Things I Learned From Sex & The City

November 30th, 2011 - By MN Editor

by Selam Aster

"sex and the city lessons"

It’s amazing how I never grow tired of Sex and The City reruns. Each time I watch an episode from the iconic HBO show about four thirty-somethings figuring out their romantic lives in the Big Apple, I either learn something new or a lesson will further resonate with me. In the early years of the show, the narratives spoke to the universal struggles of love and dating but once SATC hit the big screen, all truths went out the window in favor of movie fluff. Oh well, that’s why we have the show. Nothing can replace the clever and smart writing of the series and the way it integrated the Manhattan city landscape into so many of the scenes.  Aside from heightening my appreciation for HBO, SATC also taught me a lot about dating, relationships, ageing and the universal struggles of city women everywhere. Here are just a few:

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  • eestoomuch

    ….AND, they were copycats at that…Spike Lee did that Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in 1986 with SHE’S GOTTA HAVE IT! not that he is gay, but, that was Spikes story in drag, per se…Y do all the yts steal from blacks and
    NEVER give credit!? sheesh!

  • eestoomuch

    this is a stupid article. does anyone do their homework? the writer(s) of SATC are/were gay white males…all they did was put their experiences and their wannabe lifestyles in the voices/lives of white women…i NEVER got or could get into it for those reasons….its was all a sham and a case of “the emporors new clothes” great tv for “sheeple”

  • Guest123

    The line about white women dating wealthy men is racist and stupid.  Really?  All white women date wealthy men and poor black girls can’t?  Stop the whining and do the work; if a rich guy is what you want, gear up and aim yourself at him.  But fyi, I am a white girl who wouldn’t bother.  

  • Sex and the City

    I LOVED Sex and the City!  I enjoy the reruns as well.  Can’t get enough of it!

  • Shakira Allure

    LOVE sex and the city, and i’m black from brooklyn and  dating a wealthy man who is also black!  :)

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  • Sugar_Spice

    I love love love SATC , I learned about designer labels & that all women should know their bodies by using a hand mirror lmao

  • bobster

    agree with azeemah k white people are boring period. the only fun in their, is when they go round causing troubl

  • Love_Sexy

    Did’nt learn a damn thing from the show…..I experienced nothing but boredom so maybe I just did not get it.

    • Girliusmaximus

      Lol

  • Ms_Sunshine9898

    After falling in love with SATC and then brutally having my heart stomped on by first love four years later, I’ve come to realize that this show was trying to tell us young women in our 20s something besides be entertaining and we should pay heed to most of it up until the first highly unrealistic movie it came out with. On the other hand, I agree with the author, the biggest lesson I learned from the series: You can’t make someone love you back. . .

  • Earthspirit1

    I was also a late-comer to SATC (3rd Season) but, rest assured, afterwards I was hooked! I too learned that life gets better after 25( I am in my mid-30′s and proud)! I loved how the show was filmed around various locations in NYC which is where I’m from born and raised and the oh, the clothing!!!!!!! :-) )

  • Andrea Harvey

    I am and always will be a huge fan of SATC. I was a later comer and fell in love with the show after the 3rd season but I am caught up with the devotees. From the fashion to the story lines, these 4 women managed to sum up life in such a great way. Above all the friendship was the most beautiful to see unfold with all of the atypical and typical twists an turns of a female relationship.

  • Korey

    Great article. A lot of women I know either hate or love show. I will admit, after a break up I will put the entire series on my Netflix queue and have a solid week of SATC. 

    But SATC, despite its fantastic premise (am I every gonna be Carrie career-wise? *fingers crossed*), I am thankful of what I learned from it. 

  • LaLaLaMeansILoveYou

    best.show.ever.