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5 Ways to Dismiss The Sex and the City Movie
5 Ways to Dismiss The Sex and the City Movie
I feel like in order to talk about Sex and the City in any depth more than I already have, I have to tell you a little something about my personal worldview, to explicate how it’s possible that a pushing-30 single gal living in New York could not only not identify with but actually feel hostile towards, as Susie Bright put it in an excellent piece in Salon , the “racket part ...
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The House Next Door — ... stated in the church," the Democratic front-runner said. "We also don't want the church subjected to the scrutiny that a presidential campaign legitimately undergoes." Obama said he was resigning "with some sadness." "This is not a decision I come to lightly," he said."] *** 3. "Those dirty girls": Salon's Susannah Breslin looks at the impact of Sex and the City. (Hattip: Karina Longworth) ["The women of "Sex and the City," asserts Bright, aren't political. ...

What's Up with all the Hostility Toward SEX AND THE CITY?
All these wonderful things — ... - "a cultural snapshot showing everyone in the world how utterly shallow and culturally nowhere mainstream American women have become"), but even some of my favorite writers (and peeps for that matter) have joined in. It's become de rigeur to hate SATC sight unseen, and to do so with a bizarre double standard that I thought was reserved for the Clinton campaign. Karina Longworth even posted a handy guide to the 5 Ways to Dismiss the SEX AND THE CITY Movie, which was proffered as help for those looking to articulate their "semi-rational hatred" for the film. Number one on ...

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