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Scarlett Harris @scarletteharris.bsky.social

"It seemed like this was the narrative arc Charlotte would face this season, but that would have required #AndJustLikeThat to be concerned with character development, storyline continuity, and any interest in the real lives of menopausal women." time.com/7308453/and-...

aug 14, 2025, 12:44 am • 1 0

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Scarlett Harris @scarletteharris.bsky.social

"'My husband had cancer and I wasn’t allowed to say anything about it,' Charlotte lamented to an energy healer in a recent episode, which the show took as a topic sentence and ran with." #AndJustLikeThat time.com/7308453/and-... via @time.com

aug 14, 2025, 4:38 am • 0 0 • view
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Scarlett Harris @scarletteharris.bsky.social

"Instead of this very real dilemma, we got Charlotte experiencing—checks notes—inexplicable vertigo and a 'loud and totally unnecessary renovation.'" #AndJustLikeThat time.com/7308453/and-... via @time.com

aug 14, 2025, 6:21 am • 0 0 • view
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Scarlett Harris @scarletteharris.bsky.social

" #AndJustLikeThat was mostly a missed opportunity to delve into [menopause, queer sex or abortion] for more than a passing mention, with much of the connective tissue seeming to take place in between episode" time.com/7308453/and-... via @time.com

aug 14, 2025, 7:51 am • 1 0 • view
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Scarlett Harris @scarletteharris.bsky.social

"So much of what transpires happens to these women instead of enabling them to be the drivers of their own stories. We’re more privy to Harry’s bodily functions than anything having to do with Charlotte" #AndJustLikeThat time.com/7308453/and-... via @time.com

aug 14, 2025, 11:58 am • 3 0 • view
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Scarlett Harris @scarletteharris.bsky.social

"One can’t help but smell a whiff of internalized ageism from the same production team for #AndJustLikeThat as the original show and movies, especially when other pop culture has absolutely gone there." time.com/7308453/and-... via @time.com

aug 14, 2025, 7:53 pm • 2 0 • view
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Scarlett Harris @scarletteharris.bsky.social

"We’ve never so much as glimpsed an estrogen patch or seen a bottle of lubricant on a bedside table in one of Harry and Charlotte’s plentiful bedroom scenes, or during Carrie and Duncan’s much anticipated tryst." #AndJustLikeThat time.com/7308453/and-... via @time.com

aug 14, 2025, 9:00 pm • 1 0 • view
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Scarlett Harris @scarletteharris.bsky.social

"When the Sex and the City 2 movie is more radically open about menopause than #AndJustLikeThat, then you know you’ve got a serious problem." time.com/7308453/and-... via @time.com

aug 14, 2025, 10:16 pm • 2 0 • view
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Scarlett Harris @scarletteharris.bsky.social

" #AndJustLikeThat will never get the chance to explore territory that might actually have been groundbreaking for TV." time.com/7308453/and-... via @time.com

aug 15, 2025, 12:15 am • 4 0 • view