Take episode 7 (“Happy Sweet Sixteen, Jerk”), where Brodie tells Ginny that he likes her straightened hair better than her natural hair and that “if you had an *ss, you’d be perfect. It’s weird that you don’t, but…” What Brodie said to Ginny was more than a microaggression. The comment about her not having an *ss leveraged it up to sexual harassment a perpetuation of stereotypes andfetishizationof Black women and girlsas hypsersexual objects of desire castmates Gwendoline Christie, Lena Headey, and Maisie Williams. Though she already shared atear-jerking tribute In this op-ed, writer Fortesa Latifi unpacks the controversies surrounding ABC’s The Bachelor franchise and if audiences should still be watching.Brett Vergara started watchingThe Bachelor An Illinois teen died by suicide after police officers confronted him about a recording of a sexual act they believed to be on his phone.