My main problem with The Bold Type.
I was really excited to start this show because I had heard about the queer representation. Which is normally my reason for giving a show a go, because hey more representation; that’s a good thing! However, I had a big problem with Kadena not far into the show. Right away the writers introduce the trope of cheating, which is predominant within media when it comes to the LGBT community. What’s more, I’ve noticed that in most cases be it a movie, television show or literature the cheating party is rarely unapologetic about it.
It's no different within The Bold Type and that makes me incredibly frustrated with the writers of the show. Not only was there a chance for an awesome representation of a bisexual and a lesbian relationship, but also one that includes WOC. But instead you have this elephant in the room; that gets systematically shoved aside. (If you haven’t watched season two yet, then you might not want to read ahead.) What’s more the whole debacle in season two where Kat starts feeling hypersexual towards other women while in a relationship with Adena; proves that the relationship didn’t need to happen. At the very least it should have been open, to begin with, considering that Kat just goes off and kisses a random woman.
Therefore introducing the cheating, hypersexual bisexual trope. Then when Adena pretty much opens the relationship up, you can see that it's not exactly what she wants. It seems as though its done so out of a sense of duty so as for Kat not to resent her later. That was something that should have been discussed way before, either of them jumped and made it an official. Its just really frustrates me; that the characters were written like this because the show does cover some really important and heavy issues. Which is mainly the only reason why I continue watching at this point. Because without that it wouldn’t be a show; that I would find worth continuing. So if Kadena is officially over then I say, good! It shouldn’t have started in the first place on the terms that it did, and I will gladly argue my points further if needed.
