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SOURCES:
Jane Arthurs “Sex and the City and Consumer Culture: Remediating Postfeminist Drama”, Feminist Media Studies, 3:1 (2003) pp.83-98.
Bonnie J. Dow. “Hegemony, Feminist Criticism, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show” Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 7 (1990), 261-274.
Jane Gerhard. “Sex and the City: Carrie Bradshaw's queer postfeminism” Feminist Media Studies, 5 (1) (2006) pp. 37-49.
Angela McRobbie. “Post‐feminism and popular culture” Feminist Media Studies, 4 (3) (2004) pp. 255-264.
Angela McRobbie, Lynn Spigel, Yvonne Tasker. Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture, Duke University Press (2007).
Emily Nussbaum. “Difficult Women: How “Sex and the City” lost its good name” New Yorker (2013).
Ariel Saramandi. "A Novel About Sleeping Through the ’90s, Designed to Wake You Up" Electric Lit (2018):
https://electricliterature.com/a-novel-about-sleeping-through-the-90s-designed-to-wake-you-up-in-2018/
Belinda A. Stillion Southard. “Beyond the Backlash: Sex and the City and Three Feminist Struggles” Communication Quarterly, Vol. 56, No. 2, (2008) pp. 149–167.
David Zurawik, “The Trouble with 'Ally' Analysis: Fox's pseudo-feminist, 'neurotic female' is sending mixed messages on gender and workplace issues” Baltimore Sun (1998).
@BroeyDeschanel2 years agoHello! My friend Hannah and I started a podcast :) it's called Rehash, and it's all about social media phenomenons that once took the world by storm, only to be quickly forgotten! We're releasing episodes weekly, which you can find here (and wherever you get your podcasts): .....Expand69
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@christieomojo3 years agoI think there is something to be said about female friendships and proximity. Satc made a lot of women believe their friends would always be there, and. ...Expand3061
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@leeannatweed88113 years agoCapitalism strips us of our humanity, and then sells us books on how to be more human. Wow. Love this video. 2447
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@sterlingross9193 years agoThe scene where they talk about being each others soulmates is literally one of my favorite scenes from any tv show. 1989
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@TaraMooknee3 years ago" heterosexuallyis so apt omg hahahaha. 1597
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@alexandrinapetrova99952 years agoMiranda being excited to take a break from motherhood for a few days is not selfish. Usually men do it all the time, leaving all the work to the mothers. ...Expand480
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@rahmakhaleel72933 years agoSex and the city serves as a very peculiar expression of time. Like it can be so very backwards, outdated and primitive while simultaneously existing in. ...Expand1750
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@thescarlettgirl2023 years agoI actually find our sex and the city protagonists to be realistically flawed characters. They areand intelligent. They at least hetero love each other. They are alsoand materialistic. They have external ethics barrowed from an ideal of 90' s new york, but it' s not really from them internally. It' s largely an accident that they are such realistically neutral characters, but it' s fascinating. ...Expand912
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@lianmcintyre59193 years agoI am so upset to learn that the original endgame for carrie was for her to still be single. That truly would have been revolutionary for a show with a. ...Expand792
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@sarahschwartz39903 years agoIt just occurred to me after dozens of times watching the pilot episode. Her quip about breakfast at tiffany' s kind of totally ignores what holly. ...Expand449
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@meganprapas56383 years agoAs someone who wrote a critical analysis essay on fukuyamas end of history and binged all of sex and the city this year, this video feels like it was made for me. 350
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@Hiiiiiiiiieeeelast yearThe maybe we could be each others soulmates line from charlotte will always bring me to tears. I think its truly how many of us feel about our fri id="hidden9"endships. Especially as we get older and have failed relationship, after failed relationship. You realize love and intimacy does not have to be physical to be profound and special. ...Expand91
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@LolaSebastian3 years agoParanoid reading what a term. Thank you so, so much for pinning this conundrum down and introducing me to it. Your content continues to be absolutely phenomenal. 252
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@djvoid12 years ago" paranoid reading" is a great way to articulate the phenomenon of people labelling things ' partially problematic and thus wholly terrible' love it. 76
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@HXCHairnets3 years agoOkay first, i have to say i cried while watching this during the section talking about satc being about friendship. A big part of why it was so good is also, it feels like the current day media has that same brand of being so out of touch with the average 20-40yr olds actual experience with capitalism and consumerism. or it at least feels incredibly distant from a life like mine, a service industry worker or somebody who makes less than $50k a year. ...Expand335
