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CALLING ALL FANS OF GILMORE GIRLS AND BOOKS.

I'm reading every book referenced in Gilmore Girls. We're talking about it on Substack.

408 BOOKS. WHAT AM I DOING? 😵‍💫

EACH ARTICLE INCLUDES:

"Where is it referenced in Gilmore Girls?" - a simple little breakdown of the reference and what episode it's in. 📌

A short film directed, shot, produced and edited by me about the aesthetics of the book. And by short film I mean REALLY short...

"Tab-worthy Lines" - I think the name says it all really, it's the best lines in the book 📖

"Stars Hollow Scores" - my overall rating of the book(s) in the article. ⭐

"Annotations in the Margins" - named in honour of the one and only Jess Mariano, here is the section where I will share my thoughts on the book(s) of the article. 🖋️

SUBSCRIBE TO & READ THE GILMORE READING DIARIES ON SUBSTACK NOW:

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TRACK REVIEW: Manchild - Sabrina Carpenter

“Behind every successful man, there is a woman”. Sabrina Carpenter takes this idiom seriously in her latest release, Manchild...

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A Guide To Dark Academia Fashion

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Rory Gilmore Was The Original Downtown Girl.

This is how Rory Gilmore's style influenced a whole generation.

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TV SHOW REVIEW: Hunters

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Lynn Painter Is An Amazing Writer. Here's Why.

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Let's Talk Sexism In The Music Industry.

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🎞️🗞️💌 | OPINION: 90s Romcoms Did It Better

💿 Soundtracks? Better.

🗣️Characters? Better.

💭 Tropes? Better.

when we're having to go back to the 90s for ideas there's clearly a problem...

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Mr Darcy, Mr Knightley and Captain Wentworth are the dictionary definition of men written by women.

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TV SHOW REVIEW: Severance

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Rory Gilmore's Downfall Was Realistic

Her downfall is usually viewed as a single collapse - it's more nuanced than that.

A distinction needs to be made between her academic and moral downfall.

Rory is the epitome of the ‘burnt-out gifted kid’. She was always praised and never received constructive criticism (no wonder she crumbled when Mitchum Huntzberger told her she wasn't good enough). The weight of the expectations of everyone around her ultimately led to her burnout.

Rory’s moral downfall is much more complicated, with actions like jumping into bed with a married man and stealing a yacht not aligning with the girl who always makes pro-con lists. However, her immoral behaviour does not begin there. Rory's moral failures can be traced back to her relationship with Dean...

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TRACK REVIEW: I Won't Say (I'm In Love) - a!ka

"Who'd you think you're kidding, he's the Earth and Heaven to you."

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🖋️ | "A!ka’s 2024 pre-release single: a cover of I Won’t Say (I’m In Love) [...] that combines R&B and pop elements in a cheerful reincarnation of the original. [...] feels like the musings of a teenage girl [...] a paradisiacal exploration of human emotion"

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Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides is a sequence of stunning cinematography depicting Eugenide's timeless tragic tale of girlhood and melancholy.

🎞️ | full review available on poppletonink.substack.com

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Christian Dior ‘Flamant Rose’ gown S/S 1948.

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Vivienne Westwood 2022 bridal, Grace gown