Reading Sex and the City (Reading
Contemporary Television) by Kim
Akass
I Know This Much Is True ... Candace Bushnell - You Saved My Single Life
HBOs hit series Sex and the City has a huge international fan base and
has picked up major awards. This highly readable critical celebration of the
life and times of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha looks at the
series as a new departure for television. It discusses the shows position in
an increasingly complex television landscape, and pioneers innovative
approaches to the study of contemporary television culture. The book
explores, among many other issues, female fandom and fan culture;
fashion and fashion journalism; male archetypes and the search for Mr.
Right; third wave feminism; and of course, sex and the single girl. The
book includes a full episode guide, reports from the Sex and the City
Manhattan tour and a map of Sex and the City New York.

Personal Review: Reading Sex and the City (Reading
Contemporary Television) by Kim Akass
Every woman should say "I'll take Manhattan" ... and then do so in her own
way....
Enjoyable read and commentary on the single in the city life...for men and
women alike. Sex and the City was a God-send for many women during its
six-year run. Once upon a time women were brainwashed to believe that
they were incomplete without marriage and motherhood. How many an
aspiring career women felt she needed to take a break to find a husband
and produce babies? Well ... we'll fast forward to a few years later (quoting
Alanis Morrissette) .... and urban trends unfold to reveal that Cosmopolitan
had it right. Love is for the Harlequin novels because like Avril Lavigne
sang "five years from now she sits and home, feeding the baby she's all
alone. She turns on TV and guess who she sees ... Sk8tr Boi rockin up
MTV"... in the confines of a white picket fence prison. Oh hail Candace ...
your Sex and the City tales spawned an entire collective discourse in pop
culture's commerical HBO land ... of a rebel feminist yell not seen since the
days of Madonna circa Like a Virgin..... with one clear cut anthem - Live it
Up Ladies On Your Own Terms! The only baggage you need is a Gucci
bag. All a wedding is - is a production - and the bride and groom get to
play stars for one day. Why not be a star every day by taking on the world
and a big bite out of the Big Apple.
Post-Script: All the people that I knew who got married at 25 and
dissappeared from sight ... resurfaced about 3 to 5 years later divorced
and some with kids. Those who once felt sorry for the single and solo now
yearn for the very freedom that they lost on their wedding day. Thanks to
Carrie and her pals! You saved our single lives! Go Candace - bring on
more women heroines in the Sex and the City Empire. No Desperate
Housewives need apply!
Here is a more personal account of how the ladies in my life see the very
empowering impact of Sex and the City in their lives:
There was a young woman who was plump, plain, and finding her way in
the world living alone in the big city far from family ....who only wanted to
find a boyfriend to validate her. Years passed and she saw all the "love" go
to the pretty cheerleader types, mostly blue-eyed blondes, ravishing
redheads, or foxy brunnetts. Then a show came on the air called "Sex and
the City" and something took root in the psyche. During the six years it was
on the air the young lass found her personal heroine in Carrie Bradshaw
and her lady pals. And so a transformation began which had a snowball
effect... resulting in a quiet miracle - the young woman loved her life
exactly as it was! She stopped desiring marriage and motherhood because
she never wanted it at all! Who needs a cell mate and sleep deprivation -
not me! It was society's rulebook and not hers! And she stopped
apologizing for it. She celebrated it! And all the boys who never looked at

her - well, they ended up divorced and telling everyone to avoid their
mistake. A mistake they now can't take back. And as for all the girls who
batted their eyelashes and won the roses ... let's just say Desperate
Housewives and the suburban anorexia of their lives didn't live up to the
wedding cake promise.
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