--- title: Gilmore Girls is 'Sneakily Feminist' Says Lauren Graham description: Talk of Gilmore Girls is often centered on Rory and Lorelai's love interests, but Lauren Graham says the show is feminist at its core. canonical: https://time.com/4483959/gilmore-girls-lauren-graham-sneakily-feminist/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-08T19:35:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:18.835Z og:title: Lauren Graham on How Gilmore Girls Is 'Sneakily Feminist' og:description: "They have themselves and they have each other" og:url: https://time.com/4483959/gilmore-girls-lauren-graham-sneakily-feminist/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1cdbddcd57e4934d/69888e8cbc6cfc8d583dc854/gilmore-girls-2-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Gilmore Girls og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lauren Graham on How Gilmore Girls Is 'Sneakily Feminist' twitter:description: "They have themselves and they have each other" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1cdbddcd57e4934d/69888e8cbc6cfc8d583dc854/gilmore-girls-2-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lauren Graham Explains How _Gilmore Girls_ Is 'Sneakily Feminist'  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 8, 2016 7:35 PM UTC  Alexis Bledel, as Rory Gilmore, and Lauren Graham, as Lorelai Gilmore. Alexis Bledel, as Rory Gilmore, and Lauren Graham, as Lorelai Gilmore.Saeed Adyani—Netflix  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 8, 2016 7:35 PM UTC While much of the discussion surrounding Netflix’s upcoming [_Gilmore Girls_ revival](http://time.com/4426758/gilmore-girls-revival-show-releases-the-first-trailer-and-a-premiere-date/) is centered on [Rory and Lorelai’s love interests](http://time.com/4426754/gilmore-girls-tca-panel-trailer/), according to Lauren Graham, the main focus of [_A Year in the Life_](http://time.com/4439235/gilmore-girls-scott-patterson-revival-rumors/)will continue to be the relationship the two leading ladies have with themselves and each other. In a recent interview with [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/08/lauren-graham-gilmore-girls-feminist), the 49-year-old actress spoke about the show’s feminism, noting that finding a man has never been either’s Gilmore’s driving ambition. --- > “” --- Alexis Bledel seemed to agree with her co-star, adding that her curiosity about Rory’s future revolved around her character’s career, not whether she ended up with Logan, Jess or Dean. --- > “” --- Read more at [EW.com](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/08/lauren-graham-gilmore-girls-feminist). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4483959/gilmore-girls-lauren-graham-sneakily-feminist/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4483959/gilmore-girls-lauren-graham-sneakily-feminist/"},"headline":"Lauren Graham Explains How Gilmore Girls Is 'Sneakily Feminist'","datePublished":"2016-09-08T19:35:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:18.835Z","description":"\"They have themselves and they have each other\"","url":"https://time.com/4483959/gilmore-girls-lauren-graham-sneakily-feminist/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","TV","Gilmore Girls"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1cdbddcd57e4934d/69888e8cbc6cfc8d583dc854/gilmore-girls-2-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1cdbddcd57e4934d/69888e8cbc6cfc8d583dc854/gilmore-girls-2-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Gilmore Girls","caption":"Alexis Bledel, as Rory Gilmore, and Lauren Graham, as Lorelai Gilmore.","creditText":"Saeed Adyani—Netflix","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4483959/gilmore-girls-lauren-graham-sneakily-feminist/","name":"Lauren Graham Explains How Gilmore Girls Is 'Sneakily Feminist'"}}]}] ```