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"content": "\u003cp>Oops, she did it again. Paula Deen, who has been off the radar since her 2013 admission of using the N-word and wanting to hire \"slaves\" to cater a pre-Civil War era wedding, shared a photo on social media that depicts her dressed as \u003cem>I Love Lucy\u003c/em>'s title character, alongside her son who is in full brownface as Ricky Ricardo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For someone who has more or less lost her career over being racially insensitive, one would expect at least a smidgen of evolution on the issue, yet here we are, discussing why Deen deemed this photo appropriate for a silly #TransformationTuesday share.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's safe to assume that Deen employs publicists to keep her on brand and out of any more controversy. But there's only so much a publicist can do to cover up the true belief system of their employer. If Paula Deen's attitudes on race are problematic, they will bubble up in some form, no matter how many prepared statements she memorizes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take her 2014 apology tour, for instance. On \u003cem>The Today Show\u003c/em>, Matt Lauer asked what she had learned. Deen decided to use the moment to plug her products:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"I’ve learned so much over the year; it’s going to require another book. We are working on a documentary that’s going to air on [my] network because I feel like everybody needs to know the whole entire story.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Lauer repeated the question, Deen snapped back: “I’m getting to that...Now I forgot what I was going to say.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She eventually got around to saying: \"It’s the power of words, I don’t care how old they are, words are so powerful. They can hurt, they can make people happy. Well, my words hurt people. They disappointed people, frankly I disappointed myself.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And images can hurt people too, as she's learning today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Deen is part of a certain generation that's not exactly known for its progressive attitudes (Donald Trump, who's had a lot to say about Mexicans recently, was born six months before Deen). And she comes from the South, a region where racism is so rampant and unapologetic that black churches are still burned to the ground in 2015. It's sadly not surprising that Deen felt comfortable enough to share those details about her plantation wedding idea in 2013. It didn't occur to her that the history of slavery might be more than just an aesthetic palette she's nostalgic for. That same flavor of ignorance also finds itself all over this latest faux pas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people defend Deen by saying that she just can't help it; she's an older person from the South. It's true that we all are products of how we were raised and where we come from, but it's too easy to treat our origins as unalterable facets of who we are. We can't blame Deen for being brought up in a world where racial epithets and offensive depictions of other races was the norm, but we can blame her for perpetuating that ideology and refusing to educate herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is comfort in ignorance, in not admitting prejudice and how you might be contributing to it. That's a comfort rich white people like Paula Deen and Donald Trump can afford...for now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are racists among us. Confederate flags still fly over government buildings. Mexican immigrants are stripped of their humanity and labeled illegal. But a new generation is rising up, climbing flagpoles to bring down racism and promote empathy. Progress can seem slow at times, but there's no doubt that we're on the move, and Deen serves as a reminder of where we've been and why we refuse to go back.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"Wp7QYExPfLA2pOuAH2UcDeSlYrAao4YU\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When INFORUM, the Commonwealth Club's Innovation Lab, announced that they would be hosting Kim Kardashian, people freaked out, to put it mildly. The reaction was similar to the outrage many felt after her appearance on NPR's \u003cem>Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!\u003c/em>, which this blog has covered \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/06/15/kim-kardashian-appears-on-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-fans-go-postal/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/06/29/the-real-reason-behind-the-outrage-over-kim-kardashian-being-on-npr/\" target=\"_blank\">prominently\u003c/a>. If there's anything we've learned in the last two weeks, it's that Kim Kardashian is a guaranteed conversation-starter. So with that in mind, two of us who attended the event went home, opened up Facebook chat, and had at it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gabe Meline:\u003c/strong> So Emmanuel! We saw Kim Kardashian at the Commonwealth Club tonight, and I think it's safe to say that it didn't go as well as we'd hoped!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Emmanuel Hapsis: \u003c/strong>Yes, definitely safe to say that. Adele singing \"We could have had it aaaaallllll!\" keeps playing in my head.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM: \u003c/strong>It’s rare that she gets put in an interview situation like this, where the goal is intelligent conversation on smart topics. Knowing this, you’d think she, or at least her publicist, would have prepared a little more. But if this were her attempt at winning over the highbrow crowd, she really came up short. Shall we recount the missed chances?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH: \u003c/strong>As painful as that will be, yes, let's do it. Her publicist should totally just make her memorize an answer to expected questions. Like for \"Do you consider yourself a feminist?\", she could have simply said \"Duh\" and then quoted Bell Hooks or \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/12/16/beyonce-and-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-make-feminism-go-viral/\" target=\"_blank\">Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003c/a> or Malala or \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/emma-watson-most-inspiring-quotes-international-womens-day-facebook-feminism-speech\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Watson\u003c/a> or even \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/12/16/beyonce-and-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-make-feminism-go-viral/\" target=\"_blank\">Beyonce\u003c/a>. Instead, she said, \"I guess people would call me a feminist, so I guess you could, but I don't really like to put labels on things. I'm not really one to say 'I'm a feminist, and this is what I believe in so you have to believe in this, and, like, free the nipple!' kind of person. I'm not that person at all.\" My reaction to that moment can be best summed up with this Tyra Banks gif:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/tyra-rooting-for-you.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16986\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/tyra-rooting-for-you.gif\" alt=\"tyra-rooting-for-you\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM: \u003c/strong>Yeah. Like, come on, really? How controversial is it to just say, “Yeah, women should be treated fairly and have equal pay”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so many of her answers were like an eighth grader who hadn't studied for the test, who \"answers\" with thinly veiled rewordings of the question. I'm paraphrasing here:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Q: How do you plan on having a conversation with your children about racism?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A: Well, we’re going to have a conversation with them about racism.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn't just the important questions, either; she even ducked frivolous questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Q: Tell me how to use lighting and angles to achieve the best selfie.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A: Oh, well, lighting is really important. And it's good to get the right angle.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH: \u003c/strong>And the platitudes. My god, the platitudes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Q: What advice would you give a young female entrepreneur who's trying to make it in a man's world?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A: Be determined! Have a good work ethic!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Q: What would you say to a girl struggling with body image?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A: Have confidence! Be proud of who you are!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Q: What advice do you have for women facing discrimination and sexism in the workplace?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A: Stay focused!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was all so pageant-y and safe. I loved when LaDoris Cordell (the interviewer) added \"Lawyer up!\" after Kim failed to give a legitimate answer to that last question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM: \u003c/strong>Kudos to\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>LaDoris Cordell, who actually asked some pointed questions. Like about \u003ca href=\"http://www.billboard.com/files/media/kim-kardashian-paper-cover-full-billboard-650.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">the famous \u003cem>Paper\u003c/em> magazine cover\u003c/a>: “Your photo was a recreation of a photo of an African-American woman, in the same pose, that was denounced as degrading or objectifying the black female body. Were you surprised at the reaction to that photo, and were you aware of the earlier photo of the black woman?” It’s pretty crazy for Kim to sit there and say, face-to-face with a respected black woman, “I can see how someone would think that, but that wasn’t my intention. The photographer, it was his idea.” And just leave it at that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or how about when the audience was able to ask questions, and one was simply, “Do you think you promote an unhealthy body image?” Kim’s answer was like, “No, because my makeup is inexpensive, and my new website coming soon is going to have a lot of tutorials on how to do your brows!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH: \u003c/strong>Kim so readily saying that she would absolutely pose for that \u003cem>Paper\u003c/em> magazine photograph again, despite knowing the loaded history behind the image, seemed kind of selfish to me...which happens to be the name of her book of selfies! So maybe she bombed that question so I would call her selfish and plug her book?? Wow, she really \u003cem>is\u003c/em> good at marketing!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM: \u003c/strong>Ah, yes, her book, two copies of which were given out to each attendee in that bizarre-looking tote bag with a stencil of her face on it. Is this an appropriate time to note that due to low ticket sales, this event was moved from the Paramount Theatre (3,040 seats) to the Castro Theatre (1,400 seats)?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I imagine that Cordell also was strongly advised and/or forced via the mucky trenches of the celebrity-publicist industrial complex to ask about certain subjects, like the softball questions about Kim's app (the developers, Glu Mobile, sponsored the event) or her work with the Children's Hospital. That was a letdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hey, enough wallowing. What did you *like* about the conversation? As someone with a Master's Degree in Kardashian, what stood out?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH: \u003c/strong>Wait, I need to get one more negative thing out or it will stay inside my body and slowly poison me until I drop dead days from now, while I'm innocently scrolling through Taylor Swift's Instagram feed!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she was asked about whether she was surprised about the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/20/little-known-facts-about-supreme-court-justices-prop8-doma-scalia-ginsburg/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court\u003c/a>’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/06/26/lovewins-the-best-reactions-to-the-supreme-courts-marriage-equality-ruling/\" target=\"_blank\">marriage equality decision\u003c/a>, she said \"It's about time.\" \u003cem>Yay, she got it right!\u003c/em>, I thought. But she wasn't finished: \"I'm proud of Obama for getting it done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/luke-noooo.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16987\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/luke-noooo.jpeg\" alt=\"luke noooo\" width=\"620\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/luke-noooo.jpeg 620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/luke-noooo-400x214.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe she missed the day in eighth grade when her History teacher explained how the three branches of government work?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on the positive tip: I think she was charming, gracious and funny, for the most part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I liked when she opened up about \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/06/01/caitlyn-jenner-on-vanity-fair-cover-im-free/\" target=\"_blank\">Caitlyn Jenner\u003c/a> and how she has made her a less judgmental and more compassionate person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I also loved that she brought up the need for stricter gun control laws, when asked to give an idea to change the world. It's obviously a hot button issue in America right now so I appreciated that she stepped out of her safe stock answers and got a bit real with that one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And her anecdote about being obsessed with eBay back in the day and making a profit off of reselling Manolo Blahnik Timbaland shoes from a J. Lo music video was like an early aughts time capsule. I loved that blast from the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM: \u003c/strong>Yeah, there were a few moments where you were like, \"Oh yeah, she's actually a person with a family and a life.\" My personal favorite part was when she was asked if she could interview anyone in the world, who it would be. And she answered, \"Donda West.\" (For those who don't know, that's Kanye's mother, who passed away in 2007.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/rihanna-cry.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16989\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/rihanna-cry.gif\" alt=\"rihanna cry\" width=\"500\" height=\"278\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I just realized I have one last gripe too. She talked about how Kanye advised her on her app, how he envisioned and supported her book, how he had all these creative entrepreneurial ideas. And when asked if she gives any advice to Kanye, she was all, \"Yes, I tell him what to wear, and that we need more storage space in our kitchen.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This all goes back to the question you mentioned, about if it’s realistic for young women to be successful in a male-dominated business culture, and I thought her answer was telling: “I see so much from social media. There’s this generation of girls that are beautiful, but I don’t see a strong work ethic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I took away from that, and from her answers about body image and objectification of women in the media, is that Kim operates under the assumption that it's not just her goal to be as beautiful as possible, but it's *every girl's goal* to be as beautiful as possible. They just have to work hard at it and they'll be successful for their beauty -- not their talent. Numerous examples of this cropped up, like her \"I can't code, I leave that to the developers, I just tell them that the dress in the video game needs straps\" comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH: \u003c/strong>Yeah, I was bummed when she kept being demure about her achievements and giving Kanye so much credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM:\u003c/strong> There are a lot of reasons why I root for Kim Kardashian, and my favorite theory about her is that she helps young women accept their own bodies by showing, openly and publicly, just how much time, effort and money goes into maintaining her own body. More than any celebrity before her, she broadcasts the 24/7 work of her wardrobe and makeup team, and even her plastic surgeons. If I were a teenage girl, I'd look at the unattainable effort Kim Kardashian is putting into her look, and I'd feel a lot better about how I look after 10 minutes in front of the mirror.