Girl Boss
description: a term popularised to describe ambitious young women, also a Netflix series and book
8 results
How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings: Non-Threatening Leadership Strategies for Women
by Sarah Cooper · 1 Nov 2018
give yourself a cute, feminine title that reminds investors that yes, you are a leader, but you are also still a woman. Some options are: Girl Boss Lady Boss She-EO Business Mogulette Parentrepreneur Mompreneur Womantrepreneur Estrogentreprenuer Investors follow patterns when trying to figure out what to invest in, and one of
Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class
by Noam Scheiber · 6 Apr 2026 · 399pp · 120,332 words
all was right in the world once they’d made their own pile of cash. Lindsay was skeptical of Black women who went in for “Girl Boss” conferences, which billed themselves as creating spaces for people shut out of the business world but often ended up as exclusive as any white-boys
Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us About the Good Life
by Kristen R. Ghodsee · 16 May 2023 · 302pp · 112,390 words
of capitalism consider all challenges to the status quo as potentially destabilizing factors to the social systems that underpin the free market. Some things, like girl boss liberal feminist demands to break the glass ceiling or expanding the legal institution of marriage to same-sex couples, pose no real threat to conservative
Like, Follow, Subscribe: Influencer Kids and the Cost of a Childhood Online
by Fortesa Latifi · 7 Apr 2026 · 240pp · 89,773 words
, amidst this uncertainty, the allure of trad wifedom gains traction. For young women, it’s a way of stepping out of the hamster wheel of Girl Boss Lean In Feminism, the pressures of the job market, and the anxiety of trying to make your way in a world in which a white
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence
by Kristen R. Ghodsee · 20 Nov 2018 · 211pp · 57,759 words
’s about trying to counteract the deep, unconscious gender stereotypes about men as leaders and women as followers. Some people just feel weird with a girl boss.21 We don’t associate women with positions of authority because we’ve seen so few of them. And because there are so few women
How to Work Without Losing Your Mind
by Cate Sevilla · 14 Jan 2021
banned an advert from the company People Per Hour for gender stereotyping.4 It featured a smiling woman next to the slogan ‘You do the girl boss thing. We’ll do the SEO thing.’ They apologized, admitting it ‘might come across as sexist and demeaning to women’ and said it was taking
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
by Amanda Montell · 14 Jun 2021 · 244pp · 73,700 words
companies on blast, spilling their stories of psychological abuse and money loss. Search “MLM scam” on YouTube, and endless pages of videos like “The MLM ‘Girl Boss’ Narrative Is a Lie,” “I Filed for Bankruptcy After LuLaRoe and Now Work 2 Jobs,” and “AMWAY: The Final Straw (with Audio EVIDENCE!)—How I
Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
by Timothy Ferriss · 6 Dec 2016 · 669pp · 210,153 words
J. Bulger (doc) Altucher, James: High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell (doc), Hoop Dreams (doc), Comedian (doc) Amoruso, Sophia: The Color of Pomegranates, Girl Boss Guerilla Andreessen, Marc: Mr. Robot (TV), Halt and Catch Fire (TV), Silicon Valley (TV) Attia, Peter: Pumping Iron (doc), The Bridge (doc), Bigger, Stronger, Faster