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Petals & Thorns
by XOXO Media
Weekly Reactions and Conversations about The Bachelor Franchise between a Superfan and her Superskeptic fiancée. Recaps, discussions and expectations are all part of the conversation on Reality TV's crown jewel.
Episodes
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Michael A.'s exit and the Men Tell All || The Bachelorette 17 || Petals & Thorns
This week we saw Michael A's exit from the show. After struggling with the thought of not being with his son for so long, much to Katie's disappointment. We wonder about the likelihood of Michael becoming the Bachelor and what the consequences might be moving forward, as we're suddenly left with...
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Hometowns are set and WOW. || The Bachelorette 17 Week 7 || Petals & Thorns
And we're back! And with good reason, as this week 7 was probably the best episode of the Season so far, with great storylines quickly developing as we head into Hometowns week. But for this one, we'd like to hone in on Michael's situation and how it might go down, and some thoughts on how this...
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Group Dates are (mostly) pointless and dangerous. | The Bachelorette 17 Week 5 || Petals & Thorns
Another week, another unnecessarily risky group date as we saw Michael A. suffer a disturbing injury on another ridiculous group date. Something needs to be done about these date ideas already. Also, turns out Hunter's Villain Preview was much ado about nothing. Shocker. We talk about this and…
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White Knighting never works. | The Bachelorette 17 Week 4 || Petals & Thorns
Thomas is gone, but was it worth it for the guys to dedicate so much energy to getting him out of the house? Meanwhile, Owl decides to rant way too much about his gripes with the editing of the show. We talk about this and more in Week 4 of The Bachelorette Season 17 with Katie. ABC - Resources…
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Thomas is Problematic. Here's why. | The Bachelorette 17 Week 3 || Petals & Thorns
Obviously, Michael A. is an incredible human being. But he never ceases to charm as we learn more about his story. On the complete opposite end, however, Thomas is pretty problematic-- just not for the reasons the show would have you believe. We talk about this and more in Week 3 of The...
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The Dates Begin! But it's the Greg Show already. -- The Bachelorette 17 Week 2 || Petals & Thorns
We had mud wrestling. We had dirty talk. We had poop buckets? Katie's season of The Bachelorette continues onto Week 2 with the first group dates and the first one on one. We also saw Aaron and Cody take their still confusing beef to a seeming conclusion. So what happened? We get into it in this...
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Katie's Journey Begins! | The Bachelorette S17E01
Katie Thurston's Journey to find love Begins! The Bachelorette Season 17 Episode 1 starts us off with some of the usual, and some of the new vibes. With Taysha Adams and Katelyn Bristowe as hosts bringing some much needed change to the hosting energies, following the purge of Chris Harrison. We...
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Taylor Nolan Yikes it up, plus The Bachelor has a NEW HOST -The Bachelor 25 Week 8 || Petals & Thorns
We took a while with this one but honestly, for the better because while the Hometowns episode was a certified snoozer, Bachelor Nation was given a LOT to talk about. In this episode, we talk about Taylor Nolan's problematic tweets, Emmanuel Acho being announced as host of After The Final Rose…
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HOMETOWN Week is SET! -- The Bachelor 25 Week 7 Part 2 || Petals & Thorns
** NOTE: this is the second part of this week's episode of Petals & Thorns. In part 1, we have a serious and focused conversation about Chris Harrison and The Bachelor's diversity problems in general. You can check that Part 1 of the episode if you're interested in that subject. This second part…
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The future of The Bachelor without Chris Harrison. -- The Bachelor 25 Week 7 pt 1 || Petals & Thorns
** NOTE: this is the first part of this week's episode of Petals & Thorns. We do go into the episode itself in the second part but felt it was necessary to have a serious and focused conversation about Chris Harrison and The Bachelor's diversity problems in general. Should you want a more direct...
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Chris Harrison showed his whole A$$ defending Rachael -- The Bachelor 25 Week 6 || Petals & Thorns
So, we need to talk about what's the latest regarding Rachael Kirkconnell's alleged racist past, but especially Chris Harrison's response to the discourse surrounding it (in an Extra TV interview with Rachel Lindsay). The whole situation is concerning and deeply disappointing for several reasons....
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The Queen is GONE! But We need to talk about Rachel on The Bachelor 25 Week 5 || Petals & Thorns
FINALLY, the nightmare that is Victoria is gone. But her spirit continues to roam the halls of Nemacolin. Rachel finally gets her one on one with Matt, but we can't talk about it unless we address some uncomfortable allegations floating around Bachelor Nation. This episode (and this week) has…
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New Women, Brunch Feminism and how Michelle Changes the Game | Petals & Thorns
Week 4 of Matt James The Bachelor and we have New Women arriving at the house? 5 of them! And the narrative immediately latches on to two of them, for vastly different reasons. We saw the worst of hashtag #feminism, brunch feminism and how ABC is really failing women. But also, one of the new...
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(SPOILER) is GONE, but the only Queen we Acknowledge is KATIE! The Bachelor Week 3 | Petals & Thorns
The Bachelor Matt James' journey continues in Week 3 with A surprising heel turn and a self elimination. And Katie's turn as the soul of the show arrives. Serena P has a one on one that almost doesn't happen at all?? The Bachelor is only getting weirder, and that Group Date only raises the weird...
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A Queen Plays Her Trump Card? TWO One on Ones! The Bachelor Week 2 || Petals & Thorns
The Bachelor Season 25 Continues with a deeply frustrating episode. Matt James going on Two one on ones. Bri and Sarah both sharing hard stories of their upbringing, vulnerability on full display and Matt continues developing the kind of Bachelor he wants to be. Meanwhile, Victoria continues her...
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The Mattchelor Begins! The Bachelor Week 1 | Petals And Thorns
New Season, New Mansion and New Bachelor. Bachelor's Historic 25th Season begins as its second Bubble Season welcomes Matt James into Bachelor Nation. Aixita and her fiancée Owl reflect on the previous season of The Bachelorette with Tayshia Adams and how The Bachelor can best follow up what was…
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Weekly Reactions and Conversations about The Bachelor Franchise between a Superfan and her Superskeptic fiancée. Recaps, discussions and expectations are all part of the conversation on Reality TV's crown jewel.
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Weekly Reactions and Conversations about The Bachelor Franchise between a Superfan and her Superskeptic fiancée. Recaps, discussions and expectations are all part of the conversation on Reality TV's crown jewel.
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