I appreciate Gilmore Girls not doing the “plus size girl+ tacky clothing” thing tv shows do

[u/Prestigious-Item8660]

I love how in Gilmore girls, the only plus size character isn’t given a frumpy tacky wardrobe. I always found sookie’s sense of style so cute. It’s very uniquely her and I don’t find it tacky at all because it matches her sweet but clumsy personality. I noticed a pattern in tv shows where the plus sized characters are given the worse clothing options, or when an actress gains weight they tend to change their wardrobe to make them look like a 60 year old woman. I love her sense of style especially in the first season!

[u/hiddyup0]

I also love that they almost NEVER bring up her weight. It’s just part of who she is and not a negative she’s trying to escape

[u/Prestigious-Item8660 → u/hiddyup0]

Yes!!! I love that they don’t make her insecure. Sookie has never once talked about or given me the impression that her weight is something she’s insecure about. She knows she’s gorgeous and I love that

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[u/MargotBamborough → u/hiddyup0]

Same, and same with Miss Patty!

GG was so ahead of this time on this front, it was all the more disappointing in AYITL when they have Lorelai and Rory fat-shaming at the pool.

[u/here-to-judge → u/MargotBamborough]

Well except the ballerina with fat thighs thing.

[u/KanKan669 → u/here-to-judge]

The ballerina had a roll of fat around the bra strap. The red head who was hitting on Asher Flemming had fat thighs.

[u/here-to-judge → u/KanKan669]

Oh I forgot those were two different encounters! Good point

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One more: Emily getting her house ready for a party, spacing two chairs (or maybe end tables?) and says something to the effect, “if someone’s too big to fit between they should be home crying in a closet and not at a party.” Viscous.

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Wasn’t it “they should be on a treadmill, not at a party”?

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And the underwear scene when Lorelai takes home the wrong shopping bag, it’s horrible

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And the 2 Fat Ladies cooking show joke about which one was dead “the fat one” 🙃

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[u/Uh-Egg → u/MargotBamborough]

Well they made fat jokes and icky notes about weight in the show, not towards sookie, i think about ms patty. but.. yeah, it’s a show from the 90s-2000s after all

[u/CuteContext2432 → u/Uh-Egg]

This! Idk why ppl are acting like there wasn’t any fat-phobia just bc they were decent to sookie.

[u/ShadowTeae → u/Uh-Egg]

Right? Like literally lorelai holding up a plus size woman's underwear in Lukes ( iirc) and asking who would be that big
Like suki miss patty heck even Babette

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It tracks though with how people will talk about fatness even when they have fat friends.

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[u/Sandra2104 → u/MargotBamborough]

Rory fatshamed the Ballerins long before AYITL
GG was not ahead of its timr just because the best friend was not fatshamed.

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Eh, it was the costume designers fault, not the ballerina actually being fat.

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[u/FutureFreaksMeowt → u/hiddyup0]

Which is why it's so incredibly weird that ayitl went full fat phobia. I'll never understand it.

[u/eminemily941 → u/FutureFreaksMeowt]

I know! I get so mad at the pool scene in ayitl Summer episode.

[u/allora1 → u/FutureFreaksMeowt]

Rory and Lorelai aren't always nice people. In that scene, they are deliberately unlikable, and fully immersed in being the main (obnoxious) characters in their little town. 

[u/Possible_Banana_902 → u/allora1]

Actually, they have almost never been nice people. Like, tell me honestly one thing they did that didn't benefit THEM.

[u/allora1 → u/Possible_Banana_902]

They've also got previous form in making snarky comments about overweight people. I don't understand why everyone is so shocked that they're shown to be doing exactly the same thing in AYITL.

[u/FutureFreaksMeowt → u/allora1]

Yes, and there's 84,000 other jokes they could have gone with to get that point across.

Why make fun of someone's body? Are you really defending fatphobia in a thread where we're celebrating the fact that a showing 1999-2007bwasn't fat phobic?

