2019-03-01 Money

MARCH 2019 MONEY.COM (^37)
VERY FEW WOMEN HAVE
BLOWN IT ON THE SCALE
THAT I’VE BLOWN IT.”
—GIRLBOSS CEO SOPHIA AMORUSO
tenacious women who have broken from
corporate America, or are planning to.
They’re small-business owners and
freelancers. Or they have desk jobs and work
on a side hustle on weekends.
Like Amoruso, they share a discontent
with the nine-to-five grind and the chutzpah
it takes to forge a career outside it.
“We’re all like-minded women aspiring to
do something with our lives,” says Holland
Colvin, a 25-year-old graphic designer who
traveled to the Girlboss Rally from
Bloomington, Ind.
Working toward someone else’s bottom
line can be stifling, especially if you’re in a
creative field. If you happen to have two X
chromosomes, that sacrifice comes with a
20% pay disparity compared to the dude
sitting next to you (and that’s if you’re
white—the average black woman earns 38%
less than the average white man). So most of
the #Girlbosses have rerouted their careers
to favor their own goals—not some
corporation’s. They work hard, after all. And
they expect to #getpaid for it.
“They’re all curious, and smart,” Amoruso
tells me backstage. “This isn’t a group for
dummies. They’ve had a few jobs or just
started their own businesses. And at the end
of the day, they’re in transition.”
Amoruso’s own second act is still
unfurling. That’s part of her appeal.
Rallying cry: Women
flew from 31 different
countries to attend the
Girlboss Rally (above)
in New York City in
November 2O18.
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