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to reduce a woman's role to helping dress her husband, or to assume all girls could be successful if they were just prettier is, to borrow a phrase from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/20/little-known-facts-about-supreme-court-justices-prop8-doma-scalia-ginsburg/\" target=\"_blank\">Antonin Scalia\u003c/a>, pure applesauce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH: \u003c/strong>Like you, I root for Kim. Anyone who follows this blog knows that, considering the posts I've written about the outrage that followed her appearance on \u003cem>Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!\u003c/em> Despite her not sounding as smart as I'd hoped she would tonight, I still think NPR shows geared toward celebrities and comedy should feel free to have her on. I still think public radio is a place where people \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/06/15/kim-kardashian-appears-on-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-fans-go-postal/\" target=\"_blank\">should be able to discuss Kim\u003c/a> and other facets of pop culture in a thoughtful way. And I still believe that a lot of the negative attention she gets is fueled by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/06/29/the-real-reason-behind-the-outrage-over-kim-kardashian-being-on-npr/\" target=\"_blank\">sexism and slut-shaming\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we're on the topic of that whole NPR hubbub, Cordell asked her what she thought about it. Kim seemed like she had never heard of NPR before, which I think is hysterical. Here are all these people flogging themselves because they're so upset that Kim wants to destroy their sanctuary and she's like...who?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When pressed to give a response to why she thinks people freaked out so much, she said \"I don't know and I don't care.\" So there you have it, thousands of people who commented on the issue. And contrary to the opinion of some of my friends that my essay had gotten big enough that she had probably seen it, now we know that she has definitely not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM: \u003c/strong>At any rate, I think we can agree: there may be a whole college course to be taught on Kim Kardashian, but based on tonight, Kim Kardashian is not the right person to teach it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH: \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/khloe-kardashian-amen.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16991\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/khloe-kardashian-amen.gif\" alt=\"khloe-kardashian-amen\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\">\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH: \u003c/strong>As painful as that will be, yes, let's do it. Her publicist should totally just make her memorize an answer to expected questions. Like for \"Do you consider yourself a feminist?\", she could have simply said \"Duh\" and then quoted Bell Hooks or \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/12/16/beyonce-and-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-make-feminism-go-viral/\" target=\"_blank\">Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003c/a> or Malala or \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/emma-watson-most-inspiring-quotes-international-womens-day-facebook-feminism-speech\" target=\"_blank\">Emma Watson\u003c/a> or even \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/12/16/beyonce-and-chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-make-feminism-go-viral/\" target=\"_blank\">Beyonce\u003c/a>. Instead, she said, \"I guess people would call me a feminist, so I guess you could, but I don't really like to put labels on things. I'm not really one to say 'I'm a feminist, and this is what I believe in so you have to believe in this, and, like, free the nipple!' kind of person. I'm not that person at all.\" My reaction to that moment can be best summed up with this Tyra Banks gif:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/tyra-rooting-for-you.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16986\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/tyra-rooting-for-you.gif\" alt=\"tyra-rooting-for-you\" width=\"500\" height=\"303\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM: \u003c/strong>Yeah. Like, come on, really? How controversial is it to just say, “Yeah, women should be treated fairly and have equal pay”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so many of her answers were like an eighth grader who hadn't studied for the test, who \"answers\" with thinly veiled rewordings of the question. I'm paraphrasing here:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Q: How do you plan on having a conversation with your children about racism?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A: Well, we’re going to have a conversation with them about racism.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wasn't just the important questions, either; she even ducked frivolous questions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Q: Tell me how to use lighting and angles to achieve the best selfie.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A: Oh, well, lighting is really important. And it's good to get the right angle.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH: \u003c/strong>And the platitudes. My god, the platitudes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Q: What advice would you give a young female entrepreneur who's trying to make it in a man's world?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A: Be determined! Have a good work ethic!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Q: What would you say to a girl struggling with body image?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A: Have confidence! Be proud of who you are!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Q: What advice do you have for women facing discrimination and sexism in the workplace?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A: Stay focused!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was all so pageant-y and safe. I loved when LaDoris Cordell (the interviewer) added \"Lawyer up!\" after Kim failed to give a legitimate answer to that last question.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM: \u003c/strong>Kudos to\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>LaDoris Cordell, who actually asked some pointed questions. Like about \u003ca href=\"http://www.billboard.com/files/media/kim-kardashian-paper-cover-full-billboard-650.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">the famous \u003cem>Paper\u003c/em> magazine cover\u003c/a>: “Your photo was a recreation of a photo of an African-American woman, in the same pose, that was denounced as degrading or objectifying the black female body. Were you surprised at the reaction to that photo, and were you aware of the earlier photo of the black woman?” It’s pretty crazy for Kim to sit there and say, face-to-face with a respected black woman, “I can see how someone would think that, but that wasn’t my intention. The photographer, it was his idea.” And just leave it at that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Or how about when the audience was able to ask questions, and one was simply, “Do you think you promote an unhealthy body image?” Kim’s answer was like, “No, because my makeup is inexpensive, and my new website coming soon is going to have a lot of tutorials on how to do your brows!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH: \u003c/strong>Kim so readily saying that she would absolutely pose for that \u003cem>Paper\u003c/em> magazine photograph again, despite knowing the loaded history behind the image, seemed kind of selfish to me...which happens to be the name of her book of selfies! So maybe she bombed that question so I would call her selfish and plug her book?? Wow, she really \u003cem>is\u003c/em> good at marketing!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM: \u003c/strong>Ah, yes, her book, two copies of which were given out to each attendee in that bizarre-looking tote bag with a stencil of her face on it. Is this an appropriate time to note that due to low ticket sales, this event was moved from the Paramount Theatre (3,040 seats) to the Castro Theatre (1,400 seats)?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I imagine that Cordell also was strongly advised and/or forced via the mucky trenches of the celebrity-publicist industrial complex to ask about certain subjects, like the softball questions about Kim's app (the developers, Glu Mobile, sponsored the event) or her work with the Children's Hospital. That was a letdown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But hey, enough wallowing. What did you *like* about the conversation? As someone with a Master's Degree in Kardashian, what stood out?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH: \u003c/strong>Wait, I need to get one more negative thing out or it will stay inside my body and slowly poison me until I drop dead days from now, while I'm innocently scrolling through Taylor Swift's Instagram feed!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she was asked about whether she was surprised about the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/20/little-known-facts-about-supreme-court-justices-prop8-doma-scalia-ginsburg/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court\u003c/a>’s \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/06/26/lovewins-the-best-reactions-to-the-supreme-courts-marriage-equality-ruling/\" target=\"_blank\">marriage equality decision\u003c/a>, she said \"It's about time.\" \u003cem>Yay, she got it right!\u003c/em>, I thought. But she wasn't finished: \"I'm proud of Obama for getting it done.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/luke-noooo.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16987\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/luke-noooo.jpeg\" alt=\"luke noooo\" width=\"620\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/luke-noooo.jpeg 620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/luke-noooo-400x214.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe she missed the day in eighth grade when her History teacher explained how the three branches of government work?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on the positive tip: I think she was charming, gracious and funny, for the most part.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I liked when she opened up about \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/06/01/caitlyn-jenner-on-vanity-fair-cover-im-free/\" target=\"_blank\">Caitlyn Jenner\u003c/a> and how she has made her a less judgmental and more compassionate person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I also loved that she brought up the need for stricter gun control laws, when asked to give an idea to change the world. It's obviously a hot button issue in America right now so I appreciated that she stepped out of her safe stock answers and got a bit real with that one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And her anecdote about being obsessed with eBay back in the day and making a profit off of reselling Manolo Blahnik Timbaland shoes from a J. Lo music video was like an early aughts time capsule. I loved that blast from the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM: \u003c/strong>Yeah, there were a few moments where you were like, \"Oh yeah, she's actually a person with a family and a life.\" My personal favorite part was when she was asked if she could interview anyone in the world, who it would be. And she answered, \"Donda West.\" (For those who don't know, that's Kanye's mother, who passed away in 2007.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/rihanna-cry.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16989\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/07/rihanna-cry.gif\" alt=\"rihanna cry\" width=\"500\" height=\"278\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I just realized I have one last gripe too. She talked about how Kanye advised her on her app, how he envisioned and supported her book, how he had all these creative entrepreneurial ideas. And when asked if she gives any advice to Kanye, she was all, \"Yes, I tell him what to wear, and that we need more storage space in our kitchen.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This all goes back to the question you mentioned, about if it’s realistic for young women to be successful in a male-dominated business culture, and I thought her answer was telling: “I see so much from social media. There’s this generation of girls that are beautiful, but I don’t see a strong work ethic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What I took away from that, and from her answers about body image and objectification of women in the media, is that Kim operates under the assumption that it's not just her goal to be as beautiful as possible, but it's *every girl's goal* to be as beautiful as possible. They just have to work hard at it and they'll be successful for their beauty -- not their talent. Numerous examples of this cropped up, like her \"I can't code, I leave that to the developers, I just tell them that the dress in the video game needs straps\" comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH: \u003c/strong>Yeah, I was bummed when she kept being demure about her achievements and giving Kanye so much credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>GM:\u003c/strong> There are a lot of reasons why I root for Kim Kardashian, and my favorite theory about her is that she helps young women accept their own bodies by showing, openly and publicly, just how much time, effort and money goes into maintaining her own body. More than any celebrity before her, she broadcasts the 24/7 work of her wardrobe and makeup team, and even her plastic surgeons. If I were a teenage girl, I'd look at the unattainable effort Kim Kardashian is putting into her look, and I'd feel a lot better about how I look after 10 minutes in front of the mirror.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to reduce a woman's role to helping dress her husband, or to assume all girls could be successful if they were just prettier is, to borrow a phrase from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/06/20/little-known-facts-about-supreme-court-justices-prop8-doma-scalia-ginsburg/\" target=\"_blank\">Antonin Scalia\u003c/a>, pure applesauce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>EH: \u003c/strong>Like you, I root for Kim. Anyone who follows this blog knows that, considering the posts I've written about the outrage that followed her appearance on \u003cem>Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!\u003c/em> Despite her not sounding as smart as I'd hoped she would tonight, I still think NPR shows geared toward celebrities and comedy should feel free to have her on. I still think public radio is a place where people \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/06/15/kim-kardashian-appears-on-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-fans-go-postal/\" target=\"_blank\">should be able to discuss Kim\u003c/a> and other facets of pop culture in a thoughtful way. And I still believe that a lot of the negative attention she gets is fueled by \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/06/29/the-real-reason-behind-the-outrage-over-kim-kardashian-being-on-npr/\" target=\"_blank\">sexism and slut-shaming\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we're on the topic of that whole NPR hubbub, Cordell asked her what she thought about it. Kim seemed like she had never heard of NPR before, which I think is hysterical. 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"content": "\u003cp>Everyone has an opinion on Kim Kardashian and that's never been clearer than in the two weeks since she appeared on NPR's \u003cem>Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!\u003c/em> for a harmless 10-minute segment. She was charming, self-aware and a good sport. 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Women are placed under a different level of scrutiny in our culture and nowhere is that clearer than within discussions about Kim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just this weekend, a concertgoer at the Glastonbury music festival printed a still from Kim's sex tape on a flag and waved it during Kanye West's set. That's how pervasive this culture of slut-shaming is. Her sexuality is being used as a weapon against her and her husband. And people don't bat an eye.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kim's sexual past doesn't negate her success. She has an \u003ca href=\"http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/models/kim-kardashian-net-worth/\" target=\"_blank\">estimated net worth of $85 million\u003c/a>. She has created fashion and cosmetic lines, clothing stores, an app worth $200 million, and a reality show that's in its tenth season. 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"content": "\u003cp>Rilke says, \"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your own heart, and try to love the questions themselves.