Girlboss is the rags-to-riches story of Sophia (Britt Robertson), an aspiring fashion impresario who goes from selling shoes at a mid-level store in San Francisco to living a fabulous life as the fabulous owner of her own fabulous company reselling fabulous vintage embroidered jackets and flared denim pants - a side hustle that, as those familiar with the hagiography of female corporate leaders knows, eventually blossoms into the online clothing company Nasty Gal. This is where Sophia Marlowe, the protagonist of the new Netflix series Girlboss, comes in. Where the trope falls short is when amorality is viewed as a form of feminist self-empowerment. (At the very least, in the case of Bridesmaids and Broad City, it can be very funny.) The trope knocks women off their pedestals by depicting them as just as loud-mouthed and ill-behaved and amoral as men are, and is ostensibly intended to be progressive - and to a certain extent, it can be. It's a variation on the woman behaving badly trope popularized by movies like Bridesmaids and shows like Broad City, in which ladies swill booze and smoke pot and spew profanities and have sex with multiple partners without facing any immediate consequences. There is a certain type of female character that's emerged in the past few years.
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