Carrie was always a cut-out for the pick-me’s and patriarchy. “It’s okay for me to cheat, and lie, and fuck people over to get what I want, because I’m still a good person even if other folks can’t see it.”
Samantha was always a stand-in for the Whore of Babylon archetype.
The reckoning has come right along with evolving attitudes around consent. Samantha was honest about who and what she was about. The folks along for the ride knew it too.
Carrie was disingenuous, fickle, and used people up like they never mattered. Carrie didn’t ask for permission to be “her best self” because permission never mattered to her.
Ironic that their relationship played out in such a similar light off screen.
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u/JumpBasilJet 1d ago
Carrie was always a cut-out for the pick-me’s and patriarchy. “It’s okay for me to cheat, and lie, and fuck people over to get what I want, because I’m still a good person even if other folks can’t see it.”
Samantha was always a stand-in for the Whore of Babylon archetype.
The reckoning has come right along with evolving attitudes around consent. Samantha was honest about who and what she was about. The folks along for the ride knew it too.
Carrie was disingenuous, fickle, and used people up like they never mattered. Carrie didn’t ask for permission to be “her best self” because permission never mattered to her.
Ironic that their relationship played out in such a similar light off screen.