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@chriscze61533 years agoI' ve been mostly sleepwalking the last months in an effort to avoid pain and the world around me - i even literally slept most of the day today and. ...Expand572
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@daviroman11982 years agoCarrie was the original influencer! She post regularly. She was invited to the best partys. And she always looked good. 80
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@neonvisuals3 years agoThe thing about sex and the city is that basically they try the whole series to not be like their mothers, but end up pretty much the same. In my opinion,. ...Expand182
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@neesee263 years agoWow the way you tied in 9/11 was powerful and made me emotional. Im a late 90s baby but the youngest in my family with boomer parents. Us muslims in a. ...Expand136
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@crapshots3 years agoHave i watched a single episode of sex and the city? Nope! I' ve never watched love island either, but i' ve watched broeyvideo about that franchise multiple times because i adore the way broey dissects media! Excited to buckle in for this!. ...Expand330
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@TheFloffy3 years agoThe abortion episode has been on my mind lately. Fiction mostly treats abortion as a single right or wrong answer in the ethical context of the narrative. sanc does not, it shows that all choises are fine. They are choises. Life goes on. Whatever you think is right for you, there you are. ...Expand206
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@aw04tn583 years agoSex and the city presenting bisexuality as a dishonest phase on the way to being gay or lesbian really did damage to my young bisexual psyche. It' s . ...Expand2017
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@michaelhamilton15233 years agoAs a cis gay man who was in his 20s in the 90s and living in a major and majorly cynical us city, my personal experience of satc as i consumed it in its. ...Expand376
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@hollysmith38793 years agoI watched satc growing up, and will always be grateful for its core message: you are *enough*. You don' t have to be *perfect*. The most important just two years ago we saw cynthia nixon' s rendition of' be a lady they said' which only confirms the timelessness of these lessons. They offer a comfort that helpsbe at peace with yourself, and then in turn have more love and energy to give to others. it' s a huge shamethat the writers were blind to how universal this lesson is - the proper inclusion and representation of lgbtq+ and bipoc in satc would have made it ' even more' new york, and just so, so powerful. ...Expand86
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@arrismith93343 years agoOpening a satc essay with fukuyamaill never not stan. 70
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@Asoftenkameshee2 years agoI agree with the shoe situation though. Keira blaming carrie for not having kids and putting herself up on a pedestal because she has children andis just ridiculous. 114
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@silverstrandforest33743 years agoIm a 38 year old woman and have been programmed to cry whenever mirandas moms funeral, carries inconvenient love speech or the song youve got the l id="hidden22"ove is referenced ill never know how my tackling of adolescence, adulthood and womanhood would have differed without satc, but im glad it was there for me, no matter how problematic and cringe it would be if i were to revisit it now. Not a chance by the way, which makes me all the more thankful for thoughtful and nuanced video essays such as these you look good in a tutu skirt and lit up on a park bench broey! And that nomi painting is awesome. ...Expand142
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@carmen89583 years agoCommentary channels that make me tear up bc of how well they convey their thoughts and opinions in not only respectful ways but highly entertaining >> gt; . ...Expand66
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@ForeignManinaForeignLand3 years agoLol spoil all of it for me cause i doubt i being a black cishet man would watch it out of my own volition (no knocks to those that have) but i do desperately wanna know why it was so influential. 83
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@bicycleninja16853 years agoGood stuff. There' s an episode in the sopranos where tony goes to the university that meadow wants to go to and donates a large amount of money. This. ...Expand149
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@wsa182 years agoFor me carrie ending up with big does make sense as it, probably, can only do in fiction. I see carrie as romantic, not the type that charlotte is as i. ...Expand42
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@ritag23793 years agoThis was so well done! Feel like i' ve learned so much. Talking about the show itself: it kind of makes me glad to see it hasn' t ' aged well'. ...Expand19
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@LauraEDavis3 years agoThank you for such a thoughtful, careful and complex reading of this show. There was a lot this show did for women when it came to talking about female. ...Expand10
