S1E27 - TV Spotlight: Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)

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Marxists at the Movies

Marxists At The Movies

38 episodes

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Marxists at the Movies is a radical media podcast from CineMarch Media 🎥🔨 Hosted by Edward Michael Francis (they/them/theirs) Each week, we dissect one film, TV, music, books, and gaming through a communist lens—unpacking labor, class, queer subtext, and unintentional revolutionary messaging in mainstream cinema. From camp classics to capitalist cautionary tales, we read between the reels to expose what the script doesn’t tell you 📽️🌹 New episodes drop every Saturday on Patreon, then publicly on Wednesday Visit www.cinemarchmedia.com and patreon.com/cinemarchmedia for more information.

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S1E27 - TV Spotlight: Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)

Marxists at the Movies

33 minutes 41 seconds

3 months ago

S1E27 - TV Spotlight: Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)

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Bougie! Bougie! Bougie: Gilmore Girls (2000–2007) and the False, Cozy Promise of Liberal Feminism

In this TV Spotlight episode of Marxists at the Movies, we head to Stars Hollow to unpack one of the most beloved—and most politically misleading—shows of the early 2000s. Gilmore Girls sells itself as progressive, feminist, and charmingly offbeat. But underneath the coffee and quips lies a deeply bougie fantasy rooted in wealth, whiteness, and neoliberal values.

We dig into mother-daughter mythology, the erasure of labor, class performance, and how a show this snappy can still reinforce everything it claims to subvert.

This isn’t about nitpicking your comfort show. It’s about asking why it feels so good—and what that comfort is really made of.#MarxistsAtTheMovies #CineMarchMedia #GilmoreGirls #StarsHollow #LiberalFeminism #TVCriticism #LeftistMediaAnalysis #PodcastEpisode #MediaCritique #MarxistPerspective #MotherDaughterMyth #NeoliberalFantasy #PopCultureAnalysis #CommunistPodcast #IndiePodcast #PodcastLife