What Killed the Girl Power Movement?

About this episode

The episode discusses the failure of the girl power movement and the systemic issues that hindered women's progress despite their efforts.

The greatest scam of the last 20 years is that women were told if we just worked harder, leaned in more, woke up at 5:00 AM, negotiated better, practiced enough gratitude, optimized ourselves hard enough, and girlbossed with enough intensity, equality and equity would finally be ours. That didn't happen, did it? This week we're talking about why the entire promise of girl power failed so many women. Not because our ambition was wrong or dangerous, and not because women did anything wrong or dangerous or because we failed, but because the systems around us just never actually changed to support us. Order The Ambition Penalty here. Join our newsletter community here. ORDER The Parisian Heist here. Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Jo Piazza

Topics covered

• girl power
• feminism
• equality
• women's rights
• ambition
• systemic change

Keywords

• girl power
• feminism
• equality
• ambition
• women's rights
• systemic change
• personal development

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