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more about #consumerism voteforme: If Jezebel really were anti-materialist, they wouldn't have a former model (who still writes about fashion) on staff, and Dodai wouldn't write her cat... more » Elizabth_Bennet: Good post, but I object to the Sex and the City comments. The movie (being Hollywoodized) departs greatly from the message of the show, which was more... more » Tara Incognita: This is why I like to stream Vicar of Dibley and As Time Goes By from Netflix on my computer. Both feature strong female leads and nary a bazillion-t... more » Rosaxé: I want to bring up an article I read in Bitch magazine about SATC, how it did explore topics in love & sex otherwise never explored in mainstream pop ... more » TheFormerJuneBronson: This is a touchy subject for me. I never cared much about what I saw on SATC, which always seemed like another, very fictitious, not terribly desirabl... more » MomoMcgee: Wait I thought women's empowerment was all about taking pole dance classes and shaving off all your pubic hair. Boy was I off! more » Perhaps Not: I realize it wasn't "for" me, but I hated "It's Complicated." Hated, hated, hated. Of all the smug, self-aggrandizing, poor-woman's-Nora-Ephron direct... more » sekushinonyanko: I think that some of the SATC-hate is simply people belittling it because it is a women-centered thing. Just like men have fantasy pieces where, no ma... more » LaComtesse: You know, I've ALWAYS said we should measure success and dedication to a moral cause on how many gadgets from William Sonoma one has. I'm so glad othe... more » fatmonalisa: I used to work with Eric Daman and the whole aura of Sex and the City about buying things and now with Gossip Girl was it was all a PR ploy and produc... more » DaniFae: It's funny how our consumer culture always replaces real causes with buying crap. After 9/11 we're told that buying crap is how we support our country... more » alwayswrite: I was thinking about this the other day and I came to the conclusion that there is a weird dualism in the way we (American society) think about stuff.... more » BlackSheepSayMoo: In terms of "It's Complicated", is it wrong to think that the director and set designers wanted to give audiences something pretty to look at? Maybe t... more » Pandorasvoicebox: "It's truthful and it's real and it's now; it's not dated, and it keeps evolving. These four women really make up one complete woman."" I am really s... more » mordicai: Post-feminism, or as you might already know it: "Consumerism." more » Apollinarius: This is the biggest reason I never understood how SATC managed to appeal to so many women. Maybe my point of view is a little skewed, but to me, all o... more » mimigoliath: I can't relate to any of the female characters mentioned in this post. You know who I am? I'm Britta from "Community," except with a slowly-earned fo... more » PhillyLass: Most movies feature sets that the lead characters could never afford in the real world. And most movies assume a connection between wealth and happine... more » traumamama: May I just say how lovely it is to see a movie still of two people of NORMAL weight and over the age of 19 who obviously just hooked up? more » LvV: Carrie Bradshaw's financial irresponsibility actually makes me seethe with rage. Buying Manolos when you can barely make rent is a great way to get ev... more » -
#sexandthecountryhouse
Is Women's Empowerment All About Buying Shit?
Kim Cattrall calls Sex and the City the answer to post-feminism, Nancy Meyers is all over the news, and it's starting to look like a the path to female empowerment is paved with Manolos and really nice bedsheets.
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#onestopshop
All Hail The Department Store
There are very few places on earth quite like an old school department store. They are retro wonders, throwbacks to a time when shopping was an all-day experience: an entire world captured under one roof. More » -
