I constantly update this Sad Rich Girls spreadsheet because I love cataloging the different types of SRGs. I refer back to it when I make content, I give a lot of book recs from it, and it makes me feel like the "data" I've amassed from reading is searchable.

Type 1 (blue) Daisy Buchanan Archetype

She's the miserable spoiled girl, usually very cynical and world weary.

Type 2 (green) Isabel Archer Archetype

She's somewhat happier (usually younger), innocent and naive (and heading for ruin)

Type 3 (yellow) Becky Sharp Archetype

She's often new money, a ruthless social climber

There's a second tab in the spreadsheet with TV/movie SRGs. Also, boys can absolutely be SRGs. I wrote an essay with a breakdown of these 3 main types-- but I've been feeling the call to add a category for EX-rich girls (fallen SRGs). The formerly rich SRG who has either been cut off from her family money, or her family has fallen from its status, or she's renounced her privilege/wealth-- I love these characters.

Can you think of a better way to organize this sheet? Am I missing one of your favorite heroines? Comment your thoughts and I'll make additions to the sheet accordingly 💖✨

Congrats on having an attention span and welcome to Sad Rich Girls: the online counterpart to my IRL discussion group.

Sad Rich Girls is where I divest myself of the attention economy and opt into what I actually care about: good thinking, layered discussion, and the kinds of ideas that can’t be jammed into 90 seconds. This is where I can think in paragraphs instead of punchlines.

Btw "Sad Rich Girls" isn’t a descriptor—it’s my favorite archetype and subgenre. If you’re into self-aware delusion, intellectualized ruin, and proxy privilege: this is for you. 

In brief, SRG is: 

🚫 Anti-brainrot: a home for longform videos + essays + newsletters

🧠 a refuge from scroll-optimized, brain-melting social apps

I’m most excited for the Discord component. There’s a reason I never reply to comments (mental health) but I do want to be part of the conversation—just not with media illiterate strangers🙃

On the SRG Discord I intend to discuss:

⛲️ My stalwarts (wealth, class, taste, privilege, etiquette, and social capital)

📖 Current reads + book recs

💜 To Have and Have More

✍🏻 My next books

I want Sad Rich Girls to have the energy of a smart book club (without the anchor of assigned reading). It’s a salon. It’s a more diverse Algonquin Round Table. It’s an anti-racist Bloomsbury Group. 

Opt in if you want access to:

🎥 Conversations from my book tour events (not posted elsewhere)

💬 SRG Discord, aka the main salon: real conversations, not comment section chaos

📹 Extended versions of videos from IG/TikTok — the fuller, smarter edits with room to breathe

If you've made it this far, I'm very pleased to have you — thank you for your attention!

Yours,

Sanibel