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Girlboss
Girlboss is a neologism which denotes a woman "whose success is defined in opposition to the masculine business world in which she swims upstream". Popularised by Sophia Amoruso in her 2014 book ''Girlboss'', the concept's ethos has been described as "convenient incrementalism". The term is conversely used with sarcastic and pejorative undertones, to denote women who attempt to raise their professional lives by practicing the same abusive and materialistic practices found in the patriarchal society. History The term became popular in 2014 after Sophia Amoruso used it with a hashtag prefix in her bestselling autobiography, which was adapted into a TV show of the same name. Its early usage was defined by perceived empowerment. Its popularity led to it becoming a "a template for marketing and writing about powerful women in virtually every industry". By 2019, the concept had begun to derive disdain from some women and viewed as ironic; others still believed in its worth. In 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girlboss (TV Series)
''Girlboss'' is an American comedy streaming television series created by Kay Cannon. The series was released on Netflix on April 21, 2017. The show was cancelled after one season. Synopsis The show is based on Sophia Amoruso's 2014 autobiography ''#Girlboss'', which tells the story of how Amoruso started the company Nasty Gal while working as a campus safety host for San Francisco's Academy of Art University. Cast Main *Britt Robertson as Sophia Marlowe * Ellie Reed as Annie, Sophia's best friend *Johnny Simmons as Shane, Sophia's love interest *Alphonso McAuley as Dax, a bartender studying business and Annie's boyfriend Recurring *Dean Norris as Jay Marlowe, Sophia's father *RuPaul Charles as Lionel, Sophia's neighbor *Melanie Lynskey as Gail, the owner of Rememberences and a vintage clothing seller *Jim Rash as Mobias, the owner of a consignment shop * Cole Escola as Nathan * Nicole Sullivan as Teresa *Louise Fletcher as Rosie, a bitter old lady *Norm Macdonald as Rick, Sophi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Amoruso
Sophia Christina Amoruso (born April 20, 1984) is an American businesswoman. Amoruso was born in San Diego, California, and moved to Sacramento, California, after High school, soon after relocating to San Francisco. Amoruso founded Nasty Gal, a women's fashion retailer, which went on to be named one of "the fastest growing companies" by ''Inc. Magazine'' in 2012. In 2016, she was named one of the richest self-made women in the world by ''Forbes''. However, Nasty Gal filed for bankruptcy. In 2017, Amoruso founded Girlboss Media, a company that creates content for women in the millennial generation to progress as people in their personal and professional life. Her 2014 autobiography ''#GIRLBOSS'' was adapted into a television series of the same name for Netflix. Early life Amoruso was born in San Diego, California, in 1984. She is of Greek, Italian, and Portuguese descent. She was raised in the Greek Orthodox church. After being diagnosed with depression and attention deficit hypera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheugy
''Cheugy'' ( ) is an American neologism coined in 2013 (allegedly by Generation Z) as a pejorative description of lifestyle trends associated with the early 2010s. This aesthetic has been described as "the opposite of trendy" or "trying too hard". The term has been used positively by some who identify with the aesthetic. People who are ''cheugy'' are referred to as ''cheugs''. Things described as cheugy include "mom jeans", " live, laugh, love signs", "Minion memes", and "anything that says ' girl boss' on it". While it has been compared to being ''basic'', some sources have suggested that it is "not quite 'basic'". The ''Evening Standard'' said that "the ''cheug'''s logical archnemesis is probably the hipster". Origin According to an April 2021 article in ''The New York Times'' written by Taylor Lorenz, the term ''cheugy'' was coined in 2013 by Gaby Rasson, a Beverly Hills High School student, who used it to describe "people who were slightly off trend"; an ''Urban Dictiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neologism
A neologism Greek νέο- ''néo''(="new") and λόγος /''lógos'' meaning "speech, utterance"] is a relatively recent or isolated term, word, or phrase that may be in the process of entering common use, but that has not been fully accepted into mainstream language. Neologisms are often driven by changes in culture and technology. In the process of language formation, neologisms are more mature than '' protologisms''. A word whose development stage is between that of the protologism (freshly coined) and neologism (new word) is a ''prelogism''. Popular examples of neologisms can be found in science, fiction (notably science fiction), films and television, branding, literature, jargon, cant, linguistics, the visual arts, and popular culture. Former examples include ''laser'' (1960) from Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation; ''robot'' (1941) from Czech writer Karel Čapek's play ''R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)''; and ''agitprop'' (1930) (a portmanteau of " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Dally-Watkins
June Marie Dally-Watkins (; 13 June 1927 – 22 February 2020) was an Australian businesswoman and fashion model, recognised by the Australian honours system as an entrepreneur. In 1950 she started a personal-development school in Sydney to train young women in etiquette and deportment. A year later, she started Australia's first model agency and modelling school, and later established a Business Finishing College. She later became a public proponent of etiquette and elocution, and frequently commented on those topics in the media. In 1993, Dally-Watkins received an Order of Australia Medal for her contribution to business. In 2014 she featured on the popular Australian television show ''Bogan Hunters'' on the 7mate channel, where she provided information relating to etiquette to series winners. In 2019 she taught etiquette to women in China. Early life Dally-Watkins was born in Sydney in June 1927 with the birth name June Skewes. Her mother, Caroline May Skewes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicky Spratt
