‘And Just Like That,’ Samantha Is Gone

‘And Just Like That … Carrie’s Back! Sarah Jessica Parker Opens Up About a Grand Return’ (Vogue)

In a cover story for Vogue, Naomi Fry interviews Parker (exquisitely dressed, of course) about returning to her most famous role. Parker is particularly articulate when discussing the culture around women and age. “It almost feels as if people don’t want us to be perfectly OK with where we are, as if they almost enjoy us being pained by who we are today, whether we choose to age naturally and not look perfect, or whether you do something if that makes you feel better,” she says. “I know what I look like. I have no choice. What am I going to do about it? Stop aging? Disappear?”

‘We Have an Exclusive Look at the Costumes From And Just Like That, and Carrie’s in Another Tulle Skirt’ (InStyle)

‘The Exact Products And Just Like That’s Makeup Artists Used to Create Glamorous Skin’ (Harper’s Bazaar)

InStyle has a chat Molly Rogers and Danny Santiago, who assisted Patricia Field on the original and design the costumes for the reboot, about the show’s high-low (OK, mostly high) aesthetic. And Harper’s Bazaar has a surprisingly in-depth — and shoppable — interview with Sherri Laurence, who leads the makeup team. When it comes to blush, are you a Carrie, a Charlotte or a Miranda?

The Legacy

‘Difficult Women: How “Sex and the City” lost its good name’ (The New Yorker)

Emily Nussbaum’s still indispensable essay places “Sex and the City” firmly within the prestige TV tradition and examines why critics have since downgraded its innovations and achievements. (Hint: Because it was about girl stuff.) “High-feminine instead of fetishistically masculine, glittery rather than gritty, and daring in its conception of character, “Sex and the City” was a brilliant and, in certain ways, radical show,” she writes.

‘The Worst Ways That Men Covered “Sex and the City”’ (The Cut)

“Sex and the City” wasn’t always beloved even at first, particularly by the men who reviewed it. Amanda Arnold’s article in The Cut compiles some of the worst, most wildly sexist takes. Here’s a gem from The Washington Post (did they not have editors back then?): “Sarah Jessica Parker has an in-your-face face. In her new HBO comedy series, ‘Sex and the City,’ she always seems to be thrusting it forward. She’s in love with the camera. Unfortunately, it’s unrequited.”