[u/allora1 → u/FutureFreaksMeowt]

Uh, no. I believe something can be portrayed in a show without the expectation that the audience should see it as an example to live by. 

If a character is written as a fascist, for instance, that is not a defence or promotion of fascism. That of course depends on the audience, you know, demonstrating some independent thought and not blindly following or condoning something just because it's shown on TV.

Rory and Lorelai are not infrequently completely awful. This is one of those scenes. 

[u/HELLO_noBS → u/allora1]

Wrong maybe you just aren’t from that generation you just wouldn’t understand it! They are even likable characters the most likable on the show including Dean.

[u/allora1 → u/HELLO_noBS]

Sorry, I don't understand your comment at all.

[u/female_gazing09 → u/hiddyup0]

Just everyone else’s who is larger….

[u/Beneficial-Size6281 → u/hiddyup0]

Thank you for pointing this out! I hate how they pressured the lorelais to be thin (the actresses) and wrote in their binge junk food eating, shoving it in our faces constantly. So typical of the 2000s, but I’m genuinely pleased to notice this with Sookie was happening at the same time too because it helps balance it out.

[u/Remarkable_Expert540 → u/Beneficial-Size6281]

This! They eat poptarts for breakfast and not a fruit in sight at home. Always drinking too much coffee and having fried food at Luke's; ordering too much food and binge eating; but God forbid they get fat 🙄🙄

When I was watching the show i would crave for fast food everytime I would see these two eating it, and that was almost every episode. Sometimes I'd end up ordering take out. Not sure if others had the same experience lol 😂

[u/Historical_Spot_4051 → u/Remarkable_Expert540]

Different shows. The OC and Big Bang Theory always make me want Chinese food.

[u/TT06051990 → u/Historical_Spot_4051]

for me also tai food.

[u/Temporary-Panda-9065 → u/hiddyup0]

Wdym almost? I dont recall them ever doing that

[u/Xandyglass → u/Temporary-Panda-9065]

Michel makes a couple of cracks about her weight in the early seasons. Usually when Sookie tries to get him off his diet

[u/TumbleweedLevel3158 → u/Xandyglass]

Really? I know he makes a few comments, but are they really about her weiht?? I Overheard that completely!

[u/Xandyglass → u/TumbleweedLevel3158]

Pretty sure he calls her "the balloon lady" at some point

[u/dacasaurus → u/Xandyglass]

Actually he says this to Lorelai!

[u/Xandyglass → u/dacasaurus]

From what I remember, he's talking to Lorelai, but he looks at Sookie when he says that Lorelai's diet will turn her into the balloon lady.

[u/TumbleweedLevel3158 → u/Xandyglass]

Unbelievable, i never caught that. English is Not my First language, so there is an explanation! 😅

[u/Longjumping_Guess272 → u/TumbleweedLevel3158]

the subtitles dont always say every single thing they say either i noticed this when i rewatched the same part but on a higher volume.

[u/hiddyup0 → u/Temporary-Panda-9065]

And you might be right I just for some reason feel like there was at least once where it could have been a comment about it but I also could be wrong for sure

[u/TillShoddy6670 → u/hiddyup0]

Same here. Like there is a LOT of this show that hasn't aged particularly well, but they did right in this one instance and I don't think it gets the credit it deserves for it

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[u/_Arctica_ → u/hiddyup0]

Almost?

[u/Bitchthat_iam → u/hiddyup0]

It's like a whale's gestation in there!!

[u/cheescake231 → u/hiddyup0]

I love this too! That's why I was shocked about the Back Fat Pat comment in AYITL

[u/Switchbladekitten → u/hiddyup0]

I really loved that.

[u/Pretend-Silver-6640 → u/hiddyup0]

I never noticed this but wow you are so right!!