\" Questions can frustrate, but their very existence offers a type of promise. The questions are almost always more satisfying, more intriguing, more true than the answers. Attempts at answering are the reason for every groan-worthy twist ending and every disappointment when a promising, complex set-up devolves into a simplistic conclusion. It's easy to ask the provocative questions, but harder to find deserving answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I began watching \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://www.avclub.com/video/did-wayward-pines-just-deliver-one-most-audacious--220778\">Wayward Pines\u003c/a>\u003c/em>, I purposefully didn't read any reviews, not so much because I wanted to avoid spoilers, but because I wanted to have my own experience of it. And so I have. 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In each new place, shimmering mirage-like at the horizon and then appearing fully, I yelled with delight and mild trepidation, \"It's Wayward Pines!\" Granted there weren't pine trees after we got through the mountains, but there was some similarity, mainly the distinct sense that we might get trapped in these places, and that others before us had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We searched for ghost towns, the kind that are marked with signs and called such on the map. But we soon realized that it was the real towns where people still lived that seemed even ghostier. These former boom towns had lost most of their inhabitants long ago. I started to wonder why some people had stayed. Or why I always think escaping is better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I grew up in the country. I spent a great deal of my adolescence writing the age-old narrative of escape to the big city. But I'm not a city girl in my heart. Or maybe I am, accidentally, these last 15 years finally taking their urban toll. 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"content": "\u003cp>Did you know today is National Pink Day? Yeah, me neither, but I love an excuse to celebrate something and pink is definitely worth some fanfare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some history for you: Pink wasn't always a color mostly associated with girls. \u003cem>Smithsonian Magazine\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-did-girls-start-wearing-pink-1370097/?no-ist\" target=\"_blank\">points out\u003c/a> that blue and pink didn't become gendered until the early 1900s. Back then, the colors' meanings as we know them were actually reversed! \"[P]ink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl,\" read a 1918 article from \u003cem>Earnshaw's Infants' Department\u003c/em>. 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Manic Panic owes her a lot of money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_mg45rrYLqr1s1popdo1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16883\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_mg45rrYLqr1s1popdo1_500.gif\" alt=\"pink ranger\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My inner 10-year-old would be so pissed if I didn't pay homage to Kimberly, the Pink Power Ranger. She taught a lot of us that doing sequential backflips should not be tried at home and also taught us how to spell pterodactyl (big ups to the only non land-bound dinosaur on the show!). And no, I do not count the blond Aussie or anyone else who came after Amy-Jo Johnson as true Pink Rangers because I'm old and persnickety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_lkwiybKjPt1qeolcio1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16892\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_lkwiybKjPt1qeolcio1_500.gif\" alt=\"britney justin\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake used to be in love and play charity basketball games together, while wearing jerseys featuring their nicknames for each other. Brit's was Pinky. This is a safe space; cry if you must.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_li4ql2744x1qds3dr.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16884\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_li4ql2744x1qds3dr.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_li4ql2744x1qds3dr\" width=\"226\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This girl from Rebecca Black's \"Friday\" music video. No explanation necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_lxym1fl2FE1qhbj39o1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16889\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_lxym1fl2FE1qhbj39o1_500.gif\" alt=\"wednesdays pink mean girls\" width=\"500\" height=\"218\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday was easily the worst weekday of the bunch for years and years. And then Regina George and the Plastics from \u003cem>Mean Girls\u003c/em> reinvented it with a simple maxim: \"On Wednesdays, we wear pink.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv0ScO1NNOs\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anyone who watched \u003cem>Dumbo\u003c/em> as a young child probably still has night terrors starring some of the pink elephants the title character hallucinated after accidentally getting hammered on champagne. You might also recognize them from that time you \"accidentally\" ate some funky mushrooms in Golden Gate Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/duckie-and-andie-pretty-in-pink-style.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16891\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/duckie-and-andie-pretty-in-pink-style.gif\" alt=\"duckie-and-andie-pretty-in-pink-style\" width=\"500\" height=\"272\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pretty in Pink\u003c/em> gets a mention because duh, but also because we all need to bring back using \"volcanic\" as a congratulatory adjective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_m6nfdqtDMd1raqovvo1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16886\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_m6nfdqtDMd1raqovvo1_500.gif\" alt=\"divine filth pink flamingos\" width=\"500\" height=\"306\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would lose my Baltimore cred if I didn't mention John Waters' classic \u003cem>Pink Flamingos\u003c/em>, which starred Divine—the reigning queen of on fleek eyebrows—and proved that filthiness is next to godliness.\u003cem> \u003c/em>On a semi-related, scarily timely sidenote, the man who created the plastic pink flamingo lawn ornament \u003ca href=\"https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/06/23/donald-featherstone-creator-plastic-pink-flamingo-dies/U0687fK5IJkRpXH6IMFvYM/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">died today\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_metrqm1IAF1raj8mk.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16887\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_metrqm1IAF1raj8mk.gif\" alt=\"sofia grace ellen pink\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sophia Grace a.k.a. that little British girl who's always crawling on Ellen's couch in a tutu makes no secret of her love of pink. And I make no secret of the fact that I loved her last single so much that I \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/emmanuel-hapsis/sophia-grace-best-friends-wheres-rosie-33-13-speed-remix\" target=\"_blank\">remixed it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/giphy.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16890\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/giphy.gif\" alt=\"nicki minaj pink\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And we obviously can't talk about Sophia Grace without mentioning Nicki Minaj (SG's claim to fame was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9573kGBtuE\" target=\"_blank\">a cover of \"Super Bass\"\u003c/a>). Nicki loves pink wigs, outfits, nails, lipsticks, perfumes, etc. and even called her last album \u003cem>The Pinkprint\u003c/em>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_mg45rrYLqr1s1popdo1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16883\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_mg45rrYLqr1s1popdo1_500.gif\" alt=\"pink ranger\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My inner 10-year-old would be so pissed if I didn't pay homage to Kimberly, the Pink Power Ranger. She taught a lot of us that doing sequential backflips should not be tried at home and also taught us how to spell pterodactyl (big ups to the only non land-bound dinosaur on the show!). And no, I do not count the blond Aussie or anyone else who came after Amy-Jo Johnson as true Pink Rangers because I'm old and persnickety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_lkwiybKjPt1qeolcio1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16892\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_lkwiybKjPt1qeolcio1_500.gif\" alt=\"britney justin\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake used to be in love and play charity basketball games together, while wearing jerseys featuring their nicknames for each other. Brit's was Pinky. This is a safe space; cry if you must.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_li4ql2744x1qds3dr.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16884\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_li4ql2744x1qds3dr.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_li4ql2744x1qds3dr\" width=\"226\" height=\"200\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This girl from Rebecca Black's \"Friday\" music video. No explanation necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_lxym1fl2FE1qhbj39o1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16889\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_lxym1fl2FE1qhbj39o1_500.gif\" alt=\"wednesdays pink mean girls\" width=\"500\" height=\"218\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wednesday was easily the worst weekday of the bunch for years and years. And then Regina George and the Plastics from \u003cem>Mean Girls\u003c/em> reinvented it with a simple maxim: \"On Wednesdays, we wear pink.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/Zv0ScO1NNOs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/Zv0ScO1NNOs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Anyone who watched \u003cem>Dumbo\u003c/em> as a young child probably still has night terrors starring some of the pink elephants the title character hallucinated after accidentally getting hammered on champagne. You might also recognize them from that time you \"accidentally\" ate some funky mushrooms in Golden Gate Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/duckie-and-andie-pretty-in-pink-style.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16891\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/duckie-and-andie-pretty-in-pink-style.gif\" alt=\"duckie-and-andie-pretty-in-pink-style\" width=\"500\" height=\"272\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Pretty in Pink\u003c/em> gets a mention because duh, but also because we all need to bring back using \"volcanic\" as a congratulatory adjective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_m6nfdqtDMd1raqovvo1_500.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16886\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_m6nfdqtDMd1raqovvo1_500.gif\" alt=\"divine filth pink flamingos\" width=\"500\" height=\"306\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would lose my Baltimore cred if I didn't mention John Waters' classic \u003cem>Pink Flamingos\u003c/em>, which starred Divine—the reigning queen of on fleek eyebrows—and proved that filthiness is next to godliness.\u003cem> \u003c/em>On a semi-related, scarily timely sidenote, the man who created the plastic pink flamingo lawn ornament \u003ca href=\"https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/06/23/donald-featherstone-creator-plastic-pink-flamingo-dies/U0687fK5IJkRpXH6IMFvYM/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">died today\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_metrqm1IAF1raj8mk.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16887\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_metrqm1IAF1raj8mk.gif\" alt=\"sofia grace ellen pink\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sophia Grace a.k.a. that little British girl who's always crawling on Ellen's couch in a tutu makes no secret of her love of pink. And I make no secret of the fact that I loved her last single so much that I \u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/emmanuel-hapsis/sophia-grace-best-friends-wheres-rosie-33-13-speed-remix\" target=\"_blank\">remixed it\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/giphy.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16890\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/giphy.gif\" alt=\"nicki minaj pink\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And we obviously can't talk about Sophia Grace without mentioning Nicki Minaj (SG's claim to fame was \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9573kGBtuE\" target=\"_blank\">a cover of \"Super Bass\"\u003c/a>). Nicki loves pink wigs, outfits, nails, lipsticks, perfumes, etc. and even called her last album \u003cem>The Pinkprint\u003c/em>. 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"content": "\u003cp>If you follow this blog even a little bit, you probably already know that I have a pretty intense \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> obsession. I've \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/10/01/gilmore-girls-netflix-10-best-episodes-binge-watch-marathon/\" target=\"_blank\">ranked the top 10 episodes\u003c/a>, visited the set in LA, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/05/29/gilmore-girls-what-we-need-from-the-rumored-new-season-or-movie/\" target=\"_blank\">declared what should and shouldn't happen\u003c/a> in\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/05/29/gilmore-girls-what-we-need-from-the-rumored-new-season-or-movie/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003c/a>the rumored movie and made shrinky-dinks of Lorelai and Rory's faces. And now I can add traveling almost two thousand miles to see the cast reunite to the list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This weekend, I was in Austin, Texas for \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/11/13/gilmore-girls-and-dawsons-creek-reunions-to-take-the-atx-tv-festival-stage/\" target=\"_blank\">the ATX Festival\u003c/a> and paid witness to the cast reuniting for the first time since 2007. Here's what you missed:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Will there be a movie or new season?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know that's what you're dying to know so I won't keep you waiting. Despite Scott Patterson (Luke) getting our hopes way up a couple of weeks ago, Amy Sherman-Palladino dashed any movie dreams...for now:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s nothing in the works at the moment. Here’s the good thing: Nobody here hates each other. That's a very important step. It would have to be the right everything—the right format, the right timing, the right budget—it would have to be honored in a certain way. And if it ever came around, I think we would all jump in and do it. If it ever happened, I promise you I’d do it correctly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16655\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_m99uamNQ3L1rpazmio1_400.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls sookie smad gif\" width=\"396\" height=\"318\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The beginning of what was to become \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> was written on hotel stationery.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Sherman-Palladino unsuccessfully pitched a bunch of ideas to The WB, she blurted out a vague idea about a mother and daughter who are more like friends. They bought it and Sherman-Palladino had to scramble to figure out what the story actually was. \"It's a mother, it's a daughter. Do they rollerskate?\" It all came to her on a trip to Connecticut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were pumpkins and hay rides and people asking where you can go buy your pumpkin. And I thought this is not real...I didn't understand the concept of people talking to each other and caring and wanting a response. It was strange. And that's when I decided, \u003cem>Well, I'll put them here, it seems nice, there's trees\u003c/em>. And over the weekend, I said 'Oh, we're staying at an inn. Maybe she works at an inn...look, I was desperate.'\" The first kitchen scene was jotted down on the inn's stationery and the rest is history!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lauren Graham (Lorelai) on what it was like reading the script for the first time:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16666\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/large.gif\" alt=\"lorelai gilmore girls gif\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Something really clicked. I remember Christopher Reeve saying 'The way you know a part is really for you is if you can't stand the idea of anyone else doing it.' And that's how I felt about this. I was like, \u003cem>Oo, this is mine, I can't stand the idea of anyone else doing it!