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Modern Wisdom

The Rise And Fall Of The Girlboss Meme - Katherine Dee - #606

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Katherine Dee is a writer, journalist and internet historian. There are lots of male subcultures. Incels, RedPill, Pickup Artists, Soy Boys. But what are women getting up to? Trends like Hot Girls Have IBS. Hot Girls Eat Fish. And most well known, the girlboss meme. Katherine is here to explain just what is happening in the oestrogen-fuelled underbelly of the internet. Expect to learn why the girlboss meme came about, why there is a coming wave of sex-negativity, whether it really is possible to be hot while you have IBS, Katherine's biggest red flags when choosing a partner, whether it should be legal to pay to drug women so you can have sex with their lifeless bodies, why predictable is good when dating and much more... Sponsors: Get $100 discount on the best water filter on earth from AquaTru at https://bit.ly/drinkwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from Athletic Greens at https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get 15% discount on Mud/Wtr at http://mudwtr.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:06) Katherine’s Prediction of Sex Negativity (06:43) TikTok Rips off Tumblr’s Originality (10:09) The Death of the Girlboss Archetype (19:44) Looking to the Future of Female Trends (29:40) Young Guys are Taking Relationship Examples from the Internet (36:50) Why Women Get Paranoid When They Like a Man (39:38) Red Flags to Look For in a Man (40:22) Beware of Convoluted Dating Advice (41:38) Be Direct, Not Desperate (43:05) Don’t Be Too Available for Sex (45:40) Why Predictability is Good for Relationships (48:17) Relationships Should Always Have Forward Momentum (49:45) You Can’t Manipulate Your Way into Relationship with Sex (51:23) Learn from People Through Their Jokes (53:11) Don’t Look for People Similar to Your Ex (53:41) Be the Less Invested Partner (54:46) If You’re Composing a Reply on Apple Notes, It’s Time to Break Up (55:35) Don’t Date Someone if You Wouldn’t Be Comfortable Marrying Them (57:56) Why You Shouldn’t Date Down (1:01:40) Does Body Count Matter? (1:03:17) Durable Relationships Come From Shared Values (1:05:22) The Problem with the ‘I Love You’ Text 6 Months Later (1:06:32) Incels are Right About ‘Emotional Tampons’ (1:07:31) If You’re Drinking & Smoking to Have Sex, You Don’t Like it (1:12:05) People Giving Advice are Speaking to Themselves (1:13:08) Katherine’s Next Projects Extra Stuff: Follow Katherine on Twitter - https://twitter.com/default_friend Follow Katherine on Substack - https://defaultfriend.substack.com/  Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom - Episodes You Might Enjoy: This Is How To Master Your Life - David Goggins - #577: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Goggins⁠⁠⁠ How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs - Dr Jordan Peterson - #712: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Peterson⁠⁠⁠ The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain - Dr Andrew Huberman - #700: ⁠⁠⁠lnkfi.re/SN-Huberman⁠⁠ Get in touch. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello friends, welcome back to the show.

0:03.0

My guest today is Catherine D, she's a writer, journalist and an internet historian.

0:08.0

There are lots of male subcultures, in cells, red pill, picker artists, soy boys, but what

0:13.5

are women getting up to?

0:15.2

Trends like Hot Girls have IBS, Hot Girls eat fish, and most well known the girl boss meme.

0:21.2

Catherine is here to explain just what is happening in the estrogen-fueled underbelly of the internet.

0:27.8

Expect to learn why the girl boss meme came about, why there is a coming wave of sex negativity,

0:33.2

whether it's really possible to be hot while you have IBS, Catherine's biggest red flags when

0:38.4

choosing a partner, whether it should be legal to pay to drug women so that you can have sex with

0:43.2

their lifeless bodies, why predictable is good when dating, and much more.

0:50.6

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