BAD FRIEND: How Women Revolutionized Modern Friendship with Tiffany Watt Smith | 332

Maybe women aren’t bad at friendship — maybe we’ve just been handed a model that doesn’t actually work. One that expects perfection, constant connection, and a whole lot of emotional labor... without any room for evolution, conflict, or change.

In this episode, we’re questioning that model and taking a deeper look at how friendship has changed — historically, culturally, and personally — with cultural historian Tiffany Watt Smith. Together, we explore how women have been portrayed as bad friends (by the media and by society), and how we’ve quietly been redefining friendship on our own terms.

We talk about why friendship dips are normal, why disagreements aren’t deal-breakers, and why being a “bad friend” might actually be a sign that you’re showing up in a real, honest, human way.

Because the goal isn’t friendship that looks perfect from the outside. It’s friendship that can bend, stretch, shift, and still hold.

This conversation is part history lesson, part gut check, and all about rebuilding our relationships on something real.

Connect with Tiffany: 

Book: https://celadonbooks.com/book/bad-friend-tiffany-watt-smith/

Substack: https://thefuturefeeling.substack.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/tiffanywattsmith/ 

X: https://x.com/drtiffwattsmith?lang=en 

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