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The Sex and the City reboot, And Just Like That, has been met with mixed reviews. But to understand why it might not work, we have to revisit the cultural legacy of the original series.
Miranda’s role as the anxious, fumbling white woman is disappointing. Some might find that Miranda is a reflection of the anxiety and fear that white women experience.
The popularity of hashtags like #MeToo speaks to society’s increasing embrace of important issues like sexual assault and harassment
What can we take away from this epic fail of a reboot as a society that continues to undervalue women and shun open discussions of age, class, race and sex?
No longer depicted as at a journey’s end, older women are living more out loud than ever in TV
Female sexuality and sex on screen have come a long way since the four friends were looking for love in the Big Apple.
The emergence of female-oriented erotica has been portrayed as a sign of women’s liberation, but research indicates that it reinforces cultural scripts of pornography targeting men.
The HBO series was a big hit in 2008, but is it still relevant two decades on?
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