\u003c/em> I had that kind of a strong reaction.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Alexis Bledel (Rory) was sick during her audition and came across as hateful.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16658\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of a cold brought on by a modeling job that involved buckets of water being thrown at her head during winter, Bledel came across as prickly. Sherman-Palladino thought, “She hates me! I love her! I want the one who hates me!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lorelai and Rory's cozy chemistry in the first season is due to Alexis Bledel not knowing what she was doing.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16667\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/giphy-5.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"160\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16668\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/551eef.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls gif\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t know how to clear the camera...I’d walk right behind Lauren because I didn’t know so she would have to grab me and make sure I was on-camera,” Bledel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham added: \"You can watch me doing a lot of man-handling of Alexis in the early episodes. I think part of the \u003cem>Wow, they have instant chemistry\u003c/em> is that I was literally mauling her all the time, like ‘over here, over here, we made it!'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bledel agreed, “I was never on my mark the first week of shooting, she was always scooting me over during the scene trying to help me.” Aww!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The first year was \"particularly brutal\" for the leading ladies.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16657\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/914e1924184e15eac510bb3d292fdefb.gif\" alt=\"rory gilmore girls gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because much of the first season was spent building the world of Stars Hollow, much of the focus fell on Graham and Bledel. “The two of them were in every f*cking scene,” Sherman-Palladino said. The exhausted actresses came to Sherman-Palladino to beg for some rest: “We’re so tired. Is there anything you can do because we’re so tired?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Team Jess rules! Teams Dean and Logan drool.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_16656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-16656\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/anigif_longform-original-4417-1411404070-21-800x734.gif\" alt=\"Photo: Keely Flaherty / Buzzfeed\" width=\"800\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/anigif_longform-original-4417-1411404070-21-800x734.gif 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/anigif_longform-original-4417-1411404070-21-400x367.gif 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Keely Flaherty / \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/oy-with-the-pie-charts-already#.ilNWr6l9vQ\">Buzzfeed\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It didn't take long for the rivalry between Rory's boyfriends to come up. Both Jared Padalecki (Dean) and Matt Czuchry (Logan) admit they are Team Jess. Milo Ventimiglia (Jess) said he is Team Dean and added that \"Logan was a dick.\" Amen! Scott Patterson channeled Luke with the final word: \"None of you are good enough for Rory.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>They all really miss Edward Herrmann (Richard Gilmore).\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16674\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/8tOeZMO.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls cry gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"224\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amy Sherman-Palladino prepared a retrospective of Herrmann's best moments (he passed away last December). Bledel, Kelly Bishop (Emily Gilmore) and especially Graham were super emotional after watching it, wiping away tears. Sherman-Palladino spoke for the group: “It’s really crappy that he’s gone and we miss him so much.” Sherman-Palladino added that he was the first person in the cast to RSVP for the reunion panel. An empty leather armchair on the stage stood in honor of Herrmann.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Liza Weil (Paris) auditioned for Rory and was only supposed to be on the show for three episodes.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16664\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/52c0c5014685a045a8f7bd00f73c6e56.jpg\" alt=\"paris gif gilmore girls\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/52c0c5014685a045a8f7bd00f73c6e56.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/52c0c5014685a045a8f7bd00f73c6e56-400x294.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I went in and read for Rory and then I got a call and they were like 'They really liked you, but they don't think you're quite right, but...maybe they'll find something else for you to do.' I thought that was probably the end of it. And the show went and they wrote Paris and the younger version of myself was really freaked out that that's what they wrote. I just couldn't fathom that they would think that I could do that. Now I think it's very flattering and I'm really glad. It was supposed to just be three episodes and then it just kept going.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Dean was supposed to be Canadian.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16679\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_lorfswTBHS1qfr9tb.gif\" alt=\"dean gilmore girls gif\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was another Dean. A Canadian Dean. \u003cem>Two\u003c/em> Canadian Deans. Then we realized you gotta go American,” Sherman-Palladino said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lauren Graham (Lorelai) hates the show's last season just as much as you do.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16660\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/giphy-4.gif\" alt=\"lorelai gilmore girls gif\" width=\"495\" height=\"250\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For me, it didn’t end in a satisfying way. We weren’t sure it was the end. Amy wasn’t with us in the last season. It didn’t really end. It didn’t resolve satisfactorily.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Graham also didn't care for the episodes when Rory and Lorelai were estranged.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16670\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_inline_nnc4wkDVi11slrvm0_500.gif\" alt=\"lorelai gilmore girls gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember not liking it. I remember really struggling with it and feeling bad. It was personally difficult, as it should’ve been, as the actor and as the character. It was hard, but it set up something that was also important.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The studio really wanted Rory to have sex.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16661\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_lxqwnccvtm1qask1go1_500.gif\" alt=\"miss patty gilmore girls gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amy Sherman-Palladino remembers that the decision of when to have Rory lose her virginity was a bigger deal than the decision of when to let Luke and Lorelai be together. \"At the time, everybody on TV was just f*cking. I’m all for a bunch of little whores running around. We weren’t trying to make a statement. We were trying to play the truth of who she was. I didn’t want her to get drunk at a party and be like, ‘Woo, what happened?’ The studio was finally like, 'Seriously, she should have sex. What’s the deal, is she like a nun?'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lauren Graham doesn't watch the show and has no idea why people keep quoting \"Oy with the poodles already!\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16662\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/351a4b40-b056-0131-1afd-42259db8d36d.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls poodles gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"316\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I haven’t watched myself on television since 1995. I’m not kidding. I don’t find it helpful.” Which explains why she doesn't have a favorite episode: \"I just don't remember.\" And why she is perplexed by the line that's most quoted to her by fans: \"Why did I say it and why did you like it so much?” Graham asked the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Amy Sherman-Palladino is not giving up those hallowed final four words anytime soon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16671\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_inline_mk236tAjYi1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"lorelai gilmore girls gif\" width=\"495\" height=\"300\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For a while, I thought, 'I'll just hold on to it in case.' And then I thought, Oh my god, I've held onto it for so long, it's a thing, it's going to let everyone down. Now I'm just being an a-hole. I'm holding on to it still because in my mind... who knows? But on my deathbed, I'll be like, '\u003ca href=\"http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/15/we-all-have-a-rosebud-in-our-pasts.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rosebud\u003c/a>.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham doesn't know what the four words are and is OK with that. “I don’t wanna know unless either I’m saying them or I’m listening to someone say them on the show the way it was intended, otherwise I would feel sad to know what I wasn’t a part of,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Where do the actors see their characters now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>Scott Patterson:\u003c/strong> \u003c/strong>\"Luke has moved to a lake outside of town. He reopened Luke's diner and it's a bait-and-tackle shop. He sells camping gear as well. He fly-fishes in the nice weather.\" Graham interjects: \"Does he have a girlfriend?\" Patterson scrambles to correct his faux pas: \"Lorelai is coming out for a fishing lesson.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lauren Graham: \u003c/strong>\"I think [Luke and Lorelai] are together, 100 percent. But I'm not fishing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alexis Bledel:\u003c/strong> \"Rory would be a journalist. She'd still be on her highly ambitious career path post-academia.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kelly Bishop:\u003c/strong> \"I actually think if Richard were still with us, we would be pretty much in the same place. I think we were very comfortable with that life—the country clubs and all of that. Probably still fighting the battles. But now, Emily's a widow, so that's a whole other world, so I don't know where she is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Milo Ventimiglia:\u003c/strong> \"I think Jess is just out being Jess and walking away when too many people show up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Keiko Agena:\u003c/strong> \"In my imagination, Lane is trying to figure out what kind of mom she wants to be. She wants to be Lorelai, but I think in her heart, she's really just a little Mrs. Kim. I hope she's still playing music with Hep Alien.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yanic Truesdale:\u003c/strong> \"Well, it's a tough one for Michel, because I never really understood how he ended up in that town. But patronizing people for sure, somewhere. Maybe in an inn that he now owns or in Paris, because he couldn't deal with Americans anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Liza Weil:\u003c/strong> \"I like to think Paris and Doyle are still together. I think they’re really well matched. I hope they’re supporting each other taking over the f—ing world.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matt Czuchry: \u003c/strong>\"Logan would not be working.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jared Padalecki:\u003c/strong> \"I think that Dean Forester probably would've worked long and hard at the market and he probably would've taken over Doose's Market.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Liz Torres:\u003c/strong> \"I thought that Miss Patty would end up running for mayor of Stars Hollow and winning. I thought she wouldn't know what she was doing and then she would call Taylor at three o'clock in the morning.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Amy Sherman-Palladino considers Gilmore Girls her crowning achievement.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You get one in a career. You get that one thing, that if everything else fails, and I wind up a big dumb drunk in a gutter, at least I got this. I used to say when I got \u003cem>Gilmore\u003c/em>, that ‘it’s all downhill from here.’ There’s no way to top this experience, this cast, these leading ladies—and that’s okay. That’s what this business is. Some people get lucky and some don’t. And, god, I got so lucky.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16673\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/anigif_enhanced-buzz-22126-1410918404-7.gif\" alt=\"lorelai gilmore girls cry gif\" width=\"250\" height=\"198\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you're still craving more from the reunion panel, \u003cem>Entertainment Weekly\u003c/em> has your back. Check out an edited down version of the evening below!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://bcove.me/ls0xqh5z\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>If you follow this blog even a little bit, you probably already know that I have a pretty intense \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> obsession. I've \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/10/01/gilmore-girls-netflix-10-best-episodes-binge-watch-marathon/\" target=\"_blank\">ranked the top 10 episodes\u003c/a>, visited the set in LA, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/05/29/gilmore-girls-what-we-need-from-the-rumored-new-season-or-movie/\" target=\"_blank\">declared what should and shouldn't happen\u003c/a> in\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2015/05/29/gilmore-girls-what-we-need-from-the-rumored-new-season-or-movie/\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003c/a>the rumored movie and made shrinky-dinks of Lorelai and Rory's faces. And now I can add traveling almost two thousand miles to see the cast reunite to the list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This weekend, I was in Austin, Texas for \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/11/13/gilmore-girls-and-dawsons-creek-reunions-to-take-the-atx-tv-festival-stage/\" target=\"_blank\">the ATX Festival\u003c/a> and paid witness to the cast reuniting for the first time since 2007. Here's what you missed:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Will there be a movie or new season?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I know that's what you're dying to know so I won't keep you waiting. Despite Scott Patterson (Luke) getting our hopes way up a couple of weeks ago, Amy Sherman-Palladino dashed any movie dreams...for now:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s nothing in the works at the moment. Here’s the good thing: Nobody here hates each other. That's a very important step. It would have to be the right everything—the right format, the right timing, the right budget—it would have to be honored in a certain way. And if it ever came around, I think we would all jump in and do it. If it ever happened, I promise you I’d do it correctly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16655\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_m99uamNQ3L1rpazmio1_400.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls sookie smad gif\" width=\"396\" height=\"318\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The beginning of what was to become \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> was written on hotel stationery.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Sherman-Palladino unsuccessfully pitched a bunch of ideas to The WB, she blurted out a vague idea about a mother and daughter who are more like friends. They bought it and Sherman-Palladino had to scramble to figure out what the story actually was. \"It's a mother, it's a daughter. Do they rollerskate?\" It all came to her on a trip to Connecticut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There were pumpkins and hay rides and people asking where you can go buy your pumpkin. And I thought this is not real...I didn't understand the concept of people talking to each other and caring and wanting a response. It was strange. And that's when I decided, \u003cem>Well, I'll put them here, it seems nice, there's trees\u003c/em>. And over the weekend, I said 'Oh, we're staying at an inn. Maybe she works at an inn...look, I was desperate.'