Vicky Spratt is a housing journalist and documentary maker. Her 2016 campaign Make Renting Fair highlighted the plight of 'generation rent' and succeeded in getting letting fees for tenants in England banned. She speaks at political conferences about the need for security in renting. Spratt has also done work on the mental health side effects of hormonal contraception, with her ''Debrief'' investigation Mad About The Pill covered on BBC Radio 4 and BBC News. She has appeared as a commentator on BBC Woman’s Hour, Daily Politics, Radio 2, BBC 5 live, and NTS radio, and has spoken at political party conferences about the housing crisis. In 2021, she was included on the shortlist for ''Press Gazette'''s British Journalism Awards. Life and career Spratt attended Oxford University. She later wrote an article for iNews about her experience as a student from a low-income background, and how she got into debt after graduating. Between 2013 and 2015 Spratt worked as a freelance journalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime minister and the longest-serving British prime minister of the 20th century. As prime minister, she implemented economic policies that became known as Thatcherism. A Soviet journalist dubbed her the "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. Thatcher studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford, and worked briefly as a research chemist, before becoming a barrister. She was List of MPs elected in the 1959 United Kingdom general election, elected Member of Parliament for Finchley (UK Parliament constituency), Finchley in 1959 United Kingdom general election, 1959. Edward Heath appointed her Secretary of State for Education and Science in his H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Conversation (website)
''The Conversation'' is a network of not-for-profit media outlets publishing news stories and research reports online, with accompanying expert opinion and analysis. Articles are written by academics and researchers under a free Creative Commons license, allowing reuse without modification. Its model has been described as explanatory journalism. Except in "exceptional circumstances", it only publishes articles by "academics employed by, or otherwise formally connected to, accredited institutions, including universities and accredited research bodies". The website was launched in Australia in March 2011. The network has since expanded globally with a variety of local editions originating from around the world. In September 2019, ''The Conversation'' reported a monthly online audience of 10.7 million users, and a combined reach of 40 million people when including republication. The site employed over 150 full-time staff as of 2020. Each regional or national edition of '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Kate Paltrow (; born ) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Paltrow gained notice for her early work in films such as ''Seven'' (1995), '' Emma'' (1996), ''Sliding Doors'' (1998), and ''A Perfect Murder'' (1998). She garnered wider acclaim for her performance as Viola de Lesseps in the romantic historical fiction film ''Shakespeare in Love'' (1998) which won her several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actress. This performance was followed by roles in ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999), ''The Royal Tenenbaums'' (2001), ''Shallow Hal'' (2001), and ''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow'' (2004). After becoming a mother in 2004, Paltrow significantly reduced her film workload. She made occasional appearances in films, such as '' Proof'' (2005), for which she earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American media personality, businesswoman, socialite, model, and entertainer. Born in New York City, and raised there and in Beverly Hills, California, she is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels. Hilton first attracted tabloid attention in the late 1990s, when she became a fixture in NYC's social scene, and ventured into modeling at age 19, signing with Donald Trump's agency Trump Model Management. After David LaChapelle photographed her and sister Nicky for the September 2000 issue of '' Vanity Fair'', Hilton was proclaimed "New York's leading It Girl" in 2001. The reality television series ''The Simple Life'' (2003–2007), in which she starred with her friend Nicole Richie, and a leaked 2001 sex tape with her then-boyfriend Rick Salomon, later released as '' 1 Night in Paris'' (2004), catapulted her into global fame. Hilton published her debut book, ''Confessions of an Heiress'' (2004), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annamarie Jagose
Annamarie Jagose (born 1965) is an LGBT academic and writer of fictional works. Life and career Jagose was born in Ashburton, New Zealand in 1965. She gained her PhD (Victoria University of Wellington) in 1992, and worked in the Department of English with Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne before returning to New Zealand in 2003, where she was a Professor in the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of Auckland and Head of the Department from 2008 to 2010. From 2011 to 2016 she was Head of the School of Literature, Art and Media at the University of Sydney and in 2017 she took up the role of Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney. She has been the subject of recent controversy in her administrative position at the University of Sydney for initiating a restructure of the University in light of the coronavirus pandemic, which could see 30% of staff made redundant. Awards and honours * 1994 won NZSA Bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
