We "Girl Boss'ed" Too Close To The Sun

Feminism, for some, hath become a raw bag of onions.

I don’t really remember when the term “girl boss” entered the zeitgeist, but it feels like sometime between 2012 and 2017. According to this post, it emerged in 2014 — so I was generally accurate. Nice.

Now, before we get too far here, I think we need to admit a few things upfront. First of all, the idea of “girl boss” or “third wave feminism” was only r…