‘Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life’ Has A White Feminism Problem

By Aaron Kappel and Jessica Friday

When Gilmore Girls debuted on the WB 16 years ago, it almost immediately cultivated a passionate fan following. And it’s easy to see why: Taking place in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the show followed the lives of mother-daughter team, Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Lorelai “Rory” Gilmore (Alexis Bledel), and effortlessly mixed small-town charm with surprisingly biting wit and sweet familial themes.

After a contract dispute went awry, the show’s creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, and her co-executive-producer husband, Daniel Palladino, left the show after season six. The final and seventh season was considered by many to be subpar, with the witty repartee lacking the Sherman-Palladino spark, and the storylines disappointing.

Especially considering this weak ending, many fans were ecstatic to learn that Netflix would be airing a new miniseries, Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, with the Palladinos at the helm. The revival, which debuted last week, takes place 10 years after the season seven finale and, as the name suggests, features four 90-minute episodes spanning the course of a year divided by the four seasons.

We were among the many fans who were excited to see what the next chapter would hold for the…