Tag: Carrie Bradshaw
When Carrie Bradshaw Shamed Women With “Free Time,” Or: In Defense of Charlotte York’s “Retro” Decision to Not Work
Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), who has hardly ever been what one might call a “women’s advocate” (see: defending sexually predatory behavior), once famously shamed [Read More…]
“Single Soon” Is In Direct Contrast to “Used to Be Young”
With Miley Cyrus releasing her “admitting to aging” anthem, “Used to Be Young,” at a time when admitting to aging as a woman somehow seems [Read More…]
Selena Gomez’s “Single Girl Anthem” Naturally Pays Homage to Sex and the City
Considering Selena Gomez teased her latest single with a video of her lip syncing the dialogue of Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) from a season one [Read More…]
No Sexual Pun Intended, But And Just Like That… Is Completely Overstuffed (With Characters)
Perhaps because it takes a literal army to distract from the reality that Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) is no longer part of the narrative, And [Read More…]
Why Aidan’s Visceral Reaction to Not Wanting to Go Into Carrie’s Apartment Ever Again Is Emblematic of New York-Specific PTSD
With the latest episode of And Just Like That…, the one everyone is raving about/saying it’s marked a shift for the better in the series, [Read More…]
Lukas Matsson Has His Lexi Featherston Moment
There must be something about being inside a rich person’s apartment overlooking the New York skyline that makes a party guest have a rather overt [Read More…]
Emily in Paris Season 3 Aims to Solidify Itself As the McDonald’s Version Sex and the City—While Promoting McDonald’s
It seems all too on the nose that the first episode of Emily in Paris’ third season would immediately bring McDonald’s into the formulaic equation. [Read More…]
Further Proof That Carrie Bradshaw Is A Monster: The Horse Carriage Ride
The spotlight on the treatment of horses forced to cart plump tourists and pseudo-“influencers” looking to cultivate the “ultimate NYC experience” has ramped up again [Read More…]
“London Samantha Jones” as a Composite of Edina and Patsy From Absolutely Fabulous
Maybe it’s not a coincidence that the word “fabulous” was bandied about so freely on Sex and the City. Maybe it was all light foreshadowing [Read More…]
Insecure Becomes Its Most Sex and the City Yet
Although it would be deemed sacrilege by most women (Black or otherwise) to reduce Insecure to being “another Sex and the City” (when, in fact, [Read More…]