{"id":353828,"date":"2021-10-16T19:23:55","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T16:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/sex-and-the-city-wasnt-feminist\/"},"modified":"2021-10-16T19:23:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T16:23:55","slug":"sex-and-the-city-wasnt-feminist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/sex-and-the-city-wasnt-feminist\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Sex and the City&#8217; wasn&#8217;t feminist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Sex and the City&#8217; wasn&#8217;t feminist<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s poetic that Candace Bushnell and Carrie Bradshaw, the alter ego she created nearly 25 years ago, are returning to take New York City at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The author\u2019s one-woman show, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/istherestillsexinthecity.com\/\">Is There Still Sex in the City?<\/a>\u201d starts previews at the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/istherestillsexinthecity.com\/?gclid=CjwKCAjw8KmLBhB8EiwAQbqNoK9Z1cpskD0ech0XTD6xofLkEgmlEGEbICsZSSvcMVSxh1Uw55AvIxoCvicQAvD_BwE\">Daryl Roth Theater on November 13<\/a> \u2014 and the buzzy \u201cSex and the City\u201d sequel, \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u201d launches on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/trk.hbomax.com\/aff_c?offer_id=5&amp;aff_id=1020&amp;source=nyp\">HBO Max<\/a> weeks later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a coming-of-age story .\u2009.\u2009. It\u2019s how I created Carrie Bradshaw, why I created Carrie Bradshaw, what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened to me afterward,\u201d said Bushnell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really the creation story of Carrie Bradshaw \u2014 and that\u2019s my story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bushnell, 62 and divorced, still had a lot to say about New York City dating in her 2019 novel, \u201cIs There Still Sex in the City?\u201d with her characters worrying about \u201ccubbing\u201d \u2014 when a younger man pursues an older woman \u2014 and vaginal rejuvenation, among other hot topics.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Author Candace Bushnell \u2014 who created \u201cSex and the City\u201d 25 years ago \u2014 is soon to star in a one-woman Off-Broadway show, \u201cIs There Still Sex in the City?\u201d at the Daryl Roth Theatre\" class=\"wp-image-19821331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Author Candace Bushnell \u2014 who created \u201cSex and the City\u201d 25 years ago \u2014 is soon to star in a one-woman Off-Broadway show, \u201cIs There Still Sex in the City?\u201d at the Daryl Roth Theatre<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Joan Marcus<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was around that time that she started mull\u00ading the idea of a one-woman performance, with the help of director Lorin Latarro. Previews start Nov. 13 at the Daryl Roth Theatre, and the show \u2014 in which Bushnell\u2019s poodles, Pepper and Prancer, have walk-on roles \u2014 opens Dec. 7.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s just one thing she doesn\u2019t love about it: \u201cI have to wear Spanx!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After years ago insisting she wasn\u2019t going to answer any more questions about \u201cthe non\u00adexistent-in-reality Carrie Bradshaw,\u201d Bushnell has made peace with her legacy. But that doesn\u2019t mean that she\u2019s not critical of \u201cSex and the City\u201d \u2014 or that she understands why people are so obsessive about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t look at the TV show the way other people look at it. I don\u2019t parse every little bit. It\u2019s a great show, it\u2019s really funny. But there are fans who .\u2009.\u2009. it\u2019s like, that show really guides them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Landing Mr. Big, she added, should not be the takeaway.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-8.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Candace Bushnell reveals why landing Mr. Big isn\u2019t so great.\" class=\"wp-image-19821348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-8.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-8.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-8.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Candace Bushnell reveals why landing Mr. Big isn\u2019t so great.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Emmy Park<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe reality is, finding a guy is maybe not your best economic choice in the long term. Men can be very dangerous to women in a lot of different ways. We never talk about this, but that\u2019s something that women need to think about: You can do a lot less .\u2009.\u2009. when you have to rely on a man,\u201d Bushnell told The Post. \u201cThe TV show and the message were not very feminist at the end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that\u2019s TV. That\u2019s entertainment. That\u2019s why people should not base their lives on a TV show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She certainly isn\u2019t surprised that \u201cSATC\u201d is making a return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHBO\u2019s going to make money on it. They\u2019re going to exploit it as much as they can,\u201d Bushnell said. \u201cThey rebooted \u2018Gossip Girl.\u2019 If they didn\u2019t reboot \u2018Sex in the City,\u2019 it would be really strange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And while \u201cI don\u2019t know anything about what the new show\u2019s going to be about,\u201d Bushnell added, she will watch the sequel \u2014 with stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis in their iconic roles as Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course I\u2019m going to watch it .