Welcome to the waves, Slade's podcast about gender, feminism and leaning all the way in.

No, no, even further, come on, lean in with me, just a little bit more.

There you go. Every episode you get a new pair of feminists to talk about the thing we can't get off our minds.

And today you've got me, Shaina Roth,

senior podcast producer here at Slate.

You ever read a book and it's so mind-blowing that it becomes your whole identity. Like it hits you at

just the right time in your life when you're in just the right place and it worms

itself into your subconscious and it's all you can think about and it's all you can think about and it's all you

want to think about for months like you just feel seen for the first time.

So when I read this book I just I punched the air I punched the wall I

wanted to scream I was like thank God someone gets it that's NPR Political Reporter Danielle Kurtzlavin.

You'll hear a lot more from her later in the show.

The book she's talking about is Lean In, Women Work and The Will to Lead.

It came out in 2013 and was written by Cheryl Sandberg,

former C.O. of Facebook, and Nell Scovol.

But let's face it, it's really Sandberg's book.

It was a smash when it came out. The book hit the New York Times bestseller list

and stayed there for more than a year, sold more than 4 million copies within five years

and was a game changer for women everywhere and

Sandburg was all over the news. Here is 2020 anchor Elizabeth Vargas.

Cheryl Sandburg is one of the most powerful women in the world.

At 43, she's the chief operating officer of Facebook and a billionaire.

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