Candace Bushnell Says "Sex and the City" wasn't Feminist

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"Sex and the City" Author Candace Bushnell Says HBO Series wasn’t Feminist
by Brandon Chloe
October 17, 2021


"Sex and the City" author Candace Bushnell says the beloved HBO adaptation should not serve as a guide for how women should live.

“We never talk about this, but that’s something that women need to think about: You can do a lot less . . . when you have to rely on a man,” Bushnell said in a New York Post interview. “The TV show and the message were not very feminist at the end. But that’s TV. That’s entertainment. That’s why people should not base their lives on a TV show.”



Regarding the super fans who look to the show for guidance, Bushnell minimized the importance of landing your own “Mr. Big” – the now-famous archetype of the elusive, attractive and successful metropolitan man.

“The reality is, finding a guy is maybe not your best economic choice in the long term. Men can be very dangerous to women in a lot of different ways,” Bushnell said.





Regarding the new HBO Max series "And Just Like That...", Bushnell is unruffled by HBO’s decision to create a sequel series.

“HBO’s going to make money on it. They’re going to exploit it as much as they can,” Bushnell said. “They rebooted ‘Gossip Girl.’ If they didn’t reboot ‘Sex in the City,’ it would be really strange.”

Though she doesn’t “know anything about what the new show’s going to be about,” Bushnell added she will watch the sequel.

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