Sex and the City

For our “Sex and the City” presentation, we all did equal parts to ensure the success of the topic. We aimed to incorporate Butler, Barker, and the four women on the show to give the class an idea of how television influences gender, the viewer at home, and urban spaces. For my contribution, I had the idea of making the virgin martinis since they serve as such an important social activity for the women on the series. Martinis are another friend of the girls and one could argue, “Sex and the City” made the Cosmopolitan martini famous. I also wrote the quiz which I thought would be fun for the class. It allowed individuals to find out which character they identified with in a fun and quirky manner. I chose the video clip that we showed at the beginning to illustrate who each character was. The clip demonstrated that one can make the point that any of the characters are radical but at the end of the day, they are all searching for “the one.” Each member of our group wrote questions for the presentation. We all had a specific character to analyze and write a question about. My character was Charlotte. I defined who she was and then discussed her role in the group and society. We also each wrote a question based on the Barker text about urban spaces and television. Everyone participated equally and we all had a fun time putting it together.