Everyone's a Marnie or a Carrie, but what about the boys?
There is something so beautiful about the fact that I can go up to any woman my age and say the name Carrie Bradshaw without any hesitation or confusion. I can make a reference to Marnie Michaels singing a cover“Stronger” or utter the phrase, “As all adventure women do” and know that I won’t have to explain what I’m talking about.
Referring to an on-and-off-again ex-boyfriend asor saying that I feel like Carrie Bradshaw with the top hat and crop outside his door when I’m embarrassed. Or my personal favorite quote, pulled straight from Jemima Kirke’s Instagram stories that I say to my friends whenever we get too deep in psychoanalyzing people,It’s her magnum opus and her greatest contribution to our cultural lexicon — that, and the fact she is the only person who can rightfully deem themselves a Jessa. Even the simple nature of women describing themselves as one of these defining fictional women. Are you a Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, or Charlotte? Or perhaps, maybe, you're a Hanna or Shoshana. What about a Marnie? , documents male friendship in a way that is extremely genuine and provides insight into what it’s like to be a guy or what I assume it feels like. As gross as much of the series's content is, I find it strangely sweet and endearing to watch these men. I see guys walk around with skull-and-crutch hats, even old stunts getting reposted to reels for a new audience, or TikTok reposts of Johnny Knoxville’s fashion. Which, if you take anything from this, men, please start dressing like Johnny Knoxville.was born in is one where the “Male Loneliness Epidemic” doesn’t exist. Men who are angry on the internet about not having friends, or who complain that the friendships they do have lack the emotional bond found between girls, would be better off going outside and filming themselves doing a stunt. I understand that men struggle with vulnerabilityeach other, and typically use women or the internet to launder their emotional problems. But the connection they so desperately crave is already out there. Themen constantly surround each other, laughing, enjoying one another's company, even if that means getting double-kicked in the face.with friends that they trust with their life. While not heartfelt in the traditional sense, it’s a great example of male friendship. And as much as I genuinely enjoy the show, I still feel like an outsider looking in, but that’s okay, now I know what it feels like to be a straight guy when someone makes aPhotography by David LaChapelle / Story by Joan Summers / Styling by Jason Bolden / Makeup by Joanna Simkim / Nails by Shea Osei Photography by David LaChapelle / Story by Joan Summers / Styling by Jason Bolden / Makeup by Joanna Simkim / Nails by Shea Osei
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