"Sex and the City" was a newspaper column written by Candace Bushnell for The New York Observer from 1994 to 1996.

The columns became the basis for the HBO television series Sex and the City, which led to the 2008 film of the same name, a 2010 sequel, and the HBO Max (now Max) revival of the series And Just Like That.... Candace Bushnell was working as a freelance writer in New York City when her editor at The New York Observer offered her a column.

[2] The column has been credited with creating the terms "toxic bachelors" and "serial daters".

[3] Bushnell originally wrote the column from her first-person perspective, but later invented the semi-autobiographical character of "Carrie" so her parents would not be aware that they were reading about her sex life.

It was re-published in 2001, 2006, and in 2008 as a tenth anniversary tie-in edition for the film Sex and the City.