Is Gossip Girl a Feminist Show?
I can’t decide whether or not Gossip Girl is a feminist show. I think on balance it is, but one could make arguments in both directions:
Why it is:
- Rufus is a total type-B caretaker who is a very appealing character. He is a parental figure not only to his own kids but also to Lily’s.
- Lily is successfully running the Bass corporation and there’s no discussion around it.
- Blair is professionally and personally assertive and she’s arguably the most desirable female character on the show.
- Serena and Blair are as aggressively into sex as the guys.
Why it’s not:
- Blair caves when it comes to Chuck (just last night she gifted him the Southeby’s photo even though she wanted it as badly as he did).
- Dorota, Blair’s slave housekeeper, is a woman.
- Blair’s mother is the stereotypical bad mom career woman.
- Serena is a much more apologetic badass than Chuck, presumably because it’s unladylike for women to be badasses.
