There is a little feminist inside of me.

Get ready, she's about to speak.

So, let me just say that I love the Gilmore Girls. Great show, look forward to it every week. Sweet and heartwarming, with enough sarcastic wit to keep me from puking from the syrup of it all. A great recipe for a show.

Also, let me say that I do indeed want babies. I can only hope to be so lucky as to one day squeeze out my own squirming, slimy, screaming progeny. I think it will be profound and wonderful, and I look forward to raising my children with great excitement.

But last night on Gilmore Girls when Lane announced she was pregnant, I threw up a little in my own mouth. I was beyond furious. The feminist inside me started to yell and there is no stopping her.

I mean think about it. Here's Lane, a great supporting character. She's show great depth, demonstrating the difficulty of clashing so deeply with one's family, but at the same time wanting to love them and be loved by them. She has shown how patience and love and the right amount of hot-headed rebellion can bridge that gap. She is a talented musician, and she is obviously the leader in the band she plays with, easily being the smartest and most driven out the four of them. And the only female. She's entered into what could be a very quirky, and dynamic marriage. Potentially full of comic material for the show. So after all this, apparently, this is how it went down in the writer's studio:

"What should happen to Lane and Zack?"

"Oh, I don't know. How about they record a CD?"

"Nah"

"How about we come up with some funny new scenarios as Lane tries to explore her sexuality?" (THIS COULD HAVE BEEN GOLD - plus it could've addressed in a positive way something that lots of women struggle with)

"Nah"

"They could buy a house? Start a business?""

"Nah - Let's just knock her up. That's all women are good for anyway"

ARGH! It just seemed so lame. And it seemed to very much reinforce that, according to Hollywood, all us gals are on our way to the barefoot bliss of the kitchen, so why not just hurry up.

It pissed me off and I think it is pathetic. mark my words, when the season finale comes down, it won't end with Rory landing her dream job as an Asian correspondent for the NY Times., and heading off to see the world. It'll end with her getting engaged. Because that, of course is the ultimate that we all aspire to. Vomit.

And in other news: Stephen Harper is a big dickhead. He seems to think we should allow people to discriminate against other people because of their religion. So if your religion is opposed to gay marriage you don't have to perform ceremonies for homosexuals or let them rent your church basement for a reception. So I suppose if you were a CEO and your religion is opposed to women having jobs outside the home, you should be allowed to not hire any women, for just that reason. Or if you own a restaurant or store and your religion says that women should be veiled when they go outside the house, you shouldn't have to serve them if they are wearing shorts.

He is so dumb. It drives me crazy.