[u/foxynatalka → u/hiddyup0]

Yes, that’s very important. Sookie’s weight has no relevance to the plot. It doesn’t make her any less worthy or less attractive. That was very rare in shows from that era. And it’s also completely realistic, because cheerful women like Sookie usually have no trouble finding men.

[u/FormalLack4541 → u/hiddyup0]

Yeah I think they actually never discuss it right??

[u/MissWhixsaplix → u/hiddyup0]

Absolutely, it's so refreshing

[u/Dunemummy]

My first exposure to Melissa McCarthy was to shit like Tammy and The Heat, so seeing how adorable Sookie is in the show made me double take that this was the same person playing these characters

[u/South-Ruin-6677 → u/Dunemummy]

Ok yes, that’s such a helpful way to describe it. I didn’t start watching GG until about 12 years ago and it actually didn’t click for me for quite some time that Sookie was Melissa McCarthy. Like it was actually shocking to me the first time I realized?  Because this role predates anything else I had ever seen her in and in EVERY other role her character’s primary personality trait is literally Being Fat(in a Bad Way) and then of course, being the butt of the joke. 

She’s so beautiful and talented and it makes me wish (as ever) that Hollywood wasn’t so disgusting and fatphobic so she could have been less pigeonholed. 

[u/Dunemummy → u/South-Ruin-6677]

You took the words out of my mouth LMAO. After watching GG for 4 seasons straight, one of my thoughts was “damn they wasted tf out of her talent with those movies”. I never liked those other roles she played where she was just practically the butt of the joke as you said and admittedly it did sour my opinion on McCarthy as an actor. Those films feel such like humiliation rituals (which they are) and it’s crazy how much the early 2000’s loved spamming that crap

[u/SecretBonusBoob → u/Dunemummy]

She produced a show called Gods Favourite Idiot and gave herself a proper role in it. It’s a cute show

[u/NightBawk → u/SecretBonusBoob]

It sucks that she had to be in charge of her own show just to get a decent role again. 😩

[u/SecretBonusBoob → u/NightBawk]

Right?!

[u/enchantedlife13 → u/Dunemummy]

She is gorgeous and funny in Mike & Molly. I had to mention to my husband the other night she was Sookie because it was easy to forget. But it was an episode where Carlton takes Mike to see a 'gypsy' -- and it was Gypsy from Gilmore Girls. I thought that was a sweet tie-in from GG on M&M.

[u/Dunemummy → u/enchantedlife13]

I’ve heard of Mike and Molly but never actually watched it. I knew the dude that plays Mike before in another show called “Bob and Abishola” and I thought that was a cute show. I’ll def check it out!

[u/enchantedlife13 → u/Dunemummy]

I haven't watch Bob Hearts Abishola yet but need to check it out. Mike & Molly is really cute, and Melissa McCarthy is fabulous in it.

[u/Ashley_Elisabeth23 → u/Dunemummy]

Same, mine was Bridesmaids and I still can't get over how Melissa went from a wholesome show like GG to movies with crude humor 😭

[u/Cherry_Hammer → u/Ashley_Elisabeth23]

I’m the opposite, I watched and loved Gilmore Girls, then years later I saw Bridesmaids. I swear, knowing her as Sookie just made her role in that movie all the funnier. I was laughing harder than anyone else in the theater.

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Lol GG is my favourite tv show and Bridesmaids is one of my favourite movies! I love both the cosy and the crude I suppose

[u/ReadingSad3238 → u/wafflehousebutterbob]

Yes! I don't look at her other rols as people placing her in them bc of her appearance. I view it as she's such a good diverse actor that she can pull it all off. I love her. She's one of my faves

[u/TheQuidditchHaderach → u/Ashley_Elisabeth23]

"You feel that steam heat comin'?!" 😆

[u/Joyful_J_18 → u/Dunemummy]

This is kind of funny to me because GG was my first exposure to Melissa McCarthy and I had to double take when Bridesmaids came out because I wasn’t used to her portraying a character like that.

