--- title: Sex and the City Throwback Photo Inspires Viral Meme description: The chances of getting a third Sex and the City movie may be slim to none, but the show clearly isn't done providing entertainment for its fans. canonical: https://time.com/5357549/sex-and-the-city-meme/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-03T18:45:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:10.447Z og:title: Sex and the City Meme Just Sums Up Your Distractions og:description: Unleash your demons with the help of Carrie Bradshaw og:url: https://time.com/5357549/sex-and-the-city-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3615833bf518d2a/69893706bc6cfc6eb53e69dd/sex-and-the-city-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall on location for Sex and the City og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sex and the City Meme Just Sums Up Your Distractions twitter:description: Unleash your demons with the help of Carrie Bradshaw twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3615833bf518d2a/69893706bc6cfc6eb53e69dd/sex-and-the-city-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Throwback _Sex and the City_ Photo Is the Best Meme to Sum Up All Your Distractions  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 3, 2018 6:45 PM UTC  Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall on location for Sex and the City Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall on location for Sex and the CityTom Kingston/WireImage  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 3, 2018 6:45 PM UTC The chances of getting a [third _Sex and the City_ movie](http://time.com/5110200/sex-and-the-city-kim-cattrall-ellen-degeneres-samantha/) may be [slim to none](http://time.com/5285685/sarah-jessica-parker-kim-cattrall-fallout-sex-and-the-city/), but that doesn’t mean the show is done providing entertainment for its fans. Thanks to the fan-run Instagram account [Every Outfit on Sex & the City](https://www.instagram.com/everyoutfitonsatc/), a behind-the-scenes photo of [Sarah Jessica Parker](http://time.com/5311981/sjp-celebrity-book-editors/) (Carrie Bradshaw), Cynthia Nixon (Miranda Hobbes), Kristin Davis (Charlotte York) and John Corbett (Aidan Shaw) has become an overnight viral sensation. The shot features Parker and Nixon sitting on Corbett’s lap with Davis hugging him from behind and is being used to illustrate all of the distractions that can get in the way of people living their best lives. “Making these was surprisingly therapeutic,” @everyoutfitonsatc captioned the photoset. “We’ve included the original image so that everyone can unleash their demons on this hot bts pic.” See some more below. > [](https://twitter.com/michellelocke%5F/status/1024857145542463488) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5357549/sex-and-the-city-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5357549/sex-and-the-city-meme/"},"headline":"Throwback Sex and the City Photo Is the Best Meme to Sum Up All Your Distractions","datePublished":"2018-08-03T18:45:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:10.447Z","description":"Unleash your demons with the help of Carrie Bradshaw","url":"https://time.com/5357549/sex-and-the-city-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","viral","TV","sex and the city","memes"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3615833bf518d2a/69893706bc6cfc6eb53e69dd/sex-and-the-city-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3615833bf518d2a/69893706bc6cfc6eb53e69dd/sex-and-the-city-meme.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall on location for Sex and the City","caption":"Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall on location for Sex and the City","creditText":"Tom Kingston/WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5357549/sex-and-the-city-meme/","name":"Throwback Sex and the City Photo Is the Best Meme to Sum Up All Your Distractions"}}]}] ```