A lot of what you see on the internet might be considered the mental equivalent of scarfing down a drive-through cheeseburger: There’s a momentary reward, but soon enough you’re left feeling worse ...

Like many other women my age, I have lain out in anguish singing along to Mazzy Star and Fiona Apple. I’ve annotated “Prozac Nation” like it’s a diary, and I still have a photo of Joan Didion taped ...

Pumpkin lattes, knitted sweaters and sobbing while listening to Phoebe Bridgers? Hot Girl Summer’s gloomy older sister, Sad Girl Autumn, is upon us. Coined in 2019 as an antithesis to “Hot Girl Summer ...

In her column “Brutal Monsters,” Cate Burtner ’25 offers commentary on the literature of mental illness. I have always thought the term ‘sad girl poetry’ was condescending. ‘Sad’ feels overly ...

The kind of music you listen to can vary from day to day but there is one thing that is certain: Sometimes, a good "sad girl" tune really can make you feel seen. Part of the joy of finding the right ...

What started as sisters texting self-deprecating raccoon memes to each other has become a running club for sad girls. Sort of. In two years, Sad Girl Track Club has amassed 25,000 followers on ...