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Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe

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Appearances Over Time

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Yeah.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

And that eventually was the name of her book.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

And I think it was hard for her because she was so applauded and so celebrated and so closely tied to the notion of being a girl boxer.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Yeah, I was like she's definitely been scathed by controversy.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Totally.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

And I think it was such an interesting concept because one, by nature, the word boss is to have authority to be in charge of which they all were.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

They all held, you know, the position of either founder or founder, CEO, managing director and whatnot.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Absolutely.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

And I think they presented in a very stereotypical fashion isn't the word I want to use, but it was definitely an aspirational.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Yeah.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

And I mean, when we talk mold as well, we have to look into the uncomfortable truth, which was that they were white.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Rich.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

They were, you know, and they were generally speaking privileged backgrounds.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Mostly.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

And I think, you know, there's that part of it.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

And also then we have the fact that they are women and we've never called male bosses boy boss.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Yeah.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

And there's an interesting element of Girlboss, I feel like, that we haven't touched on, Rae, and that is that it was a hustle culture.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

When they were interviewed, when they were profiled, when they wrote their books, it was very much like, I did 16-hour days, I skipped breakfast, you know, I ate dinner in the office.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

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