She does not lobby for it to be a paying position. Plus, even if it wasn’t possible to pay her, she was living rent free and has a rich family. She still could have made something of the opportunity. The show plays it for not-terribly-funny laughs, instead, with the townspeople insisting on the poem. We never actually…

The more apt question is why Kubiak didn’t punt there and trust his defense to do what they do. With the Broncos, if you’re options are (1) a career long FG attempt, (2) going for it on 4th and 10, or (3) hoping Von Miller & Co. come up big for you, the answer is ALWAYS #3. Always.

For me, it was that Rory lands on the book as a solution to her self-created problems. And also the fact that she has demonstrated a real need for a very specific kind of validation as a writer (the validation of prestige publications and financial reward), and is willing to sacrifice her mom’s story up to that need.

I completely agree. But I think her initial reaction to shut it down and not discuss it was a little selfish, since it is Rory’s story, too. Children have to be allowed to come to terms with their own origin stories. I was really impressed with where she ultimately landed — telling Rory to do what she wants to do, but…

I actually wished they made the woman from the website a more imposing character, because I wanted Rory to get absolutely raked over the coals for that. I mean, she does take her to task a little bit, but because the actress is so young and was portrayed in such a goofy manner previously, I don’t feel like the scene…

I don’t think it’s easy to find a job at all. All told, I was unemployed or under-employed for nearly two years. And I’ve definitely been turned down for things because I was overqualified or they thought I’d be bored. It’s very difficult to find work in your 30s once you are midlevel, because the number of jobs that…

Oh, I completely agree with you regarding Lorelai and the book thing. If I were Lorelai, I’d be totally horrified if Rory approached me with that idea, especially springing it on me out of the blue while I’m under stress. And I think it’s reasonable for Lorelai to say, “I’m not going to be comfortable with this. It…

I forgot about Jess convincing her to go back to Yale. I started hating Rory once she got to Yale, so I block a lot of it out.

EXACTLY. I would be a lot more empathetic to Rory’s struggles if, you know, she was actually struggling. Maybe the reason her career is floundering is because there are at least 4 people (Logan, Paris, Emily, Lorelai) willing to house and feed her and tell her how great she is whenever she needs it. Not one of them is…

I feel like the Logan-Rory story arc shows how Logan is not the one who knows Rory well enough to call her on her shit. He spends most of the Netflix season enabling her floundering, telling her what she wants to hear but never really addressing their bullshit. It’s not just that he’s cheating on his fiancé with her…

Just finished. I enjoyed it, in that it passed the time while I worked. But man did it remind me of all the things that annoyed me about GG originally.

It was about the same crazy British lady she tries to write the book with.

White fragility at work — using our discomfort with the idea of racism to avoid talking about it frankly. White people (myself included) need to stop changing the subject to how upset we are about everything and start confronting this shit.

Steve Bertoni (the author of this garbage) was on MSNBC this morning. He explained that we could all rest easy about Trump’s dangerous, erratic behavior because Kushner is a “calming influence” who would keep things even keel.

After going through something quite similar with a former friend, I have this to offer:

Or, alternatively, that email could be greeted with silence, which turns out to be deafening and anxiety-producing as well. When I sent a similar email to my former monster-friend, she said absolutely nothing. To me. And then a few months later, she started quietly telling mutual friends that she had “no idea” why I…

My fear is that she will take over the wedding whether she is there or not. I cut ties with a toxic friend much in this vein well before I got married, but she still crossed my mind more than once on the day. Part of me was grieving that the friendship had been lost to the raging tire fire of her selfishness and ego.…

Can we literally survive this? Most of us, probably. What will the soul of the country come out looking like at the other end, though?

I feel confident that Marissa Hermer would be just a bit put off by a gift from Goop. Not because there’s anything wrong with Goop — good god, no! Marissa Hermer absolutely adores Gwyneth and truly admires her entrepreneurial spirit. It’s just that in the circles traversed by Marissa Hermer, Goop is so... expected.…

Have you issued this quote as a bumper sticker yet? Because it would sell.