If you don't know by now, the new Sex and the City reboot, And Just Like That..., has finally hit HBO Max.
The new series tackles a *lot* of new things about legendary characters Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte, but most importantly, it puts a focus on mindful writing and diversity (something the original series ignored for its entire run).
It's hard not to notice And Just Like That...'s obvious effort to be more inclusive, with its use of mindful language, new characters of color, and situations that were never featured in the original series (or movies). After years of backlash for its problematic plots and very white storytelling, the reboot is doing its best to "make up" for lost time, even though these old narratives still exist.
Evaluating problematic moments from Sex and the City is important because the hope is that these troubling narratives won't repeat themselves in the SATC universe, and in the TV/movie world as a whole.
So we asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us the most problematic moments from the Sex and the City universe. Here's what they had to say.
Warning: And Just Like That... spoilers ahead! 🚨
Warning: Some submissions include topics of sexual assault.
Note: Not all submissions were made by Community users.
1. When the girls traveled to Mexico on what would've been Carrie and Big's honeymoon, and Charlotte refused to eat or drink anything at the resort, perpetuating a culturally insensitive stereotype.
2. When Carrie's boyfriend told her he identified as bisexual, and she couldn't stop criticizing him behind his back.
3. And then when she ditched him at the very cool and hip party because she just couldn't handle dating a man who identified as bisexual.
4. When Samantha complained about the Black trans sex workers outside her apartment building and called them a derogatory term.
5. When Samantha hosted the girls at her apartment and made an inappropriate comment that queer men only cared about fashion and having sex.
6. When they made Stanford and Anthony's wedding the most stereotypical wedding for a gay couple, featuring swans, men singing show tunes in top hats, and the queerest wedding officiant one could book: Liza Minnelli.
7. When Carrie slut-shamed Samantha for giving a blowjob to a man in her office, even after all of the many, many times Samantha unconditionally supported Carrie's horrible decisions when it came to men (like having an affair with Big).
8. When Carrie complained to the girls about her gold engagement ring from Aidan, and stated she only wore "ghetto gold" jewelry for "fun."
9. When the Sex and the City writers leaned into the annoying trope that a woman's favorite hobby in life was shopping for clothes and shoes.
10. When Charlotte forced her daughter, Rose, to wear a floral dress to Lily's piano recital because she felt uncomfortable that Rose wore traditionally masculine clothes.
11. And when Lisa asked Miranda for a cup of wine to get through Lily's piano recital, and Anthony called her the "Black Charlotte" instead of her actual name.
12. When Miranda, Carrie, Samantha, and Charlotte traveled to Abu Dhabi and did extremely culturally insensitive things, like wear niqabs so they could escape a "mob" and get to the airport before being bumped from first class.
13. When the girls were totally unsupportive when Samantha explored her sexuality and had a relationship with a woman named Maria.
14. When they used Stanford's character to perpetuate a false stereotype of queer men, and made him say some of the most over-the-top things in the original series.
15. When Miranda went apartment hunting in Brooklyn and told her son they needed to follow the "white guy with a baby" in order to secure a "good home" for themselves.
16. When the SATC writers leaned in to the problematic "angry Black woman" trope to make Samantha look "innocent" compared with Chivon's sister, Adeena.
17. When Samantha ended her loving relationship with James because he had a small penis.
18. When Carrie learned that Barkley, the Soho womanizer, videotaped his sexual experiences with models without their consent, and the show just brushed it off like it was nothing.
19. When Samantha gained 15 pounds after moving to LA, and Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte held an intervention where they essentially fat-shamed her.
20. When Miranda had a hard time buying an apartment in Manhattan because of a sexist broker, and Charlotte suggested it was her fault because she was an independent woman.
21. And when Samantha dated Chivon in Season 3 and made horribly racist comments about their relationship.
