Consider the two Gossip Girl episodes screened in class in relation to any of the following topics:

(You can just stick to one, or combine two if you see interconnections)

The Male Gaze
The Female Gaze
To-Be-Looked-At-ness
Female (as) spectacle
Male (as) spectacle
Female spectacle as power vs. the threat of the unseen female
The gaze as power vs. the look as desire
The woman’s look (at the male monster) as recognition of affinity with the monster
The possibilities of more fluid identification, or identification with characters who do not align with the viewer’s gender, race, or sexuality (i.e. Ask yourself: who do you identify with as you view? Does your identification line up along lines of gender, race, or sexuality?)

I’d also be interested to hear your compare Gossip Girl with Rebecca along any of these lines.