The Girlboss Is Dead. We Are OK with That.

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Man buns, dabbing, ombre hair and the #girlboss … all things from 2016 that are now deceased.

If a decade ago the girlboss was rising and grinding and leaning in, now she’s on her farm co-op in a prairie dress, warning her Instagram followers about pesticides and Big Pharma. There’s this feeling today that female hustle is kind of embarrassing — very “pick-me” energy — just trying too hard, which is the opposite of cool.

On this episode, Katelyn and Roxy offer a postmortem on a trend that we were very much part of. We leaned in, we showed up, we pitched and hustled and advocated for ourselves. Katelyn wrote a book about why it was OK to be a girlboss for Jesus, basically. All the same, we’re not super sad to see the girlboss era end. We may not be living on farms (yet), but we’re over here finding some joy in long walks and a decent night’s sleep.

The question now is (or maybe it always was): What role does work play in a well-ordered life?

This transcript was generated using AI tools and may contain minor transcription errors.

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