tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902954121039813600.post6976380061257426048..comments2019-07-10T08:27:06.913-04:00Comments on Learning Medspeak: Sex and the City as Open Cultural ProductCYWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08577906346189376764noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902954121039813600.post-14796143916195475452010-05-28T20:20:47.645-04:002010-05-28T20:20:47.645-04:00This article is pretty good: http://www.ifc.com/ne...This article is pretty good: http://www.ifc.com/news/2010/05/satc-2.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902954121039813600.post-25275928012447109872010-05-27T20:34:15.809-04:002010-05-27T20:34:15.809-04:00I haven't see the latest movie, as it looks pr...I haven't see the latest movie, as it looks pretty bad, but I have watched I think all the episodes of the TV series. Between the 4 women I think the show did a good job of showing the struggle many face in careers, romantic relationships and being independent, self-sufficient women. Each woman had a particular way of figuring in children, spouses, and a career into their lives. I know the show faced criticism because it depicted only a small subset of American, namely upper-class, East coast-educated and I think that's a valid point. Poorer women would have different experiences, but I think the show could only grapple with so much in one series.<br />It's funny because I actually watched the Golden Girls today for the first time in awhile, and I remembered how I really liked that show. It was a show about women who were at an age that usually places women in the shadows and here were these 4 golden gals who were having these interesting, great lives without husbands and whose roles as mothers weren't as emphasized as is normally seen. The show also brought up issues that were taboo in the 80s such as AIDS, artificial insemination, euthanasia, homosexuality, and alternative families. So all in all it's interesting to think about the two shows and their respective cultural impacts. lol<br />wow sorry for the lonnnngggg rant!melonontwotendrilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02401910187533233711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8902954121039813600.post-9960462964276036452010-05-27T19:15:53.722-04:002010-05-27T19:15:53.722-04:00I don't think that these women have become fru...I don't think that these women have become frumpy old women. Granted, I haven't seen the full length, but from what I have seen I think the show offers an excellent and different perspective on "aging women". I think that before sex and the city there was no popular show or book or anything in pop culture really that defined older women as "sexy, and still desirable". <br />The goals of these women are also all different ranging from "love" to pure lust-which is not a traditional stereotype of older women. <br />Kudos to the show for raising these issues, and in my opinion, helping altar societies views of women after initial deflower-ment and menopause.Patricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15575768733194320381noreply@blogger.com