Sheryl Sandberg

The inherent humor of girlbosses lies in how their regurgitated and cliched truisms on how to live life and become successful women are steeped in whiteness.

“I look forward to speaking to these young people who are on the verge of the next chapter of their lives and represent the future of our country,” U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, said in a statement.

Maz Jobrani was so excited to be invited to give a speech at the campus’s spring 2017 commencement ceremony that he accepted the offer right away — but as the date approached, he “began to lose sleep.”

Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer for Facebook, delivered the keynote address at the campus's Class of 2016’s graduating ceremony Saturday, during which she shared with the audience her experiences overcoming grief and the importance of resilience.

Wednesday’s announcement that Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, will deliver the keynote address at UC Berkeley’s spring 2016 commencement ceremony has generated mixed responses from the campus community.

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer known for her efforts to empower working women, will deliver the keynote address at UC Berkeley’s spring 2016 commencement ceremony, the campus announced Wednesday.

So what happens when activists prioritize branding? They downplay the importance of policy for uncritical, often expensive, gatherings and capitalize on the grandiose rhetoric of “empowerment” and “human rights.”

I’m not sure feminism’s newfound popularity is a step back for the movement, but I do think that such a wide breadth of identification with feminism makes an already commonly misunderstood movement even more complicated, misunderstood and ineffective.