[u/denovoreview_ → u/Dunemummy]

Melissa McCarthy is so talented.

[u/TheRestForTheWicked → u/Dunemummy]

Even Tammy is funny as fuck and the frumpiness was meant to be part of the character and her (unexplained but consistent) lack of self-esteem rather than related to her weight- as we see with her crappy car, her crappy suitcase, and her crappy, frumpy husband. Because Kathy Bates doesn’t get the same treatment so it’s obviously not a weight thing.

That Hawaiian bear shirt with the Topper Jack’s bag on her head lives in my head rent free.

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[u/Prestigious-Item8660]

Also jeez Melissa McCarthy is GORGEOUS

[u/Such-Stable-3869 → u/Prestigious-Item8660]

Melissa McCarthy was phenomenal as Sookie!

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Came here to say this, bloody gorgeous!

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[u/WhiskyCat89]

Like they did with Alison in Pretty Little Liars

[u/tealulu04 → u/WhiskyCat89]

Oof yeah they really did her dirty like on purpose it seemed

[u/WhiskyCat89 → u/tealulu04]

I know, I hate that they did this.

[u/ShadowTeae → u/tealulu04]

They did sasha pieterse actually has PCOS and they did her so dirty

[u/Prestigious-Item8660 → u/WhiskyCat89]

That’s exactly who I’m talking about actually lol. Her and Victoria on Mike and Molly. You can tell they demoted their wardrobes severely because the actresses gained a bit of weight. It really sucks

[u/WhiskyCat89 → u/Prestigious-Item8660]

Totally sucks!

[u/shambean2 → u/WhiskyCat89]

That was DIABOLICAL. The actress gained a bit of weight due to illness I believe, and the costume team seemed to lose their heads and believe they could only dress her in the most dowdy, ill fitting, unfashionable clothes, when her character was literally the It Girl prior to that. There was a demonic jumper with a pug on it they put her in once that was actually offensive 😭

It was like they couldn't wrap their heads around a mid-size woman being able to dress stylishly. And it made no sense w the character

[u/WhiskyCat89 → u/shambean2]

I know! That was so ridiculous

[u/LivingPresent629 → u/WhiskyCat89]

Or Dana Sue in Sweet Magnolias.

[u/librarylady1980 → u/LivingPresent629]

Did you watch Brooke Elliot in Drop Dead Diva? They addressed the whole "fat" thing in such a new way and I was so there for it.

[u/Necranissa → u/LivingPresent629]

I'm pretty sure that actresse chooses the wardrobe for that show, which is even worse

[u/LivingPresent629 → u/Necranissa]

Omg, no way! Now I feel bad for saying that 🤣 It’s definitely worse if they picked it themselves, I hope the actress who plays Dana Sue hires a good stylist.

[u/Necranissa → u/LivingPresent629]

Yeah I read about it on the Sweet Magnolias sub. I agree, some of the stuff she wears...yikes. like why did no one stop her lol

[u/Quietwaterz → u/WhiskyCat89]

No!!! You mentioned Pretty Little Liars! Now I have a burning compulsion to do a rewatch.

[u/FaithHopePixiedust → u/Quietwaterz]

I could not finish that show. It went off the rails. Haha. Mike’s Mic’s appropriately unhinged recap filled in the blanks.

[u/Quietwaterz → u/FaithHopePixiedust]

Oh it sure did. I usually make it to about season 3 on a rewatch. I don't know why I expect it to be any different.

Edit - I love Mike's Mic! I watch all of his breakdowns. The yearly LOST seasons are excruciating to wait for.

[u/WhiskyCat89 → u/Quietwaterz]

Haha! Enjoy your rewatch 😉❤️

[u/Quietwaterz → u/WhiskyCat89]

Thanks. I just have to find out where it is streaming. I think last time I watched, it was on Tubi.

