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Rhiannon Joyce

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1513 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

I did.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

I read the book too.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Oh my God, we've really exposed ourselves here.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Interestingly though, she does spend a lot of time lamenting in the book about the fact that she didn't have a lot of money when she first started out and was really bouncing around trying to build Nasty Gal as the business that it became a multi, multi-million dollar business.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

As quickly as it rose, it did fall though.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Yeah, it did.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

And I think this general theme in the 2000s, so we're talking around 2010, is that there was Sophia's business that rose to the top.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

There was Refinery29.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

There was, you know, Reformation.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

When you think of hashtag Girlboss, I think of all of these businesses, not just Nasty Girl.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Yeah.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

I think of Emily Weiss and Glossier as well.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

A surviving member though.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Yes.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Would we say?

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Yeah, I still would.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

I feel like in terms of coming out of that era unscathed,

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

Maybe not in a – unscathed is not the right word.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

But I think in terms of still existing and operating in a very visible setting, she is.

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Is the ‘girlboss'’really back?

All those other founders that we've referenced, I would say it had to go dark because all of them experienced their own controversies and, you know, there were articles that were either about unfair treatment to employees and working conditions, racism was at the centre of a lot of these conversations or –