By: Kate
Ok but honestly….getting married is part of life. For men AND women. To leave Liz unmarried and alone is dumb and is done with such overt purpose. To be Femist (capital F intended) or something. I hate...
View ArticleBy: Benita
This is why Samanth Jones remains one of my favorite characters of all time. Not only was she a woman who had unrepentant sex on her terms, she got to decide that she was happier single. She had a hot,...
View ArticleBy: Jonathan van Ekelenburg
I think it’s too early to say that this is Liz’s happy ending. We’re not actually at the end of the series yet; we’re only half way through the season. I think it’s telling that what would normally be...
View ArticleBy: Emma
I could not have put it better myself. When I saw the episode, I was severely disappointed. Why did such a creative show have to have a blatantly cliche ending for my favorite iconoclastic and quirky...
View ArticleBy: Saru
Except getting married is not ‘part of life’ There’s no Life Rulebook that says, “And then you have to get married, because you can’t die single, people will talk.” A great deal of people never get...
View ArticleBy: Joy
Agree. This article’s stance would only have made sense if it were the last episode of the season/series. Third-wave feminists can get married and be happy about it too, Jennifer. Feminism is about...
View ArticleBy: Bosworth
It wasn’t a happy ending. It was a happy moment. Marriage ceremonies should be joyful occasions, otherwise, the couple should go stand somewhere else that requires less accountability. Like the park.
View ArticleBy: kj
I haven’t really watched the show, but I hate the stereotype that good career = “undersexed” and single. If her getting married means that they are showing someone with a career and a good family life...
View ArticleBy: ChelsieSutherland
This isn’t an ending for Liz, though. They tossed the marriage right into the middle of the season, with no buildup, and the characters’ initial motivation was brought on by how much easier it would be...
View ArticleBy: MR
You know me, I like watching films and don’t watch very much TV (and none of its shows). Clearly a career woman can find happiness without being married. But I do have these women friends who are...
View ArticleBy: Staceysaysrelax
The whole point of Liz getting married wasn’t so that she’d have some grand happy ending. It was a means to an ends, i.e., conforming to society’s idea of a fit parent so she would be allowed to adopt....
View ArticleBy: melissa green
I think just because Liz is a feminist doesn’t mean that she can’t get married. It’s not like they trotted off into the sunset to live happily ever after. Instead, they made this ceremony part of a...
View ArticleBy: Saru
Not getting married =/= being alone. Some people don’t see the need to have a piece a paper to tell them that they’re happy with their significant other. And at the same time, being alone =/= being...
View ArticleBy: Madfoot713
>Not getting married =/= being alone And it’s obvious no one’s talking about the government approval of marriage here. During Shakespeare’s time, there was no Internal Revenue Service.
View ArticleBy: Saru
Then why leap to the conclusion when I said that marriage is not the ‘end game’ that I meant that people were alone or not with someone?
View ArticleBy: Saru
Considering your first comment was ‘If you want to be alone your entire life no one is stopping you.’, I don’t see how I leapt to anything… especially when in MY first comment I specifically said that...
View ArticleBy: Madfoot713
I think people were only criticizing the author’s argument that “weddings as a happy ending” in media are somehow harmful to women. If you don’t want to get married, if you don’t need the whole...
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