The Bold Type: Season 1

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The Bold Type: Season 1 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)

The Bold Type is the perfect mold between FreeForm’s primary focus and that of its former identity, ABC Family. We get both FreeForm’s obsession with young, modelesque young adults while we get what ABC Family did best. Which is pushing the envelope, bring about diverse and intriguing stories, while also catering to that a teen…

The Bold Type: Season 1/ Episode 10 “Carry the Weight” [Season Finale] – Overview/ Recap (with Spoilers)

The Bold Type ends its first season reminding fans, and those curious, what it is essentially about. Finding love, making mistakes, showing initiative, and realizing there is more to life than your 9 to 5 and parties. Whenever possible, find meaning in your work and life for that is what makes you the bold type.

The Bold Type: Season 1/ Episode 7 “Three Girls In a Tub” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

After watching Kat take on the patriarchy and discrimination, Jane be… Jane, and Sutton work her ass off to get to where she is — we get an episode which has major things happen, but in a very subdued way. Collected Quote(s) I don’t want to change you, but I don’t want to change either.

The Bold Type: Season 1/ Episode 6 “The Breast Issue” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

Outside of one or two moments which are eye roll worthy, The Bold Type remains consistent. All the while setting us up for the idea, not everything will be an obstacle these girls can overcome. Because sometimes the “enemy” is genetics. Collected Quote(s) “Prevention is always better than treatment.” “Fear causes bad behavior.”

The Bold Type: Season 1/ Episode 5 “No Feminism in the Champagne Room” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

Though I consume so many hours of media weekly, I still find it amazing when a movie or show has a moment that gets me teary eyed or inspired. For, to be honest, sometimes I just feel like I’m on autopilot but then there is Wednesday and Thursday morning when I usually watch The Bold…

The Bold Type: Season 1/ Episode 4 “If You Can’t Do It with Feeling” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

Taking initiative, believing in yourself, and not giving up. Generally, these are framed messages in a school. Yet, with The Bold Type, they are made into real world examples. The kind you can really follow and inspire to incorporate into your life. For, as said in episodes 1 -3, this is a show made to…

The Bold Type: Season 1/ Episode 3 “The Woman Behind The Clothes” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

The Bold Type: Season 1/ Episode 3 “The Woman Behind The Clothes” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

As a 25-year-old Black dude, meaning I’m Sutton’s age, who watches shows of which I’m probably not the aimed for demographic, it can be weird. Only because sometimes folks don’t get it. Why would someone your age watch Andi Mack or even something like The Bold Type? Well, it is because we live in an…

The Bold Type: Season 1/ Episode 2 “O Hell No” – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

The Bold Type continues to present a different voice for the young woman. One which brings on the different thoughts, dreams, fears, and personality types without necessarily feeling like tropes. For there is a serious effort by the writers to present real people with layers and complexities and not some mindless guilty pleasure.

The Bold Type: Season 1/ Episode 1 “Pilot” [Series Premiere] – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)

What The Bold Type presents is what FreeForm is known for mixed with what made ABC Family great. It has FreeForm’s obsessive need to feature modelesque attractive young people. However, it also contains ABC Family’s ideology of pushing past the superficial and present stories and characters its viewers will become loyal to.