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I really enjoyed reading “Riding the Third Wave: The Multiple Feminisms of Gilmore Girls” by Francesca Gamber. Although I didn’t follow the show religiously, I did tend to watch reruns after school. I always enjoyed the show, but I never looked at it critically. This essay provided an incredibly interesting, and for me, innovative approach to Gilmore Girls.I feel like this essay allowed me to have a more enriched viewing experience during the screening. I had seen both of the episodes a few times, but I found them just as intriguing (if not more so), viewing them through the filter of Gamber’s essay. While viewing those episodes, I had to wonder: “How have I never applied feminism to this show?” It proved to me how truly passive one can view a show. I accepted the jokes, the multi-generational differences and struggles, the quips and side remarks, all at face value. It was interesting to view Rory as this symbolic feminist hybrid of Emily and Lorelai. Because Rory really isn’t a hybrid; she is obviously influenced by Emily and Lorelai, and she incorporates facets of each into her own actions and ideals, but she manages to be something very original and true to herself. To see Rory as a physical embodiment of the Third Wave, allows for a very positive interpretation of the “movement” (if you can call it that). Like the millennial generation, the Third Wave (as embodied by Rory) does not seem to be overly concerned in hard-fast definitions and categorizations. Rather, it seems to be more concerned with finding something that feels authentic and fluid.