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This week, the Atlantic declared that the girlboss was dead. Writer Annie Joy Williams recounted an online feud between two female influencers, Alex Cooper and Alix Earle, arguing that because Cooper is openly ambitious and Earle presents her success as a serendipitous accident, the internet has called the feud in Earle’s favor. The need for women to appear as if they are no longer striving for success is presented as cold, hard evidence that the girlboss has been killed off.
But Cooper and Earle — both with estimated multi-million-dollar net worths — could just as well be two girlbosses not only alive, but thriving. They’re both ambitious and working hard, even if their public personas may differ. That’s why the girlboss isn’t yet dead — but she should be, along with the tradwife. Both are caricatures that don’t reflect the realities of modern women.
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Carolyn D. Gorman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.