shows in netflix's library when i realized that gossip girl wasn't on uk netflix that was no problemo because all i needed to do was use expressvpn to change to french netflix duseka to men if you want to unlock more shows and movies to watch and protect your network data go to URL_TOKEN tara mooney and find out how you can get three months of expressvpn for free thank you expressvpn for sponsoring today's video so was gossip girl feminist that might sound like a silly question but there are mixed perspectives on this when i asked people on instagram the overwhelming majority said no it was not feminist by today's social climate the show doesn't match and the articles arguing that the show was feminist or the characters were gave examples of in my opinion girl boss feminism a popular argument advocating for gossip girls feminism is strong female characters which is a silly phrase in my opinion i don't need my female characters to be strong i need them to be complex i found an article in the new statesman that perfectly captures my issue with this phrase sherlock holmes gets to be brilliant solitary abrasive bohemian whimsical brave sad manipulative neurotic vain untidy fastidious artistic courteous rude and a polymorph genius female characters get to be strong i couldn't have said it better myself so hear me out if we put aside the lack of diversity and questionable character arcs which i'll get to later perhaps gossip girl was slightly more feminist than we remember it being only a little bit though one thing i will give the show credit for is that it was surprisingly ahead in terms of acknowledging that women enjoy sex just as much as men i just have to finish something a girl has to take matters into her own hands don't forget god always watching miss blair i have an itch that only chuck can scratch and he won't oblige unless i tell him i love him interestingly there was a scene that involved sex toys with chuck and blair which did get cut but i appreciate the thought now people often point out the slut-shaming in the show and i agree slut-shaming is terrible i hate it more than when siggy burps in my face but wait don't go the instances where characters slut-shame each other are realistic there's a difference between characters being problematic and the writing being problematic which it is for other reasons which i'll get to like when chuck attempts to write jenny and serena and dan rescue her and he screams calling serena a PROFANITY_TOKEN that's classic behavior from a guy who can't take rejection and doesn't understand consent i've met those guys and i'm sure you have too or when blair PROFANITY_TOKEN shames serena when she finds out about her sleeping with nate her boyfriend at the time oh too bad you missed the assembly not that it matters brown doesn't offer degrees and PROFANITY_TOKEN the words she uses are sexist but when you're a teenager and your best mate sleeps with your boyfriend you might not be the bigger person about it doesn't make it okay but it happens or when vanessa PROFANITY_TOKEN shames serena to dan
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