Sex/Life & Netflix’s Faux Feminism Set A Poor Example For Young Women

Wow. Let’s ignore all the bad writing, terribly cliche storylines and extremely tired tropes for a minute – and – focus on the show’s protagonist, Billie (Sarah Shahi).

Billie is thoroughly infuriating.

I spent the longest time trying to decide if Sarah Shahi who plays Billie in Sex/Life was, in fact, a terrible actress. In all honesty, it’s impossible to tell and it’s a pointless argument to have. Billie’s character only reveals two emotions over the course of the show’s eight episodes.

She’s clearly meant to be fierce and wilful but I suppose the writers were too lazy to write that into their show.

What I’m wondering is just how can someone like Billie (with this much romantic and sexual experience) still believe she actually requires a man to self actualise? HOW?!

And so, instead Billie is always either really horny and moaning while recalling the great sex she and her ex partner Brad had, or – massively distraught and on the verge of tears. She’s on the verge of tears around her husband, her ex, her best friend, the school moms and even her children.