About The Body-Shaming On Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life

The Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life episode "Summer" opens with Lorelai and Rory sitting poolside in Stars Hollow. Two heavier people walk by with some skin exposed, as one does in the sweltering summer. "Belly alert," Lorelai says before going back to her endless rapid-fire conversation with daughter Rory. It was startling to hear the lead character on a show that has called itself, and been called, feminist make a crack about someone's body. We weren't alone in feeling that way. On the Gilmo...