Call Me A Dame Again (Gilmore Girls with Jaclyn Barker)

I'll Be There For You

CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes brief references to sexual trauma. If you wish to avoid this subject matter, discussion begins around 16:00 and ends around 18:30.

Pour the coffee and turn up the Carole King, it's time for our Gilmore Girls episode! Chicago comedian and storyteller Jaclyn Barker recounts returning to the comfort of Stars Hollow after the 2016 election, and how the revival impacted her.

Topics include: Dames, Amy Sherman-Palladino, the comfort of Stars Hollow, mother-daughter dynamics, post-election fallout, why Emily Gilmore deserves the world, Paris Geller's righteous anger, fanservice vs. wish fulfillment, the Gilmore Guys podcast, link-sharing as love language and more

Some great further reading on the revival, courtesy of Jaclyn:

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gilmore-girls-netflix-revival-offered-us-marines-in-iraq-war-ecapism/
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/11/28/what-the-gilmore-guys-thought-of-the-gilmore-girls-revival/?utm_term=.4983bf0172c1&noredirect=on
• https://news.avclub.com/the-gilmore-guys-finally-meet-the-gilmore-girls-1798254598
• http://time.com/4578044/gilmore-guys-podcast-gilmore-girls/

You can follow Jaclyn on Twitter at @KangarooJaclyn.

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