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We Need to Talk About Money: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
- Budget culture makes money all about you — your actions, responsibilities and mindset. But individual actions can’t overcome persistent pay gaps, generational trauma, systemic oppression and algorithmic bias. No money management method can square rising housing costs with stagnant wages. No amount of self control can make up for the costs of “profe... See more
from Budget Culture and the Dave Ramseyfication of Money by Anne Helen Petersen
Stuart Evans added
confidence in women is frequently framed in terms of overcoming deeply rooted internal obstacles and correcting a psychological deficit. Even financial confidence may be sold to women as a variant of indulgent “me time” and self-care, as in a magazine article that promises “5 ways to make managing your money an act of self-love.”
from Confidence Culture by Rosalind Gill
came after a big smiling wave of feminist initiatives and female entrepreneurs had convincingly framed wealth acquisition as progressive politics.
from Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino
We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl®, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement
by Andi Zeisler
- Even category-defining influencers face these hurdles. Many lack access to credit, loans, and a business bank account. Some float five-figure sums for production costs on PayPal. Others are unable to prove income requirements to secure a lease. What’s more, the metrics that define a sustainable digital business – subscription growth, audience engag... See more
from Karat | Union Square Ventures by Andy Weissman
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Budget Culture and the Dave Ramseyfication of Money
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- Today’s Goopified self-love messaging has been a core pillar of the capitalist “girlboss” mindset that lingers on, despite that era being declared over. The remains have left romance in the dust to leave more room for productivity and monetized self-development
from Unpacking our generational fear of codependency by i-D
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