The horror and glamour of the literary it girl

I’ve been overthinking again. In this video essay (or whatever), I take you on a tour of the literary it girl’s world, from the apartments of downtown Manhattan to glamorous literary parties to the streets of Dimes Square. We meet the thought daughters, curating their reading lists and their aesthetic book-outfit pairings. We get a crash course in modern literary marketing. All the while, I ask myself, why am I afraid of the literary it girl?

My writing: https://sarahgabriella.substack.com/

References
The Makings of a Literary It Girl: https://www.nylon.com/life/the-making...
oh so you're a thought daughter now? should i call joan didion? people’s princess by Sarah Cucchiara: https://peoplesprincess.substack.com/...
Against Sceneyness, Wicked Tongue by Eleanor Stern: https://wickedtongue.substack.com/p/a...
Where Have All the Young Male Novelists Gone? https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-cul...
Ottessa Moshfegh: ‘Everyone asked me why I had written such a disgusting female character’: https://www.theguardian.com/books/202...

Music
Cafe Regrette - Asher Fulero
Pirouette - Asher Fulero

Chapters
00:00 literary it girls intimidate me
00:46 thought daughters
02:24 literary it girls: an introduction
06:26 marketing
08:15 the chaotic/cool matrix
16:03 the Caroline Calloway paradox
20:22 parties and glamour and readers!
24:59 who gets left out?
28:42 how I feel about lit girl books
32:32 it’s about confidence isn’t it