Feminism Without Feminists - SATC

This article, Feminism Without Feminists, demonstrates starting with the title that there are exclusions and separations in feminism.  This separation lessens the power and impact of women coming together for one another to promote change.  For example, feminists that were not white created their own form of feminism.  How is this okay?  If women of different races and ethnicity's cannot join forces and fight together, for one fight against gender equality, than how can other genders begin to take feminism seriously?  The feminist movement would have the ability to empower women everywhere, however, due to the lack of unity between women this societal progress was lessened.  This is evident in the first chapter of the article that focuses on the sociology of the television show, Sex and the City (SATC).  The article depicts the audience, fans, and race theories that could have either been on purpose or a mere accident.
On the positive the article points out how, "SATC has been praised for its feminist elements, such as showcasing female friendship, privileging female subjectivity, challenging dominate narratives, and encouraging frank talk about female sexuality".  This article points out how in television, popular culture is able to be discussed.  The article shows how through popular television touchy issues can be brought up and educated.  On SATC this is done through characters debate.  The characters show the pro's and con's leading the viewers to come to a conclusion on their own, or at least think about a topic that was otherwise brushed under the carpet.  For instance, SATC brings up an accidental pregnancy- a relatable topic to women questioning pro-life or pro-choice.  What helps allow for the show be radical is the fans and their ability to accept upfront talks about things like abortions and sexuality.
However, the overwhelming negatives pointed out through this article question if SATC gives a fully public spread of feminism.  For example, the women on the show although trying to demonstrate power to women only are comprised as "heterosexual, middle-class white" women.  Despite the positives pointed out by the article, the show still is not able to fully address feminism.  Even with having all female lead roles who demonstrate the power and ability of women, the show lacks inclusion from characters of race and ethnicity.  This lack of cast leads to lessening the ability of showing the power of women and pushes for those opposed to feminism to question the lack of diversity in the show instead of the empowerment of women.