![]() Young women are permitted an escape from the under-satisfying and uncool options of either social justice warrior (a disparaging term for someone who promotes socially progressive and liberal values, particularly in a way that is disingenuous or, worse, cringe) or girlboss (a (now ironic) term for the feminist who will hustle, grind and “ lean in” to achieve capitalistic success in male-dominated fields). The anonymous depiction of these deeply flawed, externally unlikeable characters allows their majority-female audience to place themselves in their twisted minds. Those privy to a certain highly feminine side of TikTok in 2021 and through to 2022 will know the narrator of Otessa Moshfegh’s acclaimed novel “My Year of Rest and Relaxation” (thin, blonde and attractive despite her deliberately near-comatose state) alongside Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag (brunette, messier, hypersexual and dislodged from reality) as symbols of a woman proclaiming to be going through a distinguishable phase. The newest brand of “it girl” is fading herself away, and it’s not helping anyone. ![]()
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