It really doesn’t need to be an all-or-nothing thing. — From the beginning, let’s be clear: I do not support your book bans. I was shocked to find out I knew a real-life book banner, and I literally own a t-shirt denouncing the behavior. I am also a parent, former homeschooler, and former classroom teacher who practices a religion that…

Sometimes the all-or-nothing romance works, and sometimes — like with Lane and Zack — it really doesn’t. — I am one of the few Gilmore Girls fans who generally doesn’t mind Zack and Lane as a couple. It’s certainly not the worst example of a guy marrying up and out of his league, and I actually appreciate the way they handled Lane’s conservative choice regarding her sexuality. I…

Support doesn’t always cost you money as a reader! — After I wrote a snarky response to James Patterson’s bullshit about reverse racism, some people reached out and asked what they can do to help. To start, I recommend tracking the diversity in your own reading. I started tracking how many woman authors I read several years ago. After I…

We’ve talked before about how Lorelai is “not like the other girls” and embodies the “cool girl” trope. You know the trope: yes she’s feminine, but she drives a Jeep and eats Pizza and drinks beer from a bottle. …

Does your story really need a prologue? Depends on the story, but Lorelai’s definitely did. — The first scene of Gilmore Girls is a master class in setting up a story without an info dump. Lorelai is walking down a cute street in a New England town and makes her way into a funky little diner. She begs for coffee and the diner owner obviously knows…

Yes, it’s your story. No, you haven’t “done your research” well enough to ignore your editors. — Season two, episode ten of Gilmore Girls has the Independence Inn hosting a Bracebridge Dinner, a riff on a real event held at a touristy hotel in Yosemite National Park. …

Almost nobody in Stars Hollow has any siblings — but there’s one pair that’s extremely well-written — Rory is functionally an only child. Her half-sister, Gigi, is born when she is eighteen and they have minimal contact from that point forward. Her parents, Lorelai Gilmore and Christopher Hayden, are both only children. We don’t know much about Christopher’s parents, but we know quite a bit about Richard and…

Breaking the cycle of violence and neglect — My grandmother was born into poverty, in the northern part of the American Midwest, near the end of the Great Depression. …

Because why not. — Lorelai Gilmore Lorelai would absolutely kill on twitter, and we all know it. She drops in once every, like, five days to drop whatever one-liner she’s been thinking about. It always gets 50K likes. Her screen name is Zinf and nobody gets the joke. …