A foray into feminism.

Inspired by the debates of Tuesday and the fact that I am within a few metres of someone actually writing a feminism essay, here are my thoughts (along with some other's) on the topic of the feminist and anti-feminist reading of Sex and the City.

Because I'm not writing an essay, and because I probably should be doing some work instead, I would like to present the following thoughts for your delectation as bullet points, summised into pro and anti-feminist readings:

FEMINIST

- All of the women are successful in their careers. In this sense sometimes this is portrayed as over the top - like we are supposed to believe Carrie's lifestyle on the back of one column a week.

- All of the women live or at some point live on their own, independently rented or owned apartment.

- Despite the several boyfriends/husbands they get through in the time, they always come back to the female friendship group, which is the most stable relationship of all.

- They are shown to have a fairly male attitude to sex in some episodes, especially Samantha, viewing it as outside relationships for instance.

ANTI-FEMINIST

- Although Carrie is successful in her job, her writing is ultimately defined by men.

- They are presented themselves as being very much defined by their relation to men, relationships are very important to them, and ultimately they are all paired off and settle down into a traditional monogamous relationship.

- They are all concerned or, in Carrie's case, obsessed by fashion.

- There is very little discussion about politics, culture, travel, or in fact anything other than relationships (then again, we don't follow them 24-hours a day).

There's probably more, so if you think of them, let me know and I'll add them to list. Now I probably should do some actual work, instead of this dilly-dallying.

Keep media savvy. x