\" The first kitchen scene was jotted down on the inn's stationery and the rest is history!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lauren Graham (Lorelai) on what it was like reading the script for the first time:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16666\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/large.gif\" alt=\"lorelai gilmore girls gif\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Something really clicked. I remember Christopher Reeve saying 'The way you know a part is really for you is if you can't stand the idea of anyone else doing it.' And that's how I felt about this. I was like, \u003cem>Oo, this is mine, I can't stand the idea of anyone else doing it!\u003c/em> I had that kind of a strong reaction.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Alexis Bledel (Rory) was sick during her audition and came across as hateful.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16658\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of a cold brought on by a modeling job that involved buckets of water being thrown at her head during winter, Bledel came across as prickly. Sherman-Palladino thought, “She hates me! I love her! I want the one who hates me!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lorelai and Rory's cozy chemistry in the first season is due to Alexis Bledel not knowing what she was doing.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16667\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/giphy-5.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls gif\" width=\"245\" height=\"160\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16668\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/551eef.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls gif\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t know how to clear the camera...I’d walk right behind Lauren because I didn’t know so she would have to grab me and make sure I was on-camera,” Bledel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham added: \"You can watch me doing a lot of man-handling of Alexis in the early episodes. I think part of the \u003cem>Wow, they have instant chemistry\u003c/em> is that I was literally mauling her all the time, like ‘over here, over here, we made it!'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bledel agreed, “I was never on my mark the first week of shooting, she was always scooting me over during the scene trying to help me.” Aww!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The first year was \"particularly brutal\" for the leading ladies.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16657\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/914e1924184e15eac510bb3d292fdefb.gif\" alt=\"rory gilmore girls gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"346\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because much of the first season was spent building the world of Stars Hollow, much of the focus fell on Graham and Bledel. “The two of them were in every f*cking scene,” Sherman-Palladino said. The exhausted actresses came to Sherman-Palladino to beg for some rest: “We’re so tired. Is there anything you can do because we’re so tired?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Team Jess rules! Teams Dean and Logan drool.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_16656\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-16656\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/anigif_longform-original-4417-1411404070-21-800x734.gif\" alt=\"Photo: Keely Flaherty / Buzzfeed\" width=\"800\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/anigif_longform-original-4417-1411404070-21-800x734.gif 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/anigif_longform-original-4417-1411404070-21-400x367.gif 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Keely Flaherty / \u003ca href=\"http://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/oy-with-the-pie-charts-already#.ilNWr6l9vQ\">Buzzfeed\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It didn't take long for the rivalry between Rory's boyfriends to come up. Both Jared Padalecki (Dean) and Matt Czuchry (Logan) admit they are Team Jess. Milo Ventimiglia (Jess) said he is Team Dean and added that \"Logan was a dick.\" Amen! Scott Patterson channeled Luke with the final word: \"None of you are good enough for Rory.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>They all really miss Edward Herrmann (Richard Gilmore).\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16674\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/8tOeZMO.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls cry gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"224\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amy Sherman-Palladino prepared a retrospective of Herrmann's best moments (he passed away last December). Bledel, Kelly Bishop (Emily Gilmore) and especially Graham were super emotional after watching it, wiping away tears. Sherman-Palladino spoke for the group: “It’s really crappy that he’s gone and we miss him so much.” Sherman-Palladino added that he was the first person in the cast to RSVP for the reunion panel. An empty leather armchair on the stage stood in honor of Herrmann.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Liza Weil (Paris) auditioned for Rory and was only supposed to be on the show for three episodes.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16664\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/52c0c5014685a045a8f7bd00f73c6e56.jpg\" alt=\"paris gif gilmore girls\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/52c0c5014685a045a8f7bd00f73c6e56.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/52c0c5014685a045a8f7bd00f73c6e56-400x294.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I went in and read for Rory and then I got a call and they were like 'They really liked you, but they don't think you're quite right, but...maybe they'll find something else for you to do.' I thought that was probably the end of it. And the show went and they wrote Paris and the younger version of myself was really freaked out that that's what they wrote. I just couldn't fathom that they would think that I could do that. Now I think it's very flattering and I'm really glad. It was supposed to just be three episodes and then it just kept going.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Dean was supposed to be Canadian.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16679\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_lorfswTBHS1qfr9tb.gif\" alt=\"dean gilmore girls gif\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was another Dean. A Canadian Dean. \u003cem>Two\u003c/em> Canadian Deans. Then we realized you gotta go American,” Sherman-Palladino said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lauren Graham (Lorelai) hates the show's last season just as much as you do.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16660\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/giphy-4.gif\" alt=\"lorelai gilmore girls gif\" width=\"495\" height=\"250\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For me, it didn’t end in a satisfying way. We weren’t sure it was the end. Amy wasn’t with us in the last season. It didn’t really end. It didn’t resolve satisfactorily.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Graham also didn't care for the episodes when Rory and Lorelai were estranged.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16670\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_inline_nnc4wkDVi11slrvm0_500.gif\" alt=\"lorelai gilmore girls gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I remember not liking it. I remember really struggling with it and feeling bad. It was personally difficult, as it should’ve been, as the actor and as the character. It was hard, but it set up something that was also important.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The studio really wanted Rory to have sex.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16661\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_lxqwnccvtm1qask1go1_500.gif\" alt=\"miss patty gilmore girls gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amy Sherman-Palladino remembers that the decision of when to have Rory lose her virginity was a bigger deal than the decision of when to let Luke and Lorelai be together. \"At the time, everybody on TV was just f*cking. I’m all for a bunch of little whores running around. We weren’t trying to make a statement. We were trying to play the truth of who she was. I didn’t want her to get drunk at a party and be like, ‘Woo, what happened?’ The studio was finally like, 'Seriously, she should have sex. What’s the deal, is she like a nun?'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Lauren Graham doesn't watch the show and has no idea why people keep quoting \"Oy with the poodles already!\"\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16662\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/351a4b40-b056-0131-1afd-42259db8d36d.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls poodles gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"316\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I haven’t watched myself on television since 1995. I’m not kidding. I don’t find it helpful.” Which explains why she doesn't have a favorite episode: \"I just don't remember.\" And why she is perplexed by the line that's most quoted to her by fans: \"Why did I say it and why did you like it so much?” Graham asked the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Amy Sherman-Palladino is not giving up those hallowed final four words anytime soon.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16671\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/06/tumblr_inline_mk236tAjYi1qz4rgp.gif\" alt=\"lorelai gilmore girls gif\" width=\"495\" height=\"300\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For a while, I thought, 'I'll just hold on to it in case.' And then I thought, Oh my god, I've held onto it for so long, it's a thing, it's going to let everyone down. Now I'm just being an a-hole. I'm holding on to it still because in my mind... who knows? But on my deathbed, I'll be like, '\u003ca href=\"http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/15/we-all-have-a-rosebud-in-our-pasts.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rosebud\u003c/a>.'\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graham doesn't know what the four words are and is OK with that. “I don’t wanna know unless either I’m saying them or I’m listening to someone say them on the show the way it was intended, otherwise I would feel sad to know what I wasn’t a part of,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Where do the actors see their characters now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cstrong>Scott Patterson:\u003c/strong> \u003c/strong>\"Luke has moved to a lake outside of town. He reopened Luke's diner and it's a bait-and-tackle shop. He sells camping gear as well. He fly-fishes in the nice weather.\" Graham interjects: \"Does he have a girlfriend?\" Patterson scrambles to correct his faux pas: \"Lorelai is coming out for a fishing lesson.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Lauren Graham: \u003c/strong>\"I think [Luke and Lorelai] are together, 100 percent. But I'm not fishing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Alexis Bledel:\u003c/strong> \"Rory would be a journalist. She'd still be on her highly ambitious career path post-academia.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kelly Bishop:\u003c/strong> \"I actually think if Richard were still with us, we would be pretty much in the same place. I think we were very comfortable with that life—the country clubs and all of that. Probably still fighting the battles. But now, Emily's a widow, so that's a whole other world, so I don't know where she is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Milo Ventimiglia:\u003c/strong> \"I think Jess is just out being Jess and walking away when too many people show up.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Keiko Agena:\u003c/strong> \"In my imagination, Lane is trying to figure out what kind of mom she wants to be. She wants to be Lorelai, but I think in her heart, she's really just a little Mrs. Kim. I hope she's still playing music with Hep Alien.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Yanic Truesdale:\u003c/strong> \"Well, it's a tough one for Michel, because I never really understood how he ended up in that town. But patronizing people for sure, somewhere. Maybe in an inn that he now owns or in Paris, because he couldn't deal with Americans anymore.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Liza Weil:\u003c/strong> \"I like to think Paris and Doyle are still together. I think they’re really well matched. 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"content": "\u003cp>Ever since \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> was abruptly yanked from airwaves back in 2007, fans have tried to forget the sloppy way the brilliant show ended through a mixture of repeated marathons of better seasons and sheer denial. Rumors of a movie or mini-season have bubbled up pretty consistently over the years, but never from the lips of someone actually connected to the show. Until now, that is!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Patterson, a.k.a. Luke \"Butch\" Danes, appeared on the \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gilmore-guys/id923957904\" target=\"_blank\">Gilmore Guys\u003c/a> podcast and had this to say:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“There are talks going on at the moment...So I’m hopeful, and you know, I’m in. I think it would be a big event, and I think it would be a great fan celebration. They deserve it. I think there’s a lot of territory left unexplored that we could explore in a limited series or a TV movie or feature film, whatever that may be. I think it really just comes down to the script. I think everybody would jump on board.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hold me!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We already know that most of the cast is set to reunite for a panel at next month's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/11/13/gilmore-girls-and-dawsons-creek-reunions-to-take-the-atx-tv-festival-stage/\" target=\"_blank\">ATX Television Festival\u003c/a>. Maybe they'll announce their master plan? Or just have the chance to make one?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we wait to find out, here's what this \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> fanatic needs from any future iteration of the show:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Give us the Luke and Lorelai wedding!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16501\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nodfgmLqat1qia7nbo1_500.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls lorelai luke wedding\" width=\"450\" height=\"196\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The writers and stars of \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> had no idea the last episode of Season 7 would be the last ever so what we're left with is an abrupt, vague, unsatisfying womp of an ending. Fans are most bitter about missing out on a Lorelai and Luke wedding, something that was years in the making. Any new season or movie will need to make that right with a flashback of some sort. 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Although not as cringe-worthy as \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em> (I dare you to count the number of gay panic jokes), \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> has its moments, like when Lorelai tells Luke, “We need to leave the country and have extensive plastic surgery and sex changes, both of us! So…we can kiss and not look funny.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These occasional gay jokes are the closest the show gets to having any LGBT visibility, as no character within the extensive cast is out. But some characters could be read as gay. There's Michel, the wise-cracking French concierge who loves Celine Dion and parties all night with Janet Jackson drag queens. And Gypsy, the unmarried auto mechanic. And Sookie’s midwife doula, Bruce.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>It's about time \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> got with the times and allowed gays to become more than just a punchline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Put Emily outside her comfort zone!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16503\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_n3a1uarKuf1tx9zcao1_500.jpg\" alt=\"emily gilmore girls\" width=\"500\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_n3a1uarKuf1tx9zcao1_500.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_n3a1uarKuf1tx9zcao1_500-400x559.