayal of disability in The Bachelor franchise and its spin-offs, only exceptions, as in, people with disabilities who…

March of 2023 marked the twenty-first “birthday” of ABC’s hit show The Bachelor. Since its inception, the show has presented itself as helping young, wealthy, and conventionally attractive Americans find…