The End of the Girlboss Is Here

The girlboss didn’t change the system; she thrived within it. Now that system is cracking, and so is this icon of millennial hustle.

Leigh Stein
GEN
Published in
11 min readJun 22, 2020

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Seven years ago, if you were an ambitious young white woman seeking to break through the glass ceiling at work, Sheryl Sandberg was your mentor. Her bestselling 2013 book Lean In: Women

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Leigh Stein
GEN
Writer for

Author of the critically acclaimed novel SELF CARE, a satire of the wellness industry and girlboss feminism. www.leighstein.com