Of all the girlfriends on Sex and the City, no character so typified this as Charlotte York. Charlotte, a sweet, WASPY idealist, existed in a New York only a rarefied few see. It was white, privileged, and upperclass, and Charlotte, in her pursuit to become the perfect wife and mother, never questioned this.
Enter the ladies @everyoutfitonsatc, an Instagram page that curates all the outfits ever worn on the show. Writer and director Lauren Garroni and designer Chelsea Fairless, both Los Angeles residents, wanted to examine the problematic social approach of the show.
Since we started this account, we’ve been trying to think of clever ways to address the problematic dialog in the series. But when we write ‘that’s racist’ in response to something, it may be true, but it’s not exactly comedy gold. So we thought that it would be much funnier if our viewpoints came from Charlotte instead. It’s unexpected, and our audience is desperate for it.
Even though Charlotte is not actually ‘woke,’ she’s so passionate about her beliefs that it’s easy to imagine her as a social justice warrior. If she took all of the energy that she put into her marriage with Trey and channeled it into a more worthwhile cause, she could save the world.”
The meme has caught on across social media. Fairchild states that “people have not only been reposting it but posting our #WokeCharlotte memes as their own. Which, in meme culture, is the highest form of flattery.”
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