A family of two is not any less of a family. A family like mine no longer felt incomplete. With Mother’s Day fast approaching, I can’t help but think about how the year 2015 changed my life, not because I shaved my head (which I did), but because the television show “Gilmore Girls” resurfaced on […]
When I look around at my own 30-something group, it’s clear that it’s not lack of reason (pregnancy or otherwise) that’s keeping us from “getting our lives together.” It’s that we are literally not being allowed to do so. I was the same age as Rory when “Gilmore Girls” premiered back in October 2000—about to […]
I want to see Gilmore Girls resist cultural taboos that tell women we need men in order to be affirmed or successful, or that a family absent of men is somehow less of a family than one composed solely of women. My mother died in April 2002, the same week cherry tree blossoms unfurled outside […]
My father passed away three years ago, but remembering his secrets and the ones I shared with him keep me connected to him. Father’s Day is this Sunday, and I’ve been thinking about my dad a lot. He passed away a little over three years ago, so this is my family’s fourth Father’s Day without him. My […]