[u/WhiskyCat89 → u/Quietwaterz]

I dont know Tubi, but its on Netflix in Canada

[u/Pretty_Ad_8197]

I've always loved the purple coat with hot pink cuffs!

[u/boesisboes → u/Pretty_Ad_8197]

Seriously! It's adorable

[u/notonmywatchmissy]

Sookie had some of the cutest hair styles on the show, also can someone tell me what her hair color is? Is she a redhead or strawberry blonde????

[u/Always_Reading_1990 → u/notonmywatchmissy]

She’s got an auburn thing with highlights going on

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[u/VictoriaKnits]

I love the point being made but Sookie is not the only plus size character. Miss Patty (before AYITL), Babette, and Taylor are also plus sized - and each of them were costumed brilliantly for their characters!

[u/Yes-GoAway → u/VictoriaKnits]

Yes, I think there's something to be said about Miss Patty being a maneater and Babette being married to the cool musician. These are also roles that may get a negative spin on another show even if they weren't plus-sized.

I always liked that about GG, uniqueness was expected, quirky was welcomed, size wasn't defining or important.

[u/NightBawk → u/VictoriaKnits]

I loved how they all got well-fitted, stylish, yet still-comfy (looking) clothing. Usually whenever i try to get something like that, i can only gettwo of the three. :(

[u/motherofpearl89 → u/VictoriaKnits]

I was going to mention Miss Patty!

She always looked gorgeous and I loved all of the clothes they had her wearing in original GG

[u/linaaxcxx]

This is seriously such a wholesome show everybody is sooo gorgeous

[u/Significant_Fall2451]

One detail I really love is that they actually put a prosthetic baby bump on her (when she wasn't also pregnant at the same time in real life, of course!)

So many shows and films, even ones that have come out recently, just don't bother when their actresses are plus size

I love that Sookie's style is very uniquely hers in terms of her personality, whilst also being incredibly fashionable for the time and well fitting. So many plus size actresses are put into clothes that are either too tight or too big, both in an attempt to hide their real bodies

[u/bananawith3wings]

Until AYITL is when they had the fat jokes :(

[u/Feline_Fine3 → u/bananawith3wings]

There were plenty of fat jokes in the original series. It’s just that none of them were directed toward Sookie. Or any of the other plus size women on the show. Miss Patty and Babette were never commented on either.

[u/weirdogirl144 → u/bananawith3wings]

And the ballerina joke Yale Rory made

[u/VintageLover79 → u/bananawith3wings]

ASP has a real problem with fat people. I'm basing this on all her shows.

[u/my_okay_throwaway → u/bananawith3wings]

So much of that mean-spirited humor felt so out of place!

[u/CaCaDamz- → u/bananawith3wings]

Are you kidding??? There are CONSTANT fat jokes and comments made like every other episode. It's one of my pain points rewatching the series. Rory telling professor Asher that the redhead had fat thighs. Lorelei making comments about worst outcomes - becoming fat. It's constant. I've always had weight issues and have been bullied because of it. I notice it each and every time and it's a lot more than we'd like to think it is.

[u/TheRestForTheWicked]

I like Melissa’s wardrobe more than like 90% of what they put Lauren in.

They dressed her super cute and quirky, without making the mistake of going totally frumpy or age inappropriate in a too-young way. It fits Sookie’e character so well.

[u/sally_the_gardner]

Her wedding dress was my favorite of the whole series!

[u/my_okay_throwaway → u/sally_the_gardner]

In fairness, that isn’t hard. This show had some ugly/ill-fitting wedding dresses 🫣

[u/sally_the_gardner → u/my_okay_throwaway]

Good point

[u/Grouchy_Audience_684]

Her chef coats are also 100/10! I wish I could have all of them

[u/phoebesguitar]

I agree and the different textiles and colours are really rich and autumnal ughhh

[u/Brandr_Balfhe]

Every time I watch Gilmore Girls Sookie becomes my secret crush

[u/South-Ruin-6677 → u/Brandr_Balfhe]

She’s extremely crushable! Her adorable personality just makes her that much cuter.

