It’s this weird cross-section of capitalism and buying your way to equality and having the right stuff and the right look. And we get into this dangerous spot where we’re saying, “Well, if you’re not there, you’re just not Girl Boss enough. And you should have the right look, you don’t have the right clothes.”These are the sorts of ideas women’s magazines have been trying to sell to women forever. Of course, that’s what we think power looks like because we’ve never really allowed for different models of power and success to exist. There are some days where I talk to a teenager or tween who’s doing the coolest things and (think) “Wow, you’re the future.

Source: thestar March 08, 2020 11:03 UTC