Comments on: Sex and the City: is it really about girl power?

By: Deepti

Deepti — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:28:43 +0000

A silly, silly, silly show.

By: gifted typist

gifted typist — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:14:14 +0000

Ambera, I think I’ll audition.

WP, I guess we should thank you then

Red, well than you v. much. I see fashion a cultural code to be interpreted. It’s a fascinating window into the way we are.

By: Red

Red — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:12:09 +0000

I enjoyed your column very much. I’m American, and I became a Democrat when I was seven, because they had a woman on the ticket. Obama’s not a bad candidate, and Hillary made some mistakes, but it’s still hard for me to see that she’s not the nominee. Seven-year-old Red has been waiting 24 years for that.

Good column, and good points. I sometimes cringe when I think of the battles my unborn daughters and I may have over fashion.

By: Write Procrastinator

Write Procrastinator — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:46:41 +0000

I can’t remember the joke and if it was truly worthy, I would’ve forgone the discomfort on everyone’s part.

By: Ambera

Ambera — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:48:22 +0000

I’m all for Odd Socks and the City.

By: Gifted Typist

Gifted Typist — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:20:19 +0000

Barbara, I quite enjoyed aspects of it as well, but part of that enjoyment was reading of its message which isn’t as straight forward as four sex-obsessed, shoe-obsessed New York women.

Megan, I think it is partly a satire of modern womanhood,but I think there is more to it than that alone.

Chance, yes it was a challenge to spell that word and I agree with your assessment of liberation, but SATC is also part of a continuum that ends with Girls Gone Wild parties which would not fit into my notion of liberation

WP- oh go on, hit me.

By: Write Procrastinator

Write Procrastinator — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:34:09 +0000

Sigh(Trying so hard not to make a crass joke).

By: chancelucky

chancelucky — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:17:59 +0000

I really admire the way you were able to spell Manolo Blahniks or whatever they are. I do think there is one “feminist” aspect of Sex and the City and it may actually disprove some things that the more radical feminists thought at the beginning of the last century. The theme of the show other than fashion is that women can be single, have sex, and enjoy it. Some used to think this was liberation at the deepest level and would naturally result in social-political empowerment as well.

I’m not sure it did and Sex and the City might be the proof.

By: Megan

Megan — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:33:33 +0000

The show would be OK as satire.

By: barbara

barbara — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:43:03 +0000

I am standing up and doing the slow clap here.

I actually have nothing against watching Sex and the City. It’s quite entertaining. But that is all it should be – fictional entertainment. If we start mistaking it for role mentoring, we as a society are hooped.