[…] To my mind, Sex and the City is the equivalent of one of those Soviet propaganda films in which the factory workers are depicted as happy, singing citizens of tomorrow. The truth is that women like Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda are wretched, unhappy and isolated. The key to their survival is not the sisterhood, but a combination of slimming pills and anti-depressants.
[…] To my mind, Sex and the City is the equivalent of one of those Soviet propaganda films in which the factory workers are depicted as happy, singing citizens of tomorrow. The truth is that women like Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda are wretched, unhappy and isolated. The key to their survival is not the sisterhood, but a combination of slimming pills and anti-depressants.Writer Toby Young on Sex and the City and feminism (via jessicagoldharalson) (via amandadaugherty) (via gauntlet) (via miss-r)
They’re on slimming pills?? So that’s their secret.
Oh Toby, such a lovable, ornery, bald man. Though you’d never know it from this diatribe, he’s enormously fun to drink a bottle of champagne with.
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