 In her article "Structural Integrity, Historical Reversion, and the Post-9/11 Chick Flick", Diane Negra focuses on several romantic comedies, deemed to be chick flicks, set in New York City after the attacks on September 11th, 2001.She claims that the films "centralize female subjectivity but more compellingly undertake political work to stabilize national identity post-9/11.