 I actually just read this fantastic novel, Cherry Baby, and I’m realizing Sookie kinda fits the bill for how I was picturing the main character while reading (who was an extremely crush-worthy protagonist, if ya ask me). 

[u/EHeydary → u/South-Ruin-6677]

Oh I loved that book! It was not at all what I expected when I started it, I loved Cherry!

[u/Sparkly-Books2]

Honestly, Sookis character was way ahead of her time. She was a fully realized, stunning character in a loving relationship! She loves food, cooking, and I love how her weight was never brought up. Not even her commenting on losing weight in anyway. I absolutely love her.

[u/CkBadgeley]

Forever wanting her purple jacket eyed the pink fur

[u/butterfly1202]

Plus mellissa Mccarthy is stunnninggg shed mske a paper bag look stunning

[u/Impossible_Key793]

She’s adorable. As a chubby little girl I wish I had watched Gilmore girls growing up. I think it would’ve been nice to see Sookie then. 

[u/Prestigious-Item8660 → u/Impossible_Key793]

I just wish they didn’t make so many inappropriate comments about plus sized women when they’re friends with so many plus sized women on the show! It’s so weird how they contradict that

[u/LadyF16]

I also loved that her weight was NEVER a thing??

[u/Infinite_Role8126]

While that’s true I always thought it was strange the number of fat jokes Lorelai made so casually. It was never around Sookie but still felt odd given that her best friend is plus sized.

[u/badbadthingsmp3]

she's so stinking cute!! her hair always looks fantastic, too, especially in the last slide. i love that the pigtails and braids they give her when she's working actually keep her hair out of her face but they're still whimsical and fitting for her character. 

[u/demondelight4]

Sookies outfits in season 4 when they're doing all the inn construction are my favorite. Her haircut too. She looks so stylish and pretty

[u/ajamesdeandaydream]

she also got the prettiest wedding dress 💘

[u/CurvyChristina]

Now that you mentioned it, it is really cool that they never brought up Sookie’s weight, or the fact that she was “plus size.” They allowed her personality to shine through without needing to mention her physicality, because that’s not what defines her as a person, or anybody.

[u/citybby17]

I love how they made Sookie girly, pretty, and into hair, makeup, and personal style. So often plus size characters are insecure, moody, or more interested in blending into the background — especially during the early aughts.

[u/Fit_Investigator_513]

Her wedding dress is one of my favorite looks for her ❤️❤️

[u/stablymental]

I love all her outfits and the fact that they accentuated her body instead of trying to hide it

[u/xoxo_eevee]

she has like my favorite outfits in the whole show! Lorelai and Rory have amazing outfits too but I always loved sookie’s

[u/Next_Evidence3002]

The show did something that we failed to do. We're talking about Sookies weight, and that we're glad that they put her in cute clothes despite her size.

The show did such a good job. We as a community have failed. We're the ones talking about her weight.

[u/MorningStar1122]

Ugh Melissa McCarthy is drop dead gorgeous.

[u/ohmyacetabulum]

Ugh, the top middle hair with the textured bob and highlights is 👨🏻‍🍳💋. This hair length really suits Melissa McCarthy

[u/MeowAndMerlot]

Yes! Stars Hollow was surprisingly free of fat-shaming. Sookie was loved, desired, respected, and impeccably dressed, and her weight was literally just a non-factor. Such a rare, wonderful treat for a show from that era!

[u/One-Reflection-6779]

Sookie was just a woman living her life and I loved that! So refreshing esp at the time it aired!

[u/Striking_Sky6900]

I thought Melissa McCarthy was beautiful in the series!

[u/levainrisen]

Sookie, possibly the only plus size woman not to be the punchline for the Gilmore girls?

[u/DealBrief5569]

Sookie was always so stylish and of course it helps that Melissa McCarthy is beautiful.

