Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Our latest video essay, hosted by the fabulous and inimitable @Princess_Weekes, dives into one of the biggest issues women face: the impact of being "unlikeable." Princess breaks down the characterizations of Hannah Horvath from Girls, Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City, and Fiona Gallagher from Shameless to show how their relationship to money, class, and gender shapes how they are perceived and treated, while also unpacking how their whiteness plays into their trajectories.

Thank you so much to Princess for taking over our video essay this month! Follow her here: youtube.com/@UClnCLTkRd1vhQYU1t1HyivQ
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newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/candace-bushnell-is-back-in-the-city?_sp=cb9e96ab-8235-4c65-998a-d4a527efb55f.1769475940892

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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:31 Ad break
00:04:00 Welcome @Princess_Weekes !
00:05:25 Carrie Bradshaw
00:17:29 Hannah Horvath
00:28:42 Fiona Gallagher
00:43:08 We really do hate women so much