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@lemelon72683 years agoHey, queen! Girl, you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for all of us and doing it flawlessly. no seriously, your video essays are. ...Expand47
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@imimimine3 years agoI watched satc a few years ago as a ' guilty pleasure' but re watched it this year guilt free. It may not be my favourite but it struck a chord. ...Expand64
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@unerevuese3 years agoI do see satc as one of my problematic fave shows. The reason why i come back to it because at its core its about the importance of friendship and how these women created a family with each other. 55
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@20somethingtuesdays603 years agoIts official: broey deschanel has the best song remixes ive ever encountered on youtube. My friend in manhattan was proposed to in central park with live musicians playing youve got the love. 19
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@babymariobrother3793last yearI planned on only watching the first five minutes of this but ended up watching the whole thing. Between the research, the sequencing, and the presentation, you' re incredible at what you do. 8
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@martinpatrick89642 years agoBroey deschanel - i want to congratulate you on one of the most sophisticated critiques i' ve ever encountered online. Your readings and analysis were. ...Expand24
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@JC-yy8iv3 years agoWtf is this about the dancing baby, oh nooo. I feel old lol. It was basically a prehistoric meme. 17
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@Nomoredrama20002 years agoI watch re-runs of sex and the city now as comfort watch as it reminds me of better times. It' s a fairytale i can escape to from the deep horrors of . ...Expand21
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@BroeyDeschanel3 years agoHelloo! I just wanted to clarify (as i do in the pinned comment of literally every video at this point lol) that i don' t love the word to describe the critical phenomenon that sedgwick is talking about. But alas, that is her descriptor for it! I just thinkhas a relativelyconnotation. Correction for the correction: snia braga is bipoc. anyways, would love to hear all your thoughts aboutreading and what you all think is the best practice for analyzing media these days! There' s definitely no cut and dry solution i think. Do you think reparative readings are helpful - or do they gloss over criticism?. ...Expand532
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@sleepyhead86813 years agoI loved the show in the early 20' s. Hasn' t aged very well, but is still entertaining. I got to meet cynthia nixon on her run for governor in upstate ny who i had a huge crush on as a teen. 98
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@kieleleron857683 years agoEverything that humans create reflects humanity in some way and because of that alone it is worth examining. Its worth looking at lots of media even stuff. ...Expand62
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@claudiajade6243 years agoWhilst i love the focus on female friendship, it does paint a bit of an unrealistic view (for most ppl) of friendship in your 30s (interestingly perhaps. ...Expand39
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@SA-up2mc3 years agoAmazing! This is one of the best video essays i have ever seen and i' ve seen many. The part where you spoke about the individualism, influence of. ...Expand5
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@Sam-08273 years agoI love a good video essay on things people view as toobut sis, no one does an amazing video essay like you! 54
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@conroyherald16373 years agoI never thought i see these 2 topics in the same video in a million years. 15
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@Minam03 years agoAs an older millennial woman, i definitely struggle with sleepwalking through life. Im aware ive done it for much of my life because im filled with id="hidden41"a sense of hopelessness and powerlessness. I envy the satc characters in the way they were apolitical and ignorant to the realities of what was happening in the world. its also why i, in a way, admired the protagonist of my year of rest and relaxation. The naive idea that you can be healed of your trauma and anxiety of the world, when really most of it stems from outside forces completely out of your control. it says a lot that my form of coping right after 9/11 was to go to the mall. ...Expand80
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@waywardwillard3 years agoI worked in a bookstore, and not even my bosses sold me on my year of rest and relaxation the way you did in this video! 7
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@carmensinclair92722 years agoThis is a fascinating look at a show i am only now beginning to understand and appreciate. I grew up in an intellectual household, and satc was something but now i am a relatively independent woman with ajob, looking for love and friendship. I don' t want children, like most of the main cast, and i' m already jaded to the dating scene despite having relatively little experience: it' s overwhelming and terrifying. I' m decidedly an idealist, but i understand losing one' s faith in love. I' m white, my family is part of the fading middle class, but i myself am only one paycheck away from destitution (as many people are nowadays) i also love shoes and fashion and spending frivolously (to the chagrin of my bank account) in a desperate attempt to fill the void with tchotchkes and books about how to be better. There' s something comforting about these women who are like me in many ways. Maybe, if they succeeded, i can too. ...Expand12
