OPINION: There should be butches in the \u201cAnd Just Like That \u2026\u201d universe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My fixation on queerness in the Sex and the City<\/em> universe is not a new thing. A couple of years ago, in advance of the Season 2 premiere of And Just Like That<\/em> \u2026, I wrote an opus<\/a> on the surprising queer timeline of the original SATC<\/em> series. I was remiss in not writing my \u201cWe have all dated Che Diaz\u201d hot take (we have, I have). And now, in Season 3 of AJLT\u2026<\/em>, a favourite hate-watch<\/a> for women of a certain age, I would like the PR gods to bring me Cynthia Nixon, because I have some questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Namely: How did Nixon let the writers represent Miranda\u2019s sexuality the way they have? Nixon is a queer woman herself. Not only a queer woman, but a queer woman living in New York City. And a queer woman living in New York City with a butch partner. According to DIVA Magazine<\/em>, Nixon started dating her partner Christine Marinoni<\/a> in 2004; the pair got married in 2012 and have a child together. Nixon is a known activist for many causes (and even ran for New York governor<\/a> in 2018), and she and Marinoni have together advocated around LGBTQ2S+ rights and around education issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, let\u2019s return to Miranda, Nixon\u2019s member of the \u201ccore four\u201d of the original SATC<\/em> series. Early on, Miranda, a successful lawyer with strong convictions, is presumed to be gay in her workplace. She is set up on a date, flabbergasted that said date is a lesbian, tries kissing said lesbian regardless of her own heterosexual designation, and decides that she is definitely not into women. Sure! And then she continues to be an outspoken woman who sports a short hairstyle and suits and ties around town, at one point saying, \u201cI\u2019m never going to be a girly girl\u201d (though I should not have to point out that \u201cgirly girls\u201d can be queer). This is not to mention her iconic overalls<\/a> + puffer ensemble\u2014and, yet, she is never presumed to be gay again. All right! <\/p>\n\n\n\n