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Sex and the City

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HBO television series analyzed as presenting a conservative cautionary tale against feminist liberation despite its sex-positive aesthetic.

Mentions (22)
"I'm watching satc for the first time with my gf (currently in S4) and i'm thoroughly enjoying it, the writing is amazing, great characters, we find endless points of discussion in the episodes. one of the themes that I have been noticing is that for all of the aesthetic boundary-pushing, showing fem"
I'm surprised to find Sex and the City to be rather conservative · u/GreshlyLuke · ↑349 · 2025-02-14
"Imagine SJP in her prime now? Unique face, ridiculously fit, a fucking regard on the show. I don't think people in 2020 era realize how in shape SJP was in the 90's-2000's. It was not common at all for women to have visible abs."
Wife's re watching Sex in the City. Crazy how hot Carrie is. · u/futureisfash · ↑301 · 2025-10-04
"I shouldn't be surprised, it is SJP after all, she's very practiced in making it appear her guard is down, but the fact that she's familiar with and likes Adam's work kind of pierced the irony bubble of the whole endeavor. It was very sweet; even if the show fails, that was a great convergence of th"
The Sarah Jessica Parker interview was incredibly charming · a_lostgay · ↑299 · 2025-06-12
"The city is dirty, loud and harsh. Life is difficult there. But every woman in their 20s and 30s seems to be obsessed with New York. Was sex and the city that influential? What am I missing? Is it all about status?"
What is it about nyc that captures women so much? · u/complainorexplain · ↑277 · 2025-07-25
"Carrie Bradshaw from *Sex and the City*"
Women in media and fiction that make me think "RS woman" · u/naelisio · ↑247 · 2023-09-12
"Everyone likes sex and the city or Friends and thinks promiscuity is cool. But are they actually enjoying the physical act of sex as much as the act of courtship and seduction?"
"It felt like a genuine representation of what life was like in a different period not to distant from ours temporally, but dramatically different in function (cell phones, computers, non-smoking). Sure it's cheesy and infuriating at times, but it stands out as a period piece that truly is representa"
"The vibes really were better back then. Also, it's really surprising how witty and edgy the show is, and how nuanced the views on men and women are. If they did this show today it would be 4 racially diverse women (1 fat) talking about how the patriarchy is the root of all evils."
I (23, M, straight, euro) am watching sex and the city for the first time · u/Weird-Increase1406 · ↑133 · 2023-10-13
"definitely dressed much plainer than the other women but not bad style at all. on par with 90s minimalism and i'm not sure how else one would expect a harvard educated lawyer to dress"
miranda hobbes was NOT styled badly · u/wispowillow · ↑86 · 2024-07-23
"Growing up is realizing that Mr. Big was a rational man who was right about everything and Carrie was hopelessly self-deluded. There should be enough NY girls in unhappy poly amorous relationships with power brokers to make discussion interesting."
"I'm also rewatching Sex and the City and Carrie/Big are so toxic."
They should send women PMSing into war · u/noname09834212 · ↑76 · 2025-10-23
"Guy gets his foreskin chopped off as an adult because of Sex and The City"
"They told us Sarah Jessica Parker was ugly, her Der she looks like a horse ha ha. I've just watched SATC and she's so hot it's insane"
It's crazy how we let the media deceive us so thoroughly in 2003 · u/nelson-manfella · ↑57 · 2024-10-15
"What would a zoomer 'girls' or 'sex and the city' be like? Can you imagine!"
"There was a sex and the city episode about this 20 years ago about how a vibrator turned Charlotte into a gooner that became a shut in and stopped talking to her friends. It's played for laughs but it's a cautionary tale."
Dildos and the damage done · u/Dashas1000thBody · ↑36 · 2024-03-15
"The guy in the wheelchair is like Carrie narrating everything and providing commentary"
I'm high but Oz is sex and the city for dudes · u/RayFines · ↑31 · 2023-09-28
"Charlotte from SATC was the breaking point for me. I bet she'd have still looked so nice with some greying hair and lines in her face but she looks like a goblin."
"It felt like a genuine representation of what life was like in a different period not to distant from ours temporally, but dramatically different in function (cell phones, computers, non-smoking)."
"Guy gets his foreskin chopped off as an adult because of Sex and The City"
"There was a sex and the city episode about this 20 years ago about how a vibrator turned Charlotte into a gooner that became a shut in and stopped talking to her friends."
Dildos and the damage done · u/Dashas1000thBody · ↑36 · 2024-03-15
"Not much of a TV guy. I've seen Sex and The City, I catch the local news before work, etc."
Better Call Saul changed my life · u/pulpypinko · ↑25 · 2024-03-22
"i just started watching the show sex and the city"
just started Sex and the City · u/leodicapriohoe · ↑24 · 2022-02-26
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