May 29, 2026 · 7 min · 7 segments
With rumors of a third Princess Diaries, we unpack why the original was so damaging for women, and why Anne Hathaway's recent explanation falls flat. This is our first minisode: a shorter, more…
Priya AnandHost
It's Anne Hathaway year with The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey, and everything else, and she said that we could soon get a third installment of The Princess Diaries, her most iconic role, her first major film, where she plays Mia Thermopolis, a regular San Francisco girl who turns out to be a princess.
The Princess Diaries is a generational classic for millennials, and while I love the movie, I also hate it and find it to be one of the most uniquely damaging for women.
You can hear why from Medea, a listener of this show who found We Are Spiraling on social media and shared her story with me.
It's Anne Hathaway year with The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey, and everything else, and she said that we could soon get a third installment of The Princess Diaries, her most iconic role, her first major film, where she plays Mia Thermopolis, a regular San Francisco girl who turns out to be a princess.
The Princess Diaries is a generational classic for millennials, and while I love the movie, I also hate it and find it to be one of the most uniquely damaging for women.
You can hear why from Medea, a listener of this show who found We Are Spiraling on social media and shared her story with me.
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