Bachelor Of Hearts

It's Week 1 of Season 9 of The Bachelor, and a little bit of reality TV comfort food is almost (almost) enough to distract us from COVID lockdowns and the rising tide of anti-vax rhetoric in our Instagram stories. We relish the highlights - our first gamer girl Bachelorette, a puppy in the confessional room, and... whatever is going on with Belinda. REQUIRED READING: The US Bachelor's Commitment To Excess Is Killing The Planet (Molly Taft, Gizmodo)