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The “girl boss” movement, an exclusive empire that has allowed outdated and exclusionary feminism to flourish into the 21st century, has officially reached its expiration date.
Famously coined in 2014 by author and businesswoman Sophia Amoruso, girl boss culture has undergone a complete memeification by virtue of TikTok users, who pair the phrase with words like “gatekeep” and “gaslight” to underscore its damaging effects. According to Amoruso in her book #Girlboss, the term embodies an aspirational woman who is “in charge of her own life.”
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