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@lzgnooop3 years agoYour script writing is just next level. 15
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@xxbludger3 years agoI seriously love every single video you put out. It' s a deep, and thoughtful analysis every single time, and i come away having learned something new or thinking about a piece of media in a new way. I really feel like sex and the city is the kind of show i would love to watch and apply the type of framework that you encourage in this video. for those of us who live on twitter, it' s really easy to become increasingly irritated by the overexposure of 280 characterthat, at best, are a neutral expression of someone' s opinion that (throughlikes, etc) gets unfortunately shoved down thousands of people' s throats without their permission. That in turn makes all of us more miserable and arguing over topics in a deeply aggressive manner that we literally wouldn' t have cared about any other day, lol. So i just wanted to say that i love these 45 minute bangers that really focus on a core argument and unfold in a really cool way. It is long overdue but i' ve finally subscribed to your patreon, and i can' t wait to see what you work on next! also, re: your pinned comment. I too have the same gut reaction to sedgwick' s term ofthe term itself gets thrown around a lot these days (sometimes too much) but i feel like i' ve rarely seen discussion about how the term itself is constructed. That being said, i' m sure you' ve read her more than me, so i can only describe how i feel with little evidence to back it up. Mostly i feel sad that the attitude is increasingly being used to shut down conversations started bypeople that are trying to think about how these shows (including succession, the white lotus, the sopranos, etc) are interesting and necessary for look into certain psyches, but simultaneously asking us to still care about (and throw the most accolades and critical acclaim toward) the psychology of angroup. Not everyone, rightly so, finds value in that kind of art being praised year after year. ...Expand4
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@RachelKatWalsh3 years agoI think i' ve watched this show beginning to end about 10 times, so i know what you mean in that it' s captivating and i keep coming back to it and . ...Expand17
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@mariaefstratiou74273 years agoYes! We needed more sex and the city video essays. 15
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@jonginisholy3 years agoI totally stopped paying attention to the voice over and was solely focused on you. WOW BESTIE. 8
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@slavmetal3 years agoThis was great, i especially loved the inclusion of sedgwick. I see reparative reading as an important way forward for media criticism in the current hypocritical. ...Expand30
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@thatcoffee2 years agoAs a polsci student that is interested in media analysis, this vid essay is everything. Then again, most of your videos are: keep doing what you do. 6
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@Emma-tf9jg2 years agoIve returned to this video so many times, and it gives me something new every time. Thank you for your work! 2
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@claudiajade6243 years agoMuch problematic, especially when viewed with a modern lens. But nonetheless groundbreaking at the time, and did push a lot of conversations and change. ...Expand72
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@mb76263 years agoNever watched sex and the city and always sort of had mild contempt for it but this gave me an appreciation for it. I' d also been sort of contemplating. ...Expand20
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@nwmusic4ever3 years agoThis is the best thing i' ve come across in the internet for a very long time, thank you! I stumbled across this video whilstfrom uni readings in global political economy and funnily enough this video helped me to comprehend real-life consequences of neoliberal politics better than any of the articles provided. Keep up the good work!. ...Expand
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@tz64nk413 years agoI wonder what you' d make of supergirl (2015-21) because it' s absolutely on that mary tyler moore-ally mcbeal-satc spectrum while also being a sf action show. 20
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@csjobson77632 years agoAs a super fan of satc (and ally mcbeal) even with all its problematic bits, i really enjoyed watching this. And i was geeked to see that ottessas book was included as i read it last year! Thank you for all this research. 8
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@gabrielkies90683 years agoI was listening to this video while washing the dishes and got a mid-roll ad for a murder-themed puzzle subscription thing that was like " after a. ...Expand2
