The ’90s are really the ‘Sex and the City’ woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the ‘Lipstick Jungle’ woman.
Meaning of the quote
The quote is suggesting that the type of woman represented in the 1990s TV show "Sex and the City" is different from the type of woman represented in the more recent TV show "Lipstick Jungle". The writer Candace Bushnell believes that the "Lipstick Jungle" woman is the new contemporary woman of today, unlike the "Sex and the City" woman who was more common in the 1990s.
About Candace Bushnell
Candace Bushnell is an acclaimed American author, journalist, and TV producer. She wrote the bestselling “Sex and the City” anthology, which was adapted into an iconic HBO series. Bushnell has also penned several other popular novels, some of which have been adapted for television.
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