You may not realize this—but you and Carrie Bradshaw owe Helen Gurley Brown big time! If it wasn't for Helen, the fearless founder and longtime editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine, and author of the earth-shattering bestseller, Sex and the Single Girl, you might well be TRAPPED!

TRAPPED in a world filled with now absurd-seeming ideas. Ideas like: you're a slut if you've had pre-marital sex, or if you've had sex with more than one partner, or if you're not married... by the age of 21.

So thank God for Helen, her once-revolutionary ideas and her bold determination to relentlessly articulate … Read More

Sure, the characters in television shows are generally gorgeous, intelligent, and seem to lead lives well outside their financial means. Nevertheless, even these blessed fictional beauties have problems when it comes to relationships. Commitment phobes, sex addicts, and the emotionally unhealthy run rampant on today's most popular television programs. Take a look at these couples and feel better about your own relationship. You're welcome.

Blair Waldorf and Chuck Bass, Gossip Girl

These two are the definition of teen angst. High class society girl Blair Waldorf just can't seem to get enough of sexy, brooding Chuck Bass despite his man-whore reputation. Lucky … Read More

Talk about an Amish paradise!

The quaint community from Southeastern Pennsylvania are quickly developing their very own Carrie Bradshaw in Cindy Woodsmall—the Amish romance novelist.

Woodsmall (who is not Amish herself) penned not one, but two New York Times bestsellers with her first series, Sisters of the Quilt. The book series chronicles a conservative Amish woman as she struggles with the demands of the Amish world and affection from a man outside of it.

Woodsmall is just one of a number of successful authors penning Amish romance novels, with the genre earning its own nickname "bonnet books."

The author, who is … Read More

Listen, ladies. We know you might be feeling a little guilty about something. Maybe you're beyond remorseful and even a bit embarrassed. Perhaps you've had conversations that start with the words "dominant hegemony" and end with references to Camille Paglia in an attempt to overcompensate for this guilt.

But relax. It's ok to like Sex and the City.

It doesn't make you an antifeminist or a classist or a vapid materialist with Cinderella delusions. Admiring the fact that Carrie looks good in a $500 pair of Jimmy Choos and wishing that a much-younger man like Smith would love you … Read More

I have been writing abstractly about sex a little too much lately, I promise to slow my roll or get more graphic next week. Have you noticed that a lot of studies are being done regarding sex and television? Not that I was alive then but I'm pretty sure that the TV has been blamed for virtually every problem since its creation. Kids getting fat? Blame the tube. Lagging behind the Asian countries in test scores? That's on you, Spongebob. Not having enough sex? Boycott Sony. A study conducted by Pediatrics linked teen pregnancy to watching racy TV shows. … Read More

This is probably old news to most of you but it looks like Matthew Broderick married Sarah Jessica Parker (the leader of the Sex And The City quartet). Yeah, shocking. The 2 have been together since the fall of 1997. They even seem to have a kid. On top of that, Broderick was once engaged to his Ferris Bueller's Day Off co-star Jennifer Grey. She played his sister Jean (Shawna) which invokes our queasiness about post-film, off-screen incest. Next we're going to learn that he and Ed Rooney are old golfing buddies.

We're not sure what to … Read More

Product placement, you wily devil! The Sex and the City movie succumbed to your charms: at the very least, we noticed the Bluefly.com bag, the Louis Vuitton handbag, Starbucks at least twice, and that long extended orgasm over both Vogue magazine and Vivienne Westwood bridal gowns. Clearly you got into our head, because we just assumed that romantic book of love letters that Carrie reads to Mr. Big in bed was, you know, an actual book.

Then The New York Times' Paper … Read More

Doree Lewak had an interesting piece in the Huffington Post. She basically states that intelligent women emulating characters from SATC are retarded (not in so many words). Her reasons are twofold; first, they're fictional characters that have become shorthand for certain female stereotypes. "Oh, you brought a random guy home from the bar last night, you're a Samantha. Tee hee." We agree that it is a little silly to identify with a fictional character but it's human nature. Associating with certain archetypes is something that we've done since the beginning of time, hence pantheons of gods known … Read More

Out of Carrie Bradshaw's many influences on fashion, her gold "Carrie" necklace might be the trend with the widest reach and staying power.