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@moomoomoo143 years agoYou have risen to be one of my favourite video essayist. This one was wonderful! Well done! 1
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@euro_trashling3 years agoNot related to postfeminism but. i always felt like we misjudged big. Yeah, he' s not perfect, he cheated on his wife, he has troubles communicating commitment issues are not a sign of moral failure. You are not a bad person if you can' t commit. it' s like carrie wants to see big as someone he' s not, and then gets pissed when she' s met with real big who can' t return her love. It feels like big was a villain because he wasn' t able to love carrie back the way she wanted him to. And when you say it like that it becomes apparent that maybe nobody here is a villain, and carrie should have just moved on. ...Expand144
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@seemita2754last yearI found this channel completely by accident and it is giving endless insight. Loved this. Thank you. 1
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@jasminehaha37123 years agoThe compulsion to sleep through life. Wow. Amazing. 6
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@JaJaHerSelF3 years agoHere i am once again devouring a broey video on something i only have second-hand knowledge about. 5
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@gregfulton2539last year" dear funky spunk. " fave all-time line. Loved that carrie smoked and oft fought for her right to. Superficiality aside and having lived in nyc . ...Expand1
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@gaysingaming2 years agoThis video just seems like peak youtube. A long deep dive into something no one asked for but are better to have it. And a skill share sponsorship. 5
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@blinkspyblackpink46133 years agoI don' t know but i loved samantha, i wish to some day be as free as her. She booked a doctor' s appointment for a nun (who she just met and didn' t yes, sam had her flaws like how she dealt with trans people and her unability to really commit. But she do committed to someone, her friends. ...Expand7
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@maxresdefault_3 years agoJust started watching knowing nothing about this show. I saw " the end of history" in the thumbnail and thought of fukuyama, but had no idea you' d i' m so excited. ...Expand3
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@Pinkyton3 years agoOh boy i watched a bunch of this show with my sister and have tried to block it out. This is bringing it all back but i' m still here for it haha. 7
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@marthalynx79413 years agoI must say that i never agreed with comments that carrie character was so wrong and unlikeble. That she should be better. For me it was the opposite. I. ...Expand60
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@NorwegianPhoenix3 years agoI haven' t finished the video yet but i just had to leave a comment to say that i love that you refrence, not only in the video when talking, but also. ...Expand
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@icedoatmilklatte910last yearThis is one the best video essays i' ve seen. This also gave me a different perspective of myorar. I wasn' t the biggest fan of that book, but now . ...Expand
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@shikonaori3 years agoThe only reason i ever got into sex and the city was because i was looking for something to binge watch after my first serious relationship ended to distract for all of its flaws i do think it was notable in terms of how much it attempted to normalize sex, both having it and frank discussions of it, especially in a nonmarital, non religious context. I also appreciated the end relationships of every major character save for carrie, it really felt like everybody besides her experienced some genuine growth. Although frankly her and big kind of deserved each other, lmao. ...Expand194
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@kittykittysp3 years agoThereading, regardless of the nature of the word paranoid, is definitely an interesting idea. Thank you so much for bringing in sedgwick' s thoughts! I found that the conclusion for this video really summarized exactly how i feel about the non-nuanced criticisms of sex and the city and post-feminism critiques of certain media in general. i think nuance is very important, which is why i support reparative readings. I can' t speak for all communities, but as a queer person i find that in the queer community there are many texts and forms of media that require reparative reading in the modern age but remain major pillars of the queer community for one reason or another. Likewise, there are pieces of media that matter in my defining femininity and womanhood for myself that also require a nuanced reading because it' s important to recognize certain degrees of privilege in those definitions. this was a fantastic video, thank you so much for sharing these thoughts and creating such an interesting discussion!. ...Expand4
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@liyuekan3 years agoThis is the best analysis i have ever watched on satc. Thank you for a truly wonderful 44 minutes < 3. 1
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@strongestintheworld2 years agoOne of the best pop culture video essays i' ve ever watched. Thank you.
