The City; a Place for Thriving of Both Women and Men.

If any of you have ever seen the popular reality show The Hills, that takes place in Los Angeles, then you are probably somewhat familiar with the new show The City. A main character from the show The Hills has continued her own life and journey of self-discovery in the Big Apple, New York. Whitney, the main character, is a strong, independent, career-seeking, female who looks to pursue her dreams in the city full of opportunities. What I find controversial about this show is the fact that she show revolves around the life of women and their careers, instead of men. It shows a successful Whitney who loves her work, and lives a rather successful life. She works in an office with other women (who are also extremely successful) and the fact that she has her own show is rather inspiring to other women. I have asked several of my friends about what they think of this show, and many have been inspired to go to New York and pursue a career just as Whitney has done. The show purposely portrays a sense of strength and motivation for women. Of course, once again, there is romance in the show. Whitney's boyfriend takes a lot of the spotlight, but once again he is labeled as being "Whitney's boyfriend". Again, the fact that this show revolves around a successful woman's life is very interesting and inspiring. I was watching last week’s episode, which was extremely focused on classism, and was shocked by how many feminist actions I pulled out of this one episode. Such as, women are working in offices, and men being in bands, and or homeless. Olivia, Whitney's co-worker, has an affluent cousin who is actually living with her and is homeless at the time. This portrays a sense of independence on the women's part, and a sense of dependence on men's part. Traditionally, you would see the women staying at home and keeping house, rather than in this show you see Olivia going to work while her cousin keeps house. This switches society's gender roles and makes the show extra entertaining to watch.
Many men would say "Oh, that is a chick show." While in fact, they only say that because they feel somewhat threatened by the idea of a successful, affluent, strong, independent woman.