Imagine opening your phone and seeing the words “Marsha Brady bikini pictures” and thinking it’s a joke—until you actually see the images and your jaw drops for a completely different reason.

This is not the sweet teenage girl from your childhood memories; this is grown woman Moren McCormack, the actress who played Marsha, confidently wearing a swimsuit that some fans call shocking or inappropriate, but which is really just an adult enjoying herself. These photos sparked strong reactions because people had locked her forever into the image of the perfect girl with shiny hair and a bright smile, frozen in time. Seeing her as a bold, grown woman clashes with that memory, and the discomfort isn’t about the swimsuit—it’s about viewers’ expectations. While new models wearing similar bikinis might be praised as stylish, when a former teen star does it, the reaction is often judgmental, revealing a double standard about women growing up in the public eye.