The girlboss is dead — long live the girlboss

What comes next? We are in a post-girl boss era. In 2020, a reckoning began to occur in the world of women-led start-ups that drove the movement — with many CEOs stepping down due to accusations of toxic cultures. Now the movement is seemingly over, Samhita Mukhopadhyay reflects on how the trope was infantilizing and sexist, but it was also essential for many women.