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closeupready

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9. I wasn't a fan, but I was always told Carrie was really a gay man,

Reply to redgreenandblue (Original post)

Thu Dec 6, 2012, 03:57 PM

Dec 2012

i.e., a thoroughly modern woman whose sensibility owed almost everything to the gay people in her life...?

Anyway, I never understood what that was supposed to mean.

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Sex and the City - Feminist or not? [View all] redgreenandblue Dec 2012 OP

I regret having watched it more than a few times with my ex. She Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2012 #1

From my limited memory of the show, there were two episodes that particularly annoyed me. Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #23

That rings a bell. It was a while back but my brain hurts just thinking about it :-p Guy Whitey Corngood Dec 2012 #25

I agree about the first episode you mention. But, I was kind of on Carrie's side in the second one. Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2012 #31

Entertainment and Empowering for women LynneSin Dec 2012 #2

It wasn't supposed to be obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #3

If you consider the current "Houswives of Pick a Fucking City" pro feminist snooper2 Dec 2012 #4

Those shows are just pathetic. polly7 Dec 2012 #30

LOL Skittles Dec 2012 #5

I refuse to watch any of that brain rotting slop. Whisp Dec 2012 #6

I'm with you. randome Dec 2012 #18

I've never really thought about it. HappyMe Dec 2012 #7

mrs. unblock is obsessed with it, and she's seen the entire series at least 6 or 7 times through. unblock Dec 2012 #8

Interesting. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #10

you totally nailed it. and it's also about making your friends your family..... But bettyellen Dec 2012 #20

definitely a notable absence. but i think they figured that wasn't in their charter. unblock Dec 2012 #21

good points! coming from a large family myself, I find myself totally uninterested in family themed bettyellen Dec 2012 #22

I wasn't a fan, but I was always told Carrie was really a gay man, closeupready Dec 2012 #9

I think Prism's post below explains it well... nt stevenleser Dec 2012 #13

Okay, right - thanks. closeupready Dec 2012 #17

I had the flu a few years back and a friend let me borrow her entire SATC DVD collection . . . fleur-de-lisa Dec 2012 #11

I think the most feminist show at the moment is Once Upon a Time Prism Dec 2012 #12

There are a certain segment of women here in NYC that seem to behave this way (SATC)... stevenleser Dec 2012 #15

Ah, I gotcha Prism Dec 2012 #34

I don't know. I will say that it had to feature some of the most annoying, obnoxious characters ever Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2012 #14

I am a herto white male Springslips Dec 2012 #16

There are at least two episodes where she gets mistaken for one. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #19

Speaking as a woman cabot Dec 2012 #24

Since when is it Feministic to act as a surrogate for Gay Men? slampoet Dec 2012 #26

I posted before I read your post. It makes sense. Cleita Dec 2012 #28

Actually, it's men behaving badly, just with girls. Cleita Dec 2012 #27

I think of feminism as a movement too fundamentally challenge all forms of oppression and privilege. antigone382 Dec 2012 #29

It's not funny...not at all...really bad television... joeybee12 Dec 2012 #32

I have no idea, because the few minutes I saw of it were upper class women talking about shoes, LeftyMom Dec 2012 #33