After reading Inventing the Cosmo girl by Oulellette, the first thought or person who popped to mind was Samantha from Sex in the City. She is the perfect example of an independent women, who is stunning, stylish and centered on sex. She may not be the typical 25 year old model, but she has the attitude that Cosmo is trying to build into their readers. She has the perfect pink collar job being a PR, she is not too concerned about committing to a man and she spends a great deal of her life talking about sex with men she has/ is yet to be involved in. Brown promoted "a girl style American Dream that promised transcedence from class roles as well as sexual ones" (117). Sam is a high class female who has clearly made her way through her pink collar job, and maybe through the way she is so sexualized in her everyday life, but the main point to address is that she maintains this vibe without coming across as trashy.
Samantha is definitely an example of a women "who may no longer have recognized her place in male orientated American Dream mythology"(120).
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