Sex and the City

magazine, Sex and the City is a TV pop culture icon. The show, which is based on the 1997 book of the same name by Candace Bushnell, first aired on HBO in June of 1998. A romantic comedy produced by Darren Star, Sex and the City follows the lives of four, thirty something women living in New York City trying to navigate the ever-changing landscapes of their sex lives. The show focuses on the vastly different perspectives of the four main characters. Tackling relevant and modern social issues such as sexuality, safe sex, promiscuity and femininity, Sex and the City explored the complexity of romantic…

Sex and the City mostly contains various amount of scenes of the women having sex and talking about sex like men. This demonstrates the double standard that men are able to sleep around and act so dominant without society disagreeing or judging, but if women do the same, they will immediately be considered as “dirty.” Therefore, the women throughout the show create a good visual to the audience on their different perspectives of sex, and make it pretty clear on their mindset that casual sex is…

best known works are the Sex and the City novels which were adapted from the columns by the same name that she wrote for the New York Observer between 1994 and 1996. Candace was born to Camile Salonia and Calvin L. Bushnell in 1958 Glastonbury, Connecticut. Her father was something of a celebrity in her town having been an inventor of the Air Cooled Hydrogen Fuel Cell that the Apollo space mission of the 60s depended on. She can trace her ancestry to Francis Bushnell an immigrant from Berkshire,…

HBO broke tradition with the introduction of a female dominated TV series, Sex and the City. Although there have been countless shows geared to female audience, Sex and the City shed light on issues of female stereotypes and really focused on breaking away from these roles. The show offers complex versions of postmodern female identity. The identities of the show 's four main female characters are structured in direct relation to sexual, familial and economic freedom and in opposition to…

One of the funniest movies shot by Michael Patrick King is Sexy and the City -a romantic comedy, which tells a story about four female friends living in New York City throughout the film. The plot develops around Carrie Bradshaw played by Sarah Jessica Parker. The movie is a spinoff of the television show Sex and the City. The movie is funny, sexy, and is based on a wealthy lifestyle. According to the screenplay, Carrie Bradshaw, a writer who is stood up on her wedding day, tries to live…

He’s Just Not That Into You He’s Just Not That Into You is based on the popular show called “Sex and the City”. The book contains 188 pages in total to give guidelines for women who may wasting their valuable time and youth on some men that just not like them that much. And, listing specific examples and concerns from women who had questions about their relationships and provide different views to reply readers. Because women deserve to understand these guidelines for their own relationships so…

In the essay “Sex Sells: A Marxist Criticism of Sex in the City” Dave Rinehart makes a critique of the popular television show Sex and the City and simplifies the concept of the consumer capitalism and its impacts on the social empowerment of women. Rinehart focuses on the relationship between men and women and the dynamics that comes with this kind of connection. Furthermore, Rinehart’s analysis aligns and takes into account the ideas advocated by Karl Max in his criticism of the TV show. For…

In the readings assigned for this week Megan J. Lee and Leign Moscowitz’s expose of the Real Housewives of New York City in The “Rich Bitch” really stood out to me. The reading stood out to me because of the many conflicting attitudes and situations presented in the article. I personally have never watched the Real Housewives because I didn’t feel the need to watch wealthy grown women make a big deal out of the littlest things. It always seemed excessive and ridiculous to have these types of…

In Munro’s Lives of Girls and Women, Del Johnson experiences a unique chronology of events the culminate in her coming of age, ending with a solidification of an identity for herself with her relationship with Garnet French. Aligning with Rishoi’s perspective, Del experiences her growth into adult life as a time to “assert the embodiedness of identity,” (Rishoi 12) by enjoying the sexual activity she and Garnet engage in. Del revels in the sex initially, but later finds that she is unprepared…

correlated to the occupation of sex workers. Understanding mental health and physical health problems in sex workers can lead to a better perspective on sex workers as people. Many sex workers especially, street workers are categorized as drugies and other derogatory names however this generalization is offensive and inaccurate. Throughout these articles physical health and mental health are examined. Physical health is broken down into three categories; work setting, violence and drug abuse,…