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@buttrioska87379 months agoYour videos move me in unexplicable ways, a new type of existential dread and ideal fullfilment invades me with each one i watch.
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@rhonnichan3 years agoI was rewatching sex and the city recently and that episode where samantha practically fetishes that one black man and his sister was just trying to be like it gave off emotional incest, it gave off fetish, it gave off " how dare a black woman tell me no" ughh. ...Expand17
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@NightAtTheOpera33 years agoI have such an unbelievable love/hate relationship with this show, i can' t even put it into words. 12
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@henrybae276last yearThank you so much for this long video. It was the perfect thing for me, as a satc obsessed fan, to play while working alone in my office.
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@basimamogale88723 years agoThis was such a stunning and well spoken! Enjoyed every second of it. 1
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@kkobrien2 years agoI feel a bit breathless after watching this- a really insightful, intelligent, and compassionate critique of satc and surrounding media. Thanks for creating this video! 1
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@laraliz333 years agoTotally wonderful video. Thank you for breaking this down so eloquently. 2
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@christinaharty3 years agoThis video is amazing. The amount of work that most have went into this is really admirable. Keep up the good work!
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@sunkissedking3 years agoI have never understood post-feminism until this moment. I am inebriated as shit, and i think that might have contributed. Great video, bro. 14
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@sophiabrown97483 years agoOh wow, this was great - so much fun. Also, i love the concepts ofreadings - thanks for introducing me to them! 1
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@spg2a43 years agoThis was one of the best video essays i' ve seen in a long time.
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@elizabethbennet47913 years agoThe weirdest thing about the shoes episode is how the friend kira actually shows up to the registry. 5
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@irenecano97302 years agoHey girl, i am currently working on a paper on chick lit and postfeminism and i wanted to quickly say that this video is extremely well done and researched! i personally love reading about the postfeminist discourse because of how controversial it is. It seems that every feminist scholar defines it differnetly and often descriptions constradict each other. I personally do not understand thein postfeminism as in beyond the need for feminism, but as a change in feminist politics (same waydoes not imply that the traces of colonialism have been erased from our wolrd) the 90s were an era of confusion for women since many could not identify with the second wave' s restricitve ideology and needed a new type of feminism that would help them navigate their everyday life, and that was postfeminism. I enjoyattempt to explore the tension between being a feminist and enjoying femininity, since it is sth that was overlooked in previous feminisms. And for that, i think that postfeminism had a kind of positive impact in society (although it never was an organized politicla movement, it was more cultural and discursive) obvsiously the 3rd wave would later explore thedichotomy further, but at the time postfeminism was the answer for confusd women. so, althought not a perfecti would not say is anti-feminist whatsoever, it is just aof feminismt. But again, there is still not a unified definition so it highly depends on how you want to understnad postfeminism. I just wanted to let you know that there is more to it, and it' s worth researching! I recommend stephanie gerz and stephaniewritings. ...Expand
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@eleanortaylor47683 years agoSex and the city and dunking on fukuyama, my two favourite things. Love you broey xx. 5
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@danbark46032 years agoI watched sex and the city movie today, and i was very confused on what i was watching. I' ll skip over my overly complicated emotions, but i found. ...Expand4
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@funkstiu7 months agoThis is only the secodnd of your videos im watching and you are already my discovery of the year on yt! Thank you for making great content.
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@Anaesthaesia2 years agoYou put words on something i' d been struggling with after recently re-watching the show in its entirety. And i think it was succinctly put, and i agree with your conclusion. 1
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@oliviaschwengler35462 years agoI loved everything about it, researched and thought through so well! Its such a different take on sex and the city, not what i expected but it was so informative wow, thanks for this!
