Today we welcome SATC superfan Callie Hitchcock to opine on the “ambling bravado” of Carrie Bradshaw, the beloved character created by Candace Bushnell in her column at the New York Observer and reimagined in HBO’s Sex and the City. We discuss the evolution of the character from seedy partygirl to prudish romantic, the blurring of Candace/Carrie/Sarah Jessica Parker, and what it means to uphold Carrie as an emblem of New York.

Discussed:

"Why Sarah Jessica Parker Keeps Playing Carrie Bradshaw," Rachel Syme in The New Yorker

"The Difficult Women of Sex and the City," Emily Nussbaum in The New Yorker

"It Girl, Interrupted" Candace Bushnell on Every Outfit podcast

"Sex Lives of Serious Journalists: He's a Feminist, She's a Real Man" Candace Bushnell in New York Observer (full column archive here)

"Candace Bushnell Is Back in the City" Q&A with Jia Tolentino in The New Yorker

"Cynthia Nixon Dismisses 'Bizarre' Fan Complaints About Miranda" Ryan Gajewski Hollywood Reporter