Best answer in this thread, hands down.

That’s what I liked about those plot lines, actually - at least with the Mimi Rose one. It was just a thing that happened, and it wasn’t a big deal. Just as in real life, many women get abortions without feeling upset about it or having to deliberate over their decision for days. I think that was the substance to her…

To be fair, this show has already had two prior abortion plot lines. It’s not like they haven’t gone to lengths to show the full spectrum of choices women can make.

Totes. I would be happy if Hannah started to get her shit together and they even just implied that she and Adam might get back together.

I think it was Jessa who said “rest in peace.” Which is kind of funny, if you remember that in a past season Jessa had a friend who staged her own death in order to get Jessa out of her life. It does seem like Hannah and Adam are going to get back together, so I do wonder how the show will write Jessa’s reaction.

In all honestly, I love Hannah and Adam together; I think their weirdness just works with one another. BUT I won’t love it if she ends up getting back together with Adam and he just takes care of Hannah and the baby and makes everything okay. While I don’t like the idea that “having kids is the only way to become a…

Yeah it’s a shame she didn’t stay exactly the same for her entire life.

I think it’s cool that she didn’t back down on wanting to keep her own traditions and she didn’t just immediately acquiesce to moving to America for Nick. It’s so old-fashioned that the women on this show ALWAYS end up moving to the guy’s hometown. It’s nice to see a woman give a little pushback to that idea (even…

I think he was making a joke about being more sensitive than most guys or something...?

Exactly! I even found Nick’s race-related comments to Rachel pretty damn cringey (things like, “I may not be black, but I’m still a minority!”), even if they weren’t exactly offensive. I can’t imagine the crap Rachel is going to end up dealing with for an entire season.

They don’t actually have to get engaged if they don’t want to... and I think it’s pretty well acknowledged that a proposal basically just means “Let’s start dating exclusively now.” But yeah, much as I’m glad they finally got a black bachelorette, I don’t think I can stomach one more season of this show. It’s becoming…

Kara, I just want to say that I agree with and appreciate this article so deeply. It articulates everything I’ve been thinking (and so much more) for a while now about liberal in-fighting and what seem to “privilege competitions.” Thank you.

I think you’re totally right, and wow, now I wish someone would write an in-depth article comparing the characters of Rory and Marnie and how they’re written. I also think that the Sherman-Palladinos seem to have a real loathing for Millennials that comes out in how they write Rory, but they still want the audience to…

I totally get that and agree with you; I loved Rory and really related to her in the first three or four seasons. Rory only became spoiled in the last few seasons, but increasingly so, and apparently it only got worse as she got older. Honestly, I think the show inadvertently proved that Lorelei was right all along -…

I’ve been listening to Art Angels semi-consistently since it first came out; it is so fucking good and these women are so goddamn cool. Goals, right here.

I love this, but all I can think of when I see Holland Taylor is her character from The L Word...

All I see when I look at Corinne is Stassi.

Same on every account. I couldn’t believe how cool Lorelei was about Rory having another affair when she was so upset the first time around. And Rory didn’t seem to care at all.

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