This week, Channel 10 introduced us to our 2016 Bachelorette. And I’m so freakin’ happy with their choice.
Yes, partly because our new Bachelorette has the most fitting surname in Bach history (Georgia Love… I mean come on) but mostly for another reason. A bigger reason. An unusually important reason for a show where one woman dates a dozen men at once. I’m overwhelmingly proud because – for the first time in the show’s history – I’m going to know what the Bachelorette’s job is.
For those who haven’t poured over every celeb story in the last 48 hours, let me give you an overview. Georgia Love is a 27-year-old television journo with an impressive CV. An incredibly impressive CV. Born in Melbourne, our new Bachelorette has a prestigious journalism degree from RMIT University under her belt. She’s anchored for WIN News in Tasmania. She’s intelligent and gutsy and a total lady boss… which is a big first for the TV franchise. Why, you ask?
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Did Sam Frost actually have a job when she did The Bachelorette? I thought she'd already quit her marketing job at that stage and then got the radio gig after The Bachelorette finished up. Wasn't she just a vague "media personality" in between? I would assume that would have far more to do with why they didn't mention her job on the show than any sort of anti-feminist thing. After all, the jobs of the girls on The Bachelor have always been revealed and they've freely shared what Georgie does for a living (though it would be harder to hide it, with a job in the public eye).
I think you can criticise a lot of things about this show from a feminist perspective but I don't think this is one of them.
Pretty upset the comment I made last night didn't make it to the wall. Moderated out. Was it because I could list the occupations of most of the Bachelorettes in the US because they frequently talked about them through the series? Andi Dorfmann was a lawyer and they made a huge deal about it. The first bachelorette Trista Rehn a physical therapist. Jojo the current bachelorette is in real estate. Desiree Hartstock sold wedding dresses before she found her love... My point is they do mention their jobs, which makes me think maybe the journo doesn't actually watch the show. Or listen