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the passing of Edward Herrmann, Emily Gilmore would presumably either be divorced or a widow. This is an opportunity for her to fully commit to her \u003ca href=\"http://www.prettylittlegrub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/emily-gilmore-girls.gif\" target=\"_blank\">chain-smoking, dgaf alter ego\u003c/a>. Let's see what happens when she doesn't get her hair set every day and quits the DAR to dance with hot dudes at singles bars. Or maybe Richard leaves all his money to his lurking ex, Pennilyn Lott, and Emily has to move in with Lorelai! Yes, that's it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Allow Lane to enjoy something!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16504\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.45.23-PM-800x451.png\" alt=\"lane gilmore girls\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.45.23-PM-800x451.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.45.23-PM-400x226.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.45.23-PM-960x542.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.45.23-PM.png 1072w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lane, Rory's super cool, music-obsessed first-generation bestie, rebelled in early seasons: hiding CDs under her bedroom floorboards, kissing Seth Cohen from \u003cem>The OC\u003c/em> while clutching a Bible, and dyeing her hair purple in protest of her mother's suffocating expectations. But, as the show progressed, Lane ended up losing her nerve and became a martyr with a habit of settling for less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She agreed to attend a super Christian school that frowns on girls interacting with boys. She settled for Zach, an immature layabout. She only had sex once and didn't enjoy it and ended up pregnant with twins. And she settled for a best friend who doesn't keep in touch and only appears when she needs something.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After being relegated to the sidelines and treated like a mere afterthought by the show's writers for so long, it's time Lane got hers. Give the girl a storyline! Allow her to get her groove back!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>No more Logan!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16505\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/4383d1314cdc631d9b9e7ff81f4cee30.jpg\" alt=\"logan paris gilmore girls\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/4383d1314cdc631d9b9e7ff81f4cee30.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/4383d1314cdc631d9b9e7ff81f4cee30-400x298.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the beginning of the series, Rory was counter-culture, albeit in a goodie good sort of way. Enter Logan and all of a sudden she's hosting DAR functions and wearing pearls and not talking to her mom. Nothing good came from Logan's introduction and only good can come from his permanent exile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Put Jackson in jail!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16506\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.51.37-PM-800x453.png\" alt=\"jackson sookie gilmore girls\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.51.37-PM-800x453.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.51.37-PM-400x226.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.51.37-PM-960x544.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.51.37-PM.png 1065w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Melissa McCarthy's meteoric rise to fame (who would have thunk?), Sookie might not even be in the mix in a future \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> project. If she doesn't Olsen twin her way out of the reunion, I humbly request that her husband, Jackson, does not make an appearance. He might seem innocuous, but lest we forget the time he lied to his wife about getting a vasectomy in order to trick her into having more children than she wanted. The only way I want to see him is if the storyline involves Sookie taking him to court over that mess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Let's agree to forget April Nardini!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_16507\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-16507\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: The CW\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: The CW\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The show jumped the shark when it introduced Luke's secret love child, as a way to drive a wedge between Luke and Lorelai. Instead of creating an interesting tension, all it really achieved was infuriating fans and making Luke seem like a huge jerk. It was an unnecessary move deserving of a mindless soap opera, not our beloved whip-smart show. We don't need a reminder of these dark times. Let's not speak of her again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Do not even think about recasting anyone!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_16509\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-16509\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_lqg5jvXn4F1r1bmtso1_500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Stars Hollow Confessions\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_lqg5jvXn4F1r1bmtso1_500.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_lqg5jvXn4F1r1bmtso1_500-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://starshollowconfessions.tumblr.com/\">Stars Hollow Confessions\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The last thing the world needs is another Becky from \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> situation. During its run, \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> recast Mia, the hotel owner who gave Lorelai her first job, and it was really weird. Almost as weird as when the show cast Sherilyn Fenn in two separate roles. Just say no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Rory doesn't get back with an ex...unless it's Jess!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16510\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/gilmore-girls-jess-i-love-you-gif.gif\" alt=\"gilmore-girls-jess-i-love-you-gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"235\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've already mentioned that Logan should take\u003ca href=\"http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/8/31/14/enhanced-buzz-21393-1377974717-21.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"> his stupid rocket gift\u003c/a> and be gone. Dean also can't sit with us. He was an okay first boyfriend (he built her a car!), but he was also jealous, needy and controlling. Rory needs to move on from these zeroes and get with a hero, probably someone brand new...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>...unless it's Jess. Yes, he was bratty at times, but his chemistry with Rory is unparalleled and he was the only guy who truly understood her. By the end of the show, he had calmed down and emotionally matured, on his way to becoming the Dave Eggers of Philadelphia. He tried to make things right with Rory several times, but she was too blinded by Logan's privilege to take it seriously. Now could be their moment! 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While we wait to find out, here's what this \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> fanatic needs from any future iteration of the show:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Give us the Luke and Lorelai wedding!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16501\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nodfgmLqat1qia7nbo1_500.gif\" alt=\"gilmore girls lorelai luke wedding\" width=\"450\" height=\"196\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The writers and stars of \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> had no idea the last episode of Season 7 would be the last ever so what we're left with is an abrupt, vague, unsatisfying womp of an ending. Fans are most bitter about missing out on a Lorelai and Luke wedding, something that was years in the making. Any new season or movie will need to make that right with a flashback of some sort. Or maybe we didn't miss the wedding? Picture it: L&L hold out for all these years because, like Angie and Brad Pitt, they wanted to wait until all gays could also get married. Speaking of the gays...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Let Michel (and others) be gay!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16502\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_lv7a2dMCaB1r764kuo1_500.png\" alt=\"michel gilmore girls gay\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_lv7a2dMCaB1r764kuo1_500.png 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_lv7a2dMCaB1r764kuo1_500-400x480.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Lorelai and Rory seem to be pretty progressive, the show itself is a bit tone-deaf when it comes to LGBT issues. Although not as cringe-worthy as \u003cem>Friends\u003c/em> (I dare you to count the number of gay panic jokes), \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> has its moments, like when Lorelai tells Luke, “We need to leave the country and have extensive plastic surgery and sex changes, both of us! So…we can kiss and not look funny.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These occasional gay jokes are the closest the show gets to having any LGBT visibility, as no character within the extensive cast is out. But some characters could be read as gay. There's Michel, the wise-cracking French concierge who loves Celine Dion and parties all night with Janet Jackson drag queens. And Gypsy, the unmarried auto mechanic. And Sookie’s midwife doula, Bruce.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>It's about time \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> got with the times and allowed gays to become more than just a punchline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Put Emily outside her comfort zone!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16503\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_n3a1uarKuf1tx9zcao1_500.jpg\" alt=\"emily gilmore girls\" width=\"500\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_n3a1uarKuf1tx9zcao1_500.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_n3a1uarKuf1tx9zcao1_500-400x559.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the passing of Edward Herrmann, Emily Gilmore would presumably either be divorced or a widow. This is an opportunity for her to fully commit to her \u003ca href=\"http://www.prettylittlegrub.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/emily-gilmore-girls.gif\" target=\"_blank\">chain-smoking, dgaf alter ego\u003c/a>. Let's see what happens when she doesn't get her hair set every day and quits the DAR to dance with hot dudes at singles bars. Or maybe Richard leaves all his money to his lurking ex, Pennilyn Lott, and Emily has to move in with Lorelai! Yes, that's it!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Allow Lane to enjoy something!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16504\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.45.23-PM-800x451.png\" alt=\"lane gilmore girls\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.45.23-PM-800x451.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.45.23-PM-400x226.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.45.23-PM-960x542.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.45.23-PM.png 1072w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lane, Rory's super cool, music-obsessed first-generation bestie, rebelled in early seasons: hiding CDs under her bedroom floorboards, kissing Seth Cohen from \u003cem>The OC\u003c/em> while clutching a Bible, and dyeing her hair purple in protest of her mother's suffocating expectations. But, as the show progressed, Lane ended up losing her nerve and became a martyr with a habit of settling for less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She agreed to attend a super Christian school that frowns on girls interacting with boys. She settled for Zach, an immature layabout. She only had sex once and didn't enjoy it and ended up pregnant with twins. And she settled for a best friend who doesn't keep in touch and only appears when she needs something.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After being relegated to the sidelines and treated like a mere afterthought by the show's writers for so long, it's time Lane got hers. Give the girl a storyline! Allow her to get her groove back!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>No more Logan!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16505\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/4383d1314cdc631d9b9e7ff81f4cee30.jpg\" alt=\"logan paris gilmore girls\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/4383d1314cdc631d9b9e7ff81f4cee30.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/4383d1314cdc631d9b9e7ff81f4cee30-400x298.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the beginning of the series, Rory was counter-culture, albeit in a goodie good sort of way. Enter Logan and all of a sudden she's hosting DAR functions and wearing pearls and not talking to her mom. Nothing good came from Logan's introduction and only good can come from his permanent exile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Put Jackson in jail!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16506\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.51.37-PM-800x453.png\" alt=\"jackson sookie gilmore girls\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.51.37-PM-800x453.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.51.37-PM-400x226.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.51.37-PM-960x544.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/Screen-Shot-2015-05-28-at-3.51.37-PM.png 1065w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Melissa McCarthy's meteoric rise to fame (who would have thunk?), Sookie might not even be in the mix in a future \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> project. If she doesn't Olsen twin her way out of the reunion, I humbly request that her husband, Jackson, does not make an appearance. He might seem innocuous, but lest we forget the time he lied to his wife about getting a vasectomy in order to trick her into having more children than she wanted. The only way I want to see him is if the storyline involves Sookie taking him to court over that mess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Let's agree to forget April Nardini!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_16507\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-16507\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: The CW\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_nhx76mjVwB1u2vffeo1_400-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: The CW\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The show jumped the shark when it introduced Luke's secret love child, as a way to drive a wedge between Luke and Lorelai. Instead of creating an interesting tension, all it really achieved was infuriating fans and making Luke seem like a huge jerk. It was an unnecessary move deserving of a mindless soap opera, not our beloved whip-smart show. We don't need a reminder of these dark times. Let's not speak of her again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Do not even think about recasting anyone!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_16509\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-16509\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_lqg5jvXn4F1r1bmtso1_500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Stars Hollow Confessions\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_lqg5jvXn4F1r1bmtso1_500.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/tumblr_lqg5jvXn4F1r1bmtso1_500-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"http://starshollowconfessions.tumblr.com/\">Stars Hollow Confessions\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The last thing the world needs is another Becky from \u003cem>Roseanne\u003c/em> situation. During its run, \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em> recast Mia, the hotel owner who gave Lorelai her first job, and it was really weird. Almost as weird as when the show cast Sherilyn Fenn in two separate roles. Just say no.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Rory doesn't get back with an ex...unless it's Jess!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16510\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/gilmore-girls-jess-i-love-you-gif.gif\" alt=\"gilmore-girls-jess-i-love-you-gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"235\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I've already mentioned that Logan should take\u003ca href=\"http://ak-hdl.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/8/31/14/enhanced-buzz-21393-1377974717-21.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"> his stupid rocket gift\u003c/a> and be gone. Dean also can't sit with us. He was an okay first boyfriend (he built her a car!), but he was also jealous, needy and controlling. Rory needs to move on from these zeroes and get with a hero, probably someone brand new...