Baddies TV Show Analysis

 For this week’s blog post, I will be talking about the non-scripted TV show called Baddies, which is a spin-off of Bad Girls Club. In the show, it features an array of individuals, mainly women of color and majority minorities, as the judges either set them up to fight each other, expose their bodies, or put them in a house to watch them tear each other down. I was watching this last night with my friend, and it was obvious that as time passed, we were getting more and more uncomfortable. As Women’s and Gender Studies students, we could not help but find it problematic to make these women feel like they are succeeding while forcing them to get into physical altercations. All for the hopes of making it to the end, surviving all the fights, and maybe making a name for themselves to sustain life after the show. I can only imagine the image reconstruction that could be done after going on a worldwide show like Baddies, as it is meant to highlight things outside of personal development. Lastly, we could not help but to recognize how homophobic some of the judges were when homosexual contestants would audition, and they would immediately escort them out. Oh yeah, they also were openly asking transgender women if they were men.

Update: Multiple people online have alleged that the Zeus CEO and their conspirators may have been involved in sex trafficking the young women off of the show. As hundreds and thousands would show up for auditions, it created a vulnerable situation for women. There is no hardcore evidence as of the moment, but there are rumors that some contestants have been taken to places such as Africa, made to remove all their tattoos, and forced to have sex with men. Maybe to pay off personal debt that the production of Baddies found out about and used as leverage, not sure, but there is definitely something in the waters. Woah Vicky would be a good example of this alleged situation.