\u2009.\u2009. I hope it runs for six seasons. I get paid a little bit of money,\u201d she said, laughing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-7.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=393\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-7.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=786 786w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-7.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=589 589w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-7.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=393 393w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-7.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=196 196w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-7.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Bushnell on Grove Street in the West Village.                               <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Emmy Park<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Bushnell on Grove Street in the West Village.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Bushnell on Grove Street in the West Village.                               <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Emmy Park<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Bushnell on Grove Street in the West Village.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-6.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Bushnell on Grove Street in the West Village.                               <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Emmy Park<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But one friend Bushnell may not talk about it with is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/09\/19\/kim-cattrall-reunites-with-satc-costume-designer-patricia-field\/?_ga=2.44039266.675075954.1634049867-1218008219.1584115902\">Kim Cattrall<\/a> \u2014 aka Samantha from \u201cSATC\u201d \u2014 who is not returning.<\/p>\n<p>As The Post has reported over the past few years, Cattrall felt frozen out of her co-stars\u2019 tight clique \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> that shocked fans who wanted to believe the actresses were as close off-camera as on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Mom asked me today, \u2018When will that @sarahjessicaparker, that hypocrite, leave you alone?\u2019\u2009\u201d Cattrall wrote in a 2018 Instagram post. She also told followers to \u201ccopy and paste [the] link\u201d to a Post story entitled, \u201cInside the mean girls culture that destroyed \u2018Sex and the City.\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI absolutely love Kim,\u201d said Bushnell. \u201cBut it seems she wants to do other things, and she doesn\u2019t feel like doing the show. Maybe she doesn\u2019t want to be that character anymore. Maybe she doesn\u2019t want to put the Spanx on!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn real life, those women are not those characters \u2014 they are the opposite. Sarah Jessica Parker, she\u2019s been married forever to the same guy. She\u2019s got kids. I don\u2019t know her very well, but she seems to be very family-oriented [in a way Carrie is not].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s another big difference, the author pointed out, between Carrie and SJP \u2014 and between SJP and Bushnell herself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Chris Noth (right) returns in \u201cAnd Just Like That ...\u201d but Candace Bushnell doesn\u2019t think Mr. Big is the best goal for women.\" class=\"wp-image-19821365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Chris Noth (right) returns in \u201cAnd Just Like That \u2026\u201d but Candace Bushnell doesn\u2019t think Mr. Big is the best goal for women.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c[Parker] is rich. She is not keeping her sweater in an oven [instead of a closet, like Carrie once did], OK? When she was in her 20s, she was very successful. I wasn\u2019t, and I was scared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In her off-Broadway show, Bushnell recounts her own origin story, \u00a0growing \u00a0up in Glastonbury, Conn., \u00a0with a \u00a0\u00adfather who helped invent a hydrogen fuel cell integral to the Apollo space missions.<\/p>\n<p>She moved to NYC at 19 with just $20 in her pocket and felt fear on the streets \u00ad\u201cevery minute .\u2009.\u2009. You couldn\u2019t walk half a block without being harassed. I mean, \u00adreally harassed. Harassed in a way that you just \u2014 you\u2019d feel yourself shrinking down to nothing and just feeling so ashamed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to figure out, \u2018How can I handle this?\u2019\u2009\u201d Bushnell recalled. Her tactic \u00a0was to tell off her harassers: \u201cF\u2013k you, f\u2013kers!\u2019 Because you can\u2019t make it go away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To Bushnell, \u201cSex and the City\u201d was never merely about the physical act of sex.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the larger idea of what\u2019s sexy: \u00adDoing business is sexy, being ambitious is sexy, staying up until 4 in the morning and partying is sexy. Power conversation is sexy. Getting to the number-one table in the restaurant \u2014 that\u2019s sexy,\u201d she recalled. \u201cNew York was sexy. It was exciting, but at the same time, it was filled with landmines like Harvey Weinstein.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=393\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Candace at Balthazar in NYC.