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>...unless it's Jess. Yes, he was bratty at times, but his chemistry with Rory is unparalleled and he was the only guy who truly understood her. By the end of the show, he had calmed down and emotionally matured, on his way to becoming the Dave Eggers of Philadelphia. He tried to make things right with Rory several times, but she was too blinded by Logan's privilege to take it seriously. Now could be their moment! (Prediction: we're all a few minutes away from Google image searching lots of pictures of Milo Ventimiglia.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Please include the hallowed final four words!\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13735\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2014/10/tumblr_mj5vciwgyZ1qfhvpzo1_250.gif\" alt=\"lorelai gilmore girls\" width=\"245\" height=\"200\">\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Show-runner Amy Sherman-Palladino has teased that she has known the final four words of the show since its early days, but we never got to find out what they were. Any movie or future season obviously needs to include them and give us the ending that we deserve. Make it so, arc that bends towards justice!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>What do you hope to see in a future Gilmore Girls reunion? 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/moms/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4562\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4562\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms.jpg\" alt=\"moms\" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms-400x307.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mothers' Day is right around the corner, a day about finally remembering to return your mom's phone calls and crafting bad macaroni art that expresses your appreciation for her. It's also a day to remember those other women that helped mold you into the dazzling creature you have become. No, I'm not talking about your first grade teacher or your great grandmother (although I'm sure they're really spectacular women); I'm talking about those fictional moms that made an impact through television or movies, the ones that you sometimes wished were your mom and the ones that made you thankful for your own. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the most frightening and most beloved fictional mothers in the history of forever:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">THE FRIGHTENING\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Joan Crawford: \u003cem>Mommie Dearest\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://fromthemotionpicture.tumblr.com/post/49469238690\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/a43f4285035cd43c23f2c8754124d58e/tumblr_mm71voymc11r1ult6o1_400.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://fromthemotionpicture.tumblr.com/post/49469238690\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joan Crawford isn't technically a fictional character, but there is some dispute over how accurate her daughter's depiction of her is so I say it counts (also, why would we forgo any opportunity to talk about Joan Crawford?). So we all know that Joan is \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkE9qaVgmo\">not a huge fan of wire hangers\u003c/a> (who is really?), but that's the least of it. Crawford also ties her son to his bed, says \"I'd rather you go bald to school than looking like a tramp!\" while cutting off her daughter's hair, forces her daughter to stay at the dinner table overnight until she finishes her undercooked steak, says \"YOU LOVE TO MAKE ME HIT YOU!\" while slapping her daughter in front of a reporter, and then leaves them both out of her will. Way harsh, Tai.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Margaret White: \u003cem>Carrie\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ofallbadthings.tumblr.com/post/28501459084\">\u003cimg src=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjp4xzMiO1r0m8k0.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://ofallbadthings.tumblr.com/post/28501459084\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some teens lock themselves in their rooms and write bad poetry about how \u003cem>absolutely horrible\u003c/em> their mother is for grounding them or taking away phone privileges or whatever. These whiners obviously haven't seen \u003cem>Carrie\u003c/em>, a movie that makes most mothers look as gentle as \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A276_8XeLgE\">Dumbo's mom\u003c/a>. Margaret White has a lot of opinions on what is suitable behavior for her daughter, Carrie. Let's go over some of them: she should never wear red (that's for hell-bound whores), she should only refer to her breasts as \"dirty pillows,\" she should think of pimples as \"the Lord's way of chastising you,\" she should pray and ask forgiveness for her sinful period, she should be cool with getting tea thrown in her face, and she should heed the mantra: \"They're all going to laugh at you!\" It's enough to make anyone become a pyromaniac murderer!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Mary Jones: \u003cem>Precious\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/precious_movie_trailer/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4551\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4551\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/Precious_Movie_Trailer.gif\" alt=\"Precious_Movie_Trailer\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there's a degree of campy comedy to Joan Crawford and Margaret White, there's nothing funny about Mary Jones (\u003ca href=\"http://www.bontheball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/monique1.gif\">except maybe this genius creation\u003c/a>). Not only does she facilitate her daughter's sexual abuse, Mary also mentally abuses her and tries to drop a television on her head. The only capable person to negotiate a train wreck like this is a social worker played by \u003ca href=\"http://www.gifbin.com/bin/072009/1248777391_mariah-carey-pitch-fail.gif\">Mariah Carey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Betty Draper: \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 398px\">\u003ca href=\"http://sonainthecity.wordpress.com/tag/peggy-olson/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://i42.tinypic.com/2uizvrl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://sonainthecity.wordpress.com/tag/peggy-olson/\">Sonainthecity\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Remember that time when you were a real brat during your puberty era? Well, Betty Draper seems to have gotten stuck there. She's petulant, self-involved and never satisfied, all characteristics that keep her from being a good mother. Like when Sally showed up \u003ca href=\"https://kaydubya.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/sally-draper-bag.gif\">wearing a plastic dry cleaning bag over her head\u003c/a> and Betty warned that the clothes better not be in a pile somewhere. Or when she told Bobby to go bang his head against a wall after he said he was bored. Or when she dragged Sally into a closet and locked her inside (\"You're hurting me!\" \"Good!\"). You get the picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">THE BELOVED\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Clair Huxtable: \u003cem>The Cosby Show\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/tumblr_inline_mz6ir0snvo1qas84s/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12095\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_inline_mz6ir0sNVo1qas84s.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_inline_mz6ir0sNVo1qas84s\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12095\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Beyonce had the trademark on being perfect, it was all Clair Huxtable, a tough, elegant lawyer and mother of five children. While her husband believes he holds the power in the household, it's usually Clair who gets to the bottom of things with \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYpVzc3qunE\">a lecture about why you can't just run off to Baltimore without permission\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpEj00g9CyE\">a perfect lesson on feminism\u003c/a> (if you only click on one link for the rest of your life, let it be this one).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Molly Weasley: \u003cem>Harry Potter\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://iminlovewithamuggle.tumblr.com/post/40699505790\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/72c532b114ca76b06d55fc4128548f29/tumblr_mgqig5SH8f1r0wg85o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"208\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://iminlovewithamuggle.tumblr.com/post/40699505790\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The epitome of a mother hen, Molly Weasley is an encouraging, doting mother, who loves to make everyone feel at ease, despite, you know, the world possibly ending and everyone dropping dead and all of that jazz. But that doesn't mean she's just a domestic goddess; she will kill your ass if you threaten one of her children (see animated gif above).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Lorelai Gilmore: \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://aslongasyouremine.tumblr.com/post/45045087163\">\u003cimg src=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef69964e218ed9d7c2cb60e04bf4d4ed/tumblr_mjb1fxzS9L1qdvxb9o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://aslongasyouremine.tumblr.com/post/45045087163\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Best fictional mom? Duh. Best fictional TV character ever? Quite possibly! Lorelai Gilmore is an impressive mom for more reasons than I can get into at the moment, but here are a few:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>named her daughter after herself because a. men do it all the time and b. why not?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>left a life of privilege with a baby in tow at the age of 16 and worked her way up from a maid at an inn to running the joint.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>put aside her pride and made a deal with her estranged parents to send her daughter to a good prep school.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>provided a sanctuary away from a scary religious Korean mother for her daughter's best friend.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1kcyfK53F1qzzgmo.gif\">sang \"Wind Beneath My Wings\" by Bette Middler\u003c/a> instead of getting upset after finding out her underage daughter attended a kegger and was the cause of severe property damage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>did not kill her daughter when she dropped out of college and stole a boat.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But the best way to sum up the greatness of Lorelai Gilmore (apart from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/10/01/gilmore-girls-netflix-10-best-episodes-binge-watch-marathon/\">rewatching the entire series\u003c/a> every year which I totally do) is through her daughter's valedictorian speech (grab a tissue!):\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfCYKe5SxQE\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Queen Mother: \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.icantbelieveitsalawblog.com/post/49798293628/based-on-this-promo-scene-alone-you-would-have\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/a946d6feea2865427e5cfac67b6dfb5d/tumblr_mk9vij5q8V1qcga5ro1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.icantbelieveitsalawblog.com/post/49798293628/based-on-this-promo-scene-alone-you-would-have\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Take Molly Weasley's protective vibe and multiply it by 7000 (plus buckets of slime saliva) and you get the Queen Mother from \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>. Sure, she's frightening and monstrous and mutilates everyone who crosses her path, but she has her reasons! They pose a risk to her babies and she is not having any of that. No one said being maternal was always pretty.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Lucille Bluth: \u003cem>Arrested Development\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/arrested-development-jessica-walter-talks-about-5-classic-lucille-bluth-gifs.html\">\u003cimg src=\"http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2013/03/07/07-lucille-thirsty.o.jpg/a_560x0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/arrested-development-jessica-walter-talks-about-5-classic-lucille-bluth-gifs.html\">Vulture\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sure, she has \u003ca href=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc2i5ocjDe1qhr84co1_500.gif\">a pill problem\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m04cy5VQYF1qzlvmi.gif\">drinks before most people wake up in the morning\u003c/a> and is real about \u003ca href=\"http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/arrested-development-season1-epsidoe-1-pilot-lucille-2.gif\">not particularly liking some of her children\u003c/a>, but somehow all of that doesn't keep us from falling in love with Lucille every time she's on screen. Maybe she's not one to help you with your geometry homework or pack you a healthy, well-balanced lunch, but you should really be doing that for yourself anyway. \u003ca href=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpe9854My1qf6r53o1_500.gif\">Cheers and winks\u003c/a> to this wonderful woman!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there you have it, ladies and gentleman! Which fictional moms would make your list? And when are you going to call your mom? (Answer: right now).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>A version of this story was \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/\">originally published in 2013\u003c/a>.\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/moms/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4562\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4562\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms.jpg\" alt=\"moms\" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/moms-400x307.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mothers' Day is right around the corner, a day about finally remembering to return your mom's phone calls and crafting bad macaroni art that expresses your appreciation for her. It's also a day to remember those other women that helped mold you into the dazzling creature you have become. No, I'm not talking about your first grade teacher or your great grandmother (although I'm sure they're really spectacular women); I'm talking about those fictional moms that made an impact through television or movies, the ones that you sometimes wished were your mom and the ones that made you thankful for your own. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are the most frightening and most beloved fictional mothers in the history of forever:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">THE FRIGHTENING\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Joan Crawford: \u003cem>Mommie Dearest\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003ca href=\"http://fromthemotionpicture.tumblr.com/post/49469238690\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/a43f4285035cd43c23f2c8754124d58e/tumblr_mm71voymc11r1ult6o1_400.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"224\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://fromthemotionpicture.tumblr.com/post/49469238690\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Joan Crawford isn't technically a fictional character, but there is some dispute over how accurate her daughter's depiction of her is so I say it counts (also, why would we forgo any opportunity to talk about Joan Crawford?). So we all know that Joan is \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkE9qaVgmo\">not a huge fan of wire hangers\u003c/a> (who is really?), but that's the least of it. Crawford also ties her son to his bed, says \"I'd rather you go bald to school than looking like a tramp!\" while cutting off her daughter's hair, forces her daughter to stay at the dinner table overnight until she finishes her undercooked steak, says \"YOU LOVE TO MAKE ME HIT YOU!\" while slapping her daughter in front of a reporter, and then leaves them both out of her will. Way harsh, Tai.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Margaret White: \u003cem>Carrie\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ofallbadthings.tumblr.com/post/28501459084\">\u003cimg src=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdjp4xzMiO1r0m8k0.