Making Peace and Rooting for Love: the End of “The Good Place”

Cristina Escobar
Nov 7 · 3 min read

There’s a certain “cool girl” factor in saying I watch The Good Place for the Big Ideas and not the relationships. “I don’t care about Eleanor and Chidi, I’m team Jane (not Rafael or Michael), I’m so glad Rachel Bloom ended up alone.” And while I’d argue feminism is the reason for this (women are more than their romantic entanglements), there’s still a whiff of “I’m not like other…

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Cristina Escobar

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Professional feminist. Amateur woman, Chicana, mother, partner.

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