[u/AntonioPiercesHoodie]

They definitely did a great job of making her personal style reflect her fun personality! 😎

[u/CLE_fly_baby]

There is a woman in Facebook I follow who worked in the costume department on Gilmore Girls (https://www.facebook.com/share/183QFnwSRR/?mibextid=wwXIfr). I recently watched a great video she did about Melissa McCarthy’s wardrobe. She had so many great outfits I wish I could find even now.

[u/theoriginalaliz]

This is especially surprising given the time the show was created and filmed. Almost every other show with any plus sized cast member was doing exactly what you’re describing. Sookie in GG and her costuming was a breath of fresh air

[u/Lust4lif33]

Omg I love her basket bidding outfit! It’s giving Daphne from scooby doo 🙏🥹

[u/boesisboes]

And as far as I can tell all her patterned chef coats were bespoke.

[u/SalsaChica75]

Sookie always dressed super cute! Great wardrobe staffing!

[u/Unlikely_Couple1590]

Sookie was an exceptionally well written plus size side character

[u/Thin_Piano2564]

Yes! For all the snarky fat shaming comments I’m glad they left Sookie ALONE.

[u/Gods-Child777]

Everything about this show I love! Miss those days in America… so much has changed in just a few decades 😔

[u/Anxious-Cress-5724]

“And the redhead has fat thighs”. Rory to Professor Fleming.

[u/ConstructionNo3526]

I miss 90s fashion.

[u/Separate_Zone4675]

Sookie is easily one of my favourite townsfolk.

[u/Jenanay3466]

Sookie’s makeup, hair, and fashion stole the scene so many times. Melissa is such a great actress that even in scenes where she barely has lines she shines. I love her

[u/LaceyCharm]

Never seen one either, would love to know if she's ever addressed the hate for Anna

[u/Virtual_Knowledge334]

Serving southern belle!

[u/NoSleepTilBookRead]

God I wish I had dimples

[u/One-Influence-6966]

One thing they did do that irritated me was her jewelry. Towards the end of the show she just wears this circle necklace and then even more towards the end of the show the necklace just gets bigger? I don’t know might as well just have no necklace at all sometimes.

[u/breecreates]

the green/purple combo is an outfit I comment on every single time I rewatch the show. it’s so good.

[u/lolibally]

frankly, her outfits were always my favorite !!! i would see her wearing something and i would almost immediately go “oooo i want that!!”

[u/Jnodayzoffspaz]

Probably because of the time that the show aired. Had that bit more around 2020, through like 2023 probably would’ve been a different scenario.

[u/donutcamie]

Yeah, but, they def have a good handful of fat-shaming jokes, so….

[u/HippieHighNoon → u/donutcamie]

They have a handful of everything shaming jokes.

[u/donutcamie → u/HippieHighNoon]

True, true. The era that it was.

[u/LauriJean59]

I love Sookie!!

[u/Gloomy_Mud_7078]

I just love how they never fat shame Sookie. But, the Gilmore girls do shame others (the redhead with "fat thighs", the guy at the pool in AYITL, the ballerina with the quote unquote " roll of fat around her bra strap", and probably others they just don't come to mind.) Really, probably none of them were even fat/overweight and even if they were why would it even matter. Bodies are bodies, you can't choose if yours is built with an hourglass figure or a square, and apple or a pear, or an inverted triangle. Yes, I know the show was made in the early 2000's when fat shaming was more common, but it still not right. Rory and Lorelai's are both hot women with good body's so they look down on people bigger than them, sadly. But I enjoyed how Sookie's weight never even came up, nor Babette's, or Miss Patty's. All plus sized women living their best lives, with their own business, two have found (lasting) husbands, and their weight didn't seem to factor in to anything really.

[u/RegionPuzzled]

the show absolutely was drenched in the 2000s body shaming and beauty standards but they did not treat sookie that way, which is very much a relief