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girlboss

noun as in ambitious young woman

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Other critics include Alison Herman, writing in Variety that it is a "clumsy, condescending take on rah-rah girlboss feminism", while the Hollywood Reporter's Angie Han called Kardashian an "appropriately wooden lead for Ryan Murphy's empty, unforgivably dull drama".

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In a video she posted to TikTok in August, Atienza spoke about how “misunderstood and misrepresented feminism is” on social media, calling out certain “girlboss” trends as being “misogyny packaged into a pink sparkly bow.”

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In her fourth outing with Mr. Lanthimos, Emma Stone again shows an impressively daring quality in a grueling and degrading role, which spoofs today’s clichés about girlboss power.

While the episode may fly under the radar in comparison to the extremely tense “Fishes” or homoerotic undertones of “Honeydew,” the episode radically — finally! — sets women free from years of toxic diet culture as well as girlboss tropes.

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But women entered the paid workforce not because of girlboss feminism, but out of economic necessity.

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