New Me

Through four three-minute episodes, the series follows Sadie, an inexperienced college freshman who struggles to find herself in a world where social media controls and pressures the narrative of young women. Everything has changed for Sadie. She just got dumped, is starting college, and just saw her ex with some picture-perfect influencer on Instagram. How is she supposed to compete with that? It’s worth mentioning she has no style and has only slept with her ex-boyfriend. Yeah. It’s that bad. The series explores themes of comparison and societal expectations through charming dialogue with Sadie’s rebellious roommate and situations everyone can relate to, like seeing terrible Tinder options. Actress/Writer/Director/Producer Catie Elaine Hankins hopes to spark conversations around the pressures social media places on young women every day. Personal experiences of self-deprecating comparison, compulsive stalking, and thoughts of changing one’s identity are threaded throughout the series.