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How Miranda and Charlotte became Sex And The City's best characters

It's not so cool to be a Carrie in 2018. - by Isabelle T
  • 07 Jun 2018
How Miranda and Charlotte became Sex And The City's best characters

Growing up with Sex and the City on constant rotation in the background of my life, I'm avidly aware that when it comes to picking which character you are on the show, I've always been classed as a Carrie.

While it's mostly to do with the fact that we're both professional writers (although I'm still trying to work out how she managed to fund her wardrobe by writing approximately one column a week), in recent years being called a Carrie has become more of an insult than a compliment. 

Of course, I'll always have a soft spot for Bradshaw and sympathise with the fact that she'd rather spend her rent money on shoes, but watching reruns of the series in the year 2018 makes me cringe at how much she focuses on dating, relationships and Mr Big. 

As Miranda Hobbes so eloquently puts it, "All we talk about anymore is Big or b*lls or small d*cks. How does it happen that four such smart women have nothing to talk about but boyfriends?"

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Not to mention, the fact that Carrie's an "I don't leave Manhattan" person (who legit tried to order a cosmopolitan in the McDonalds' drive-through), or that she slut-shames Samantha after having an affair with Big while he's married, or that she's just all round a pretty bad friend, who talks about men while Samantha is getting chemo and sends her boyfriend to Miranda's during a medical emergency. 

SATC fans' opinions of Cynthia Nixon's character, the ambitious, androgynous lawyer and sometime single mum, started changing a few years ago, but that shift was cemented with the creation of the Every Outfit On SATC Instagram account and the release of their 'We should all be Mirandas' t-shirt, given the thumbs up by none other than Nixon and Kristin Davis (AKA Charlotte York).

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While Carrie told us that life is about owning a shoe closet that's worth more than a house - and finding a man to pay for a new walk-in-wardrobe, Miranda taught us that you could have it all: a Harvard law graduate and partner at a law firm, who got married, had a child, and still maintained her friendships and career.

Charlotte, who spent most of the series trying to find a husband, had her own rebranding late last year with the creation of the #WokeCharlotte hashtag (yet another @everyoutfitonsatc masterpiece).

Taking the then-borderline - and now way over the line - comments said by some of the characters, Woke Charlotte hits back, showing her friends the error of their ways and pointing out that they happen to be four affluent white women living in Manhattan apartments.

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#WokeCharlotte has no time for trans slurs or casual imperialism. She is also deeply offended by this entire episode, tbh (S3/EP18) #CharlotteWokenblatt #CheckYourPrivilege #TransAlly #SexWorkerAlly #Gentrification #WokeAF

Remember when Carrie downright dismissed that bisexuality existed? Woke Charlotte replies with, “Bisexuality is a real sexual orientation. It’s not 'just a phase' and as a sex columnist you have a responsibility to educate yourself on queer issues.”

20 years on, it's safe to say that a lot of what was considered okay in the late '90s doesn't fly in 2018, but at least we have Miranda and Charlotte to fall back on whenever Carrie says something questionable. 

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This article was originally published on Marie Claire

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