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or it at least feels incredibly distant from a life like mine, a service industry worker or somebody who makes less than $50k a year. ...Expand 335
you are *enough*. You don' t have to be *perfect*. The most important just two years ago we saw cynthia nixon' s rendition of' be a lady they said' which only confirms the timelessness of these lessons. They offer a comfort that helpsbe at peace with yourself, and then in turn have more love and energy to give to others.
it' s a huge shamethat the writers were blind to how universal this lesson is - the proper inclusion and representation of lgbtq+ and bipoc in satc would have made it ' even more' new york, and just so, so powerful. ...Expand 86
ill never know how my tackling of adolescence, adulthood and womanhood would have differed without satc, but im glad it was there for me, no matter how problematic and cringe it would be if i were to revisit it now. Not a chance by the way, which makes me all the more thankful for thoughtful and nuanced video essays such as these
you look good in a tutu skirt and lit up on a park bench broey! And that nomi painting is awesome. ...Expand 142
no seriously, your video essays are . ...Expand 47
anyways, would love to hear all your thoughts aboutreading and what you all think is the best practice for analyzing media these days! There' s definitely no cut and dry solution i think. Do you think reparative readings are helpful - or do they gloss over criticism?. ...Expand 532
its also why i, in a way, admired the protagonist of my year of rest and relaxation. The naive idea that you can be healed of your trauma and anxiety of the world, when really most of it stems from outside forces completely out of your control.
it says a lot that my form of coping right after 9/11 was to go to the mall. ...Expand 80
for those of us who live on twitter, it' s really easy to become increasingly irritated by the overexposure of 280 characterthat, at best, are a neutral expression of someone' s opinion that (throughlikes, etc) gets unfortunately shoved down thousands of people' s throats without their permission. That in turn makes all of us more miserable and arguing over topics in a deeply aggressive manner that we literally wouldn' t have cared about any other day, lol. So i just wanted to say that i love these 45 minute bangers that really focus on a core argument and unfold in a really cool way. It is long overdue but i' ve finally subscribed to your patreon, and i can' t wait to see what you work on next!
also, re: your pinned comment. I too have the same gut reaction to sedgwick' s term ofthe term itself gets thrown around a lot these days (sometimes too much) but i feel like i' ve rarely seen discussion about how the term itself is constructed. That being said, i' m sure you' ve read her more than me, so i can only describe how i feel with little evidence to back it up. Mostly i feel sad that the attitude is increasingly being used to shut down conversations started bypeople that are trying to think about how these shows (including succession, the white lotus, the sopranos, etc) are interesting and necessary for look into certain psyches, but simultaneously asking us to still care about (and throw the most accolades and critical acclaim toward) the psychology of angroup. Not everyone, rightly so, finds value in that kind of art being praised year after year. ...Expand 4
i always felt like we misjudged big. Yeah, he' s not perfect, he cheated on his wife, he has troubles communicating commitment issues are not a sign of moral failure. You are not a bad person if you can' t commit.
it' s like carrie wants to see big as someone he' s not, and then gets pissed when she' s met with real big who can' t return her love. It feels like big was a villain because he wasn' t able to love carrie back the way she wanted him to. And when you say it like that it becomes apparent that maybe nobody here is a villain, and carrie should have just moved on. ...Expand 144
i think nuance is very important, which is why i support reparative readings. I can' t speak for all communities, but as a queer person i find that in the queer community there are many texts and forms of media that require reparative reading in the modern age but remain major pillars of the queer community for one reason or another. Likewise, there are pieces of media that matter in my defining femininity and womanhood for myself that also require a nuanced reading because it' s important to recognize certain degrees of privilege in those definitions.
this was a fantastic video, thank you so much for sharing these thoughts and creating such an interesting discussion!. ...Expand 4
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so, althought not a perfecti would not say is anti-feminist whatsoever, it is just aof feminismt. But again, there is still not a unified definition so it highly depends on how you want to understnad postfeminism. I just wanted to let you know that there is more to it, and it' s worth researching! I recommend stephanie gerz and stephaniewritings. ...Expand