Feline grace

I've just finished watching a rerun of Sex and the City Seasons 5 and 6. After all these time of being off the air, the scenes still send me the shivers as I excitedly watched the parade of designer clothes, shoes, and feminine flamboyance. Women really just love all that flair. No wonder that series became an instant hit, much like the debut of Korean (and other Asian) soaps in the country. The outspoken and outgoing women of today easily identified with the boldness and openness of the main characters as they bring out the voices of the successful, single, working women of our times. Women patronized the series because of its women empowerment theme. Men secretly patronized because they learnt a few things about their women from the episodes. Female writers like Bushnell have wittingly interwoven the complexities of women in such great literary masterpiece-- from intricasies to idiosyncrasies to heartaches.

Shanghai Baby's author Wei Hui also had the same audacity with her exotic, shimmering feminism. I was enchanted by the passionate portrayal of women's strength of character (in Coco,her main character). It was an engrossing read.

I guess part of me can identify with these characters...as I have stood up to the challenge of binding traditions and culture with grace and bravado.