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://ofallbadthings.tumblr.com/post/28501459084\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some teens lock themselves in their rooms and write bad poetry about how \u003cem>absolutely horrible\u003c/em> their mother is for grounding them or taking away phone privileges or whatever. These whiners obviously haven't seen \u003cem>Carrie\u003c/em>, a movie that makes most mothers look as gentle as \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A276_8XeLgE\">Dumbo's mom\u003c/a>. Margaret White has a lot of opinions on what is suitable behavior for her daughter, Carrie. Let's go over some of them: she should never wear red (that's for hell-bound whores), she should only refer to her breasts as \"dirty pillows,\" she should think of pimples as \"the Lord's way of chastising you,\" she should pray and ask forgiveness for her sinful period, she should be cool with getting tea thrown in her face, and she should heed the mantra: \"They're all going to laugh at you!\" It's enough to make anyone become a pyromaniac murderer!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Mary Jones: \u003cem>Precious\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/precious_movie_trailer/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4551\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4551\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/Precious_Movie_Trailer.gif\" alt=\"Precious_Movie_Trailer\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there's a degree of campy comedy to Joan Crawford and Margaret White, there's nothing funny about Mary Jones (\u003ca href=\"http://www.bontheball.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/monique1.gif\">except maybe this genius creation\u003c/a>). Not only does she facilitate her daughter's sexual abuse, Mary also mentally abuses her and tries to drop a television on her head. The only capable person to negotiate a train wreck like this is a social worker played by \u003ca href=\"http://www.gifbin.com/bin/072009/1248777391_mariah-carey-pitch-fail.gif\">Mariah Carey\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Betty Draper: \u003cem>Mad Men\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 398px\">\u003ca href=\"http://sonainthecity.wordpress.com/tag/peggy-olson/\">\u003cimg src=\"http://i42.tinypic.com/2uizvrl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"240\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://sonainthecity.wordpress.com/tag/peggy-olson/\">Sonainthecity\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Remember that time when you were a real brat during your puberty era? Well, Betty Draper seems to have gotten stuck there. She's petulant, self-involved and never satisfied, all characteristics that keep her from being a good mother. Like when Sally showed up \u003ca href=\"https://kaydubya.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/sally-draper-bag.gif\">wearing a plastic dry cleaning bag over her head\u003c/a> and Betty warned that the clothes better not be in a pile somewhere. Or when she told Bobby to go bang his head against a wall after he said he was bored. Or when she dragged Sally into a closet and locked her inside (\"You're hurting me!\" \"Good!\"). You get the picture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">THE BELOVED\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Clair Huxtable: \u003cem>The Cosby Show\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/pop/2013/05/08/fictional-moms-who-frighten-us-and-ones-we-love/tumblr_inline_mz6ir0snvo1qas84s/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12095\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/05/tumblr_inline_mz6ir0sNVo1qas84s.gif\" alt=\"tumblr_inline_mz6ir0sNVo1qas84s\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12095\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before Beyonce had the trademark on being perfect, it was all Clair Huxtable, a tough, elegant lawyer and mother of five children. While her husband believes he holds the power in the household, it's usually Clair who gets to the bottom of things with \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYpVzc3qunE\">a lecture about why you can't just run off to Baltimore without permission\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpEj00g9CyE\">a perfect lesson on feminism\u003c/a> (if you only click on one link for the rest of your life, let it be this one).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Molly Weasley: \u003cem>Harry Potter\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://iminlovewithamuggle.tumblr.com/post/40699505790\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/72c532b114ca76b06d55fc4128548f29/tumblr_mgqig5SH8f1r0wg85o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"208\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://iminlovewithamuggle.tumblr.com/post/40699505790\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The epitome of a mother hen, Molly Weasley is an encouraging, doting mother, who loves to make everyone feel at ease, despite, you know, the world possibly ending and everyone dropping dead and all of that jazz. But that doesn't mean she's just a domestic goddess; she will kill your ass if you threaten one of her children (see animated gif above).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Lorelai Gilmore: \u003cem>Gilmore Girls\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://aslongasyouremine.tumblr.com/post/45045087163\">\u003cimg src=\"http://25.media.tumblr.com/ef69964e218ed9d7c2cb60e04bf4d4ed/tumblr_mjb1fxzS9L1qdvxb9o1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://aslongasyouremine.tumblr.com/post/45045087163\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Best fictional mom? Duh. Best fictional TV character ever? Quite possibly! Lorelai Gilmore is an impressive mom for more reasons than I can get into at the moment, but here are a few:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>named her daughter after herself because a. men do it all the time and b. why not?\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>left a life of privilege with a baby in tow at the age of 16 and worked her way up from a maid at an inn to running the joint.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>put aside her pride and made a deal with her estranged parents to send her daughter to a good prep school.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>provided a sanctuary away from a scary religious Korean mother for her daughter's best friend.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1kcyfK53F1qzzgmo.gif\">sang \"Wind Beneath My Wings\" by Bette Middler\u003c/a> instead of getting upset after finding out her underage daughter attended a kegger and was the cause of severe property damage.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>did not kill her daughter when she dropped out of college and stole a boat.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>But the best way to sum up the greatness of Lorelai Gilmore (apart from \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2014/10/01/gilmore-girls-netflix-10-best-episodes-binge-watch-marathon/\">rewatching the entire series\u003c/a> every year which I totally do) is through her daughter's valedictorian speech (grab a tissue!):\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/JfCYKe5SxQE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/JfCYKe5SxQE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003c/h2>\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center\">SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center\">Queen Mother: \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.icantbelieveitsalawblog.com/post/49798293628/based-on-this-promo-scene-alone-you-would-have\">\u003cimg src=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/a946d6feea2865427e5cfac67b6dfb5d/tumblr_mk9vij5q8V1qcga5ro1_500.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.icantbelieveitsalawblog.com/post/49798293628/based-on-this-promo-scene-alone-you-would-have\">Tumblr\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Take Molly Weasley's protective vibe and multiply it by 7000 (plus buckets of slime saliva) and you get the Queen Mother from \u003cem>Alien\u003c/em>. Sure, she's frightening and monstrous and mutilates everyone who crosses her path, but she has her reasons! They pose a risk to her babies and she is not having any of that. 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Maybe she's not one to help you with your geometry homework or pack you a healthy, well-balanced lunch, but you should really be doing that for yourself anyway. \u003ca href=\"http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltpe9854My1qf6r53o1_500.gif\">Cheers and winks\u003c/a> to this wonderful woman!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And there you have it, ladies and gentleman! Which fictional moms would make your list? And when are you going to call your mom? (Answer: right now).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16230\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY.jpg\" alt=\"MOTHERz DAY\" width=\"519\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY.jpg 519w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2015/05/MOTHERz-DAY-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cultural debate over having kids vs. not having kids \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/style/no-kids-for-me-thanks.html\">continues strong\u003c/a>, with impassioned think pieces, statistics and the word \"selfish\" bandied about in both directions (even \u003ca href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/11/pope-francis-the-choice-to-not-have-children-is-selfish\">the Pope \u003c/a>has weighed in!). I used to read these articles with some interest, as if they might hold answers for my own profound ambivalence on the matter, but I do so less these days. It turns out, of course, the answer isn't there, and the whole discussion begins to feel a little bit noisy after a while. It's all more personal than this giant public display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are a lot of complicated decisions in our lives, ones that take a really long time to make and matter a great deal. Then there are the narratives spinning around us as we do. This happens in a very particular sort of way for women, with a lot of judgement and rules. Our real life decisions and roles are complicated and \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2015/01/30/382428335/are-we-having-fun-yet-new-book-explores-the-paradox-of-parenting\">full of paradox\u003c/a> and our popular culture ought to reflect that, rather than simplify or dictate.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">We believe mothers embody certain characteristics or they ought to. They are either meant to be earth mamas knitting booties on a loom or harried soccer moms in ads for laundry detergent.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The photographer Sally Mann's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/magazine/the-cost-of-sally-manns-exposure.html\">recent essay\u003c/a> in \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> got me thinking about all the rules women must follow, both those shouted loudly from the rooftops and those sneakily, silently believed in the darkest parts of our hearts. We believe mothers embody certain characteristics or they ought to. They are either meant to be earth mamas knitting booties on a loom or harried soccer moms in ads for laundry detergent. They are barren witches or asexual caretakers with no desires of their own. They take naturally to the role of mother as they should or they are stricken by disconnect and a failure of their biology and femininity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Mann's essay, she eloquently, and somewhat defensively, discusses being both an artist and a mother, how the critiques of the former intersected with those of the latter. She \u003ca href=\"http://sallymann.com/selected-works/family-pictures\">famously photographed\u003c/a> her young children on their Virginia farm, which caused some serious hoopla over what some deemed the indecent and pornographic quality of the images. Mann's essay describes the controversy with insight and clarity for the most part, but the claims of those branding her a bad mother clearly rile her. And we do seem particularly ready, as a collective, to label mothers one thing or another, too much of this or not enough of that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite its soapy ridiculousness, the country soap \u003cem>Nashville\u003c/em> sometimes reflects some surprisingly accurate versions of ourselves, albeit in the guise of country music stars. A recent storyline has former country starlet Juliette Barnes struggling with a postpartum yearning for country music fame, rooftop concerts, and elevator sex, instead of longing for mother-daughter bonding and bliss with her new baby. The scenes where the baby cries, and Juliette's face gets all cold, and she wants to go to a party instead sort of give me a wonderful thrill. And not because I'm rooting for the darkness, but because I think the darkness needs to be illuminated a little bit more.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">Being a mother is really, really hard sometimes. As with a lot we don’t readily admit, it seems that just saying this out loud is a great place to start.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I hope this is the only place on the internet where \u003cem>Nashville\u003c/em> and \u003cem>The Babadook\u003c/em> are uttered in the same sentence, but there's an important thread connecting them. \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/12/meet-jennifer-kent-director-of-the-babadook.html\">The Babadook\u003c/a> \u003c/em>inspired Anthony Lane of \u003cem>The New Yorker\u003c/em> to declare, \"Let a law be passed, requiring all \u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/11/horror_movies_about_mothers_and_children_the_babadook_lyle_and_other_films.html\">horror films\u003c/a> to be made by female directors.\" \u003cem>The Babadook\u003c/em> is an entirely discomfiting look at motherhood. It examines the all-consuming nature of grief, the sometimes totally annoying demands of a child, and how a mother's identity fits into those heavy things, exploring whether she will even survive. All of this leads to an admission: being a mother is really, really hard sometimes. As with a lot we don't readily admit, it seems that just saying this out loud is a great place to start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Personal essays often seem to be where the complexities of motherhood begin to get the attention they deserve, where some of the tropes break down and make room for more interesting details. Ayelet Waldman's \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/27/fashion/27love.html?_r=0\">controversial essay\u003c/a> from 10 years ago is a good example, in which she states that she loves her husband more than her children, and subsequently \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/04/AR2009050403451.html?sid=ST2009050802521\">caused the world to freak out.\u003c/a> I appreciate her willingness to thoughtfully explore an unpopular point of view and her reminder that there are countless experiences of love and motherhood. She writes:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\"And if my children resent having been moons rather than the sun? If they berate me for not having loved them enough? If they call me a bad mother?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>I will tell them that I wish for them a love like I have for their father. I will tell them that they are my children, and they deserve both to love and be loved like that. I will tell them to settle for nothing less than what they saw when they looked at me, looking at him.\"\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is also the amazing Megan Daum, whose \u003ca href=\"http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/29/difference-maker\">essay\u003c/a> on social work, miscarriages, and the decision to be a mother (or not) is one of the most interesting things I've read in a long time, about any subject. Much like Waldman's piece, I felt grateful and reassured by the voice of a woman so truly and specifically sharing her individual experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ditto Maggie Nelson's \u003ca href=\"http://harpers.org/archive/2015/04/in-the-pain-cavern/\">essay\u003c/a> on childbirth, which mixes transcendence and death in equal measure. She considers the idea of childbirth as a way to feel a certain closeness with death. At first glance, it might seem like a morbid notion, but I don't think it is. We are born and we will die. It makes sense that a woman deeply engaged in the act of giving birth would be profoundly, physiologically reminded of the counter-pose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My own mom once told me that, when I was first born, she cried because she realized that someday I would die. Who among us might know that in their bones more than our mothers? It isn't sweet or sentimental, it isn't an ad for laundry detergent, or a lifestyle blog with a handmade bassinet, or a pink glittered card to send on one day of the year. It's far darker, deeper, and more profound than all that. It's much more about love. We should all be willing to tell these stories, and we should all want to listen.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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