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=786 786w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=589 589w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=393 393w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=196 196w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-10.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Candace at Balthazar in NYC.                                <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Emmy Park<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=393\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Candace at Balthazar in NYC.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=786 786w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=589 589w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=393 393w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=196 196w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-11.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Candace at Balthazar in NYC.                                <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Emmy Park<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-9.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=393\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Candace at Balthazar in NYC.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-9.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=786 786w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-9.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=589 589w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-9.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=393 393w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-9.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=196 196w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-9.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                    Candace at Balthazar in NYC.                                <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Emmy Park<\/span><br \/>\n                                                    <\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThese men are freaking scary. I would actually look at these guys and I would think, \u2018How could the women even be around them?\u2019\u2009\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From 1994 to 1996, Bushnell wrote her dating column for the Observer, which then became her book \u201cSex and the City\u201d \u2014 and the rights were snapped up by her friend, TV producer Darren Starr, who turned it into the HBO show. (\u201cYou really don\u2019t get as much money as people think you do,\u201d she said about that.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is my story and the story of my friends \u2014 single women in their 30s,\u201d she recalled. \u201cWe hadn\u2019t seen this character before: The woman who was exploring her own life, her options .\u2009.\u2009. she wasn\u2019t getting married in her 20s and having kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was about a new woman who comes to New York to make it like a man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At 43, Bushnell, who has no children, wed Charles Askegard, a New York City Ballet dancer 10 years her junior. They <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2011\/12\/06\/candace-hubby-had-affair\/\">divorced nine years later,<\/a> amid reports of his alleged affair with ballerina Georgina Pazcoguin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683\" alt=\"Candace is friends with \u201cSATC\u201d outcast Kim Cattrall (left, with Bushnell in 2005) but will watch the Cattrall-less reboot of the series.\" class=\"wp-image-19821370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/SATC-candace-bushnell-2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=342 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Candace is friends with \u201cSATC\u201d outcast Kim Cattrall (left, with Bushnell in 2005) but will watch the Cattrall-less reboot of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe was a younger woman, and if a 23-year-old is after your 42-year-old husband and they work, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> and dance together, there are situations where you can\u2019t compete,\u201d Bushnell has said. \u201cIt\u2019s just kind of the law of the jungle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She has only seen her ex once since their breakup. \u201cWe had a couple laughs,\u201d the author told The Post. \u201cThere are some people who, they come into your life, you never saw them before, and then, when they go out of your life, you\u2019re never going to see them after.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bushnell splits her time between \u00a0Manhattan and Sag Harbor. Despite breaking up with Jim Coleman, a real-estate adviser\/consultant whom in a 2019 Post story she called \u201cMr. Bigger,\u201d Bushnell cryptically hinted that the two haven\u2019t quite ended their romance, but did not elaborate.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if she thinks her obit will \u00a0read, \u201cCandace Bushnell \u2014 \u2018Sex and the City\u2019 creator,\u201d the author said: \u201cIt will say Candace Bushnell, and then my list of accomplishments. \u2018Sex and the City\u2019 will be one.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"And Just Like That... | December Announcement | Max\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yrEgiTaA32Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think about the show that much. I\u2019ve written, I don\u2019t know, seven books since then. Each one has been about women at a different time in their lives, so that\u2019s what I\u2019m really interested in.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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