Shonda Rhimes Explained Why She Doesn't Like The Term "Girlboss" And Says It's A "Bullsh*t Archetype"
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Shonda Rhimes is a TV legend. Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, Bridgerton, How to Get Away with Murder — you name it, she created it.
Rhimes is on the cover of the latest Time (hey, that rhymes!), and in the profile, she talks about a variety of subjects — including her distaste for the term "girlboss."
The term was popularized by former Nasty Gal CEO Sophia Amoruso's 2014 memoir #GIRLBOSS.
"I think the girlboss archetype is bullshit that men have created to find another way to make women sound bad," Rhimes stated.
Rhimes continued that the term is "a nice catchphrase to grab a bunch of women into one group and say, 'This is what women are doing right now.'"
"Nobody ever says, 'This is what men are doing right now.'"
This isn't the first time Rhimes has talked about the various forms of discrimination in the entertainment industry and beyond. Last March, she spoke out against the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's treatment of her after they snubbed Bridgerton for the Golden Globes.
Responding to reports that the HFPA had rejected requests to hold press conferences for TV shows and films with Black-led casts, Rhimes claimed in a series of tweets that the organization rejected a Bridgerton press conference but still asked her to present at that year's ceremony.
HFPA rejected our press conference. Until it was a "surprise hit" (Grey's, Scandal, Murder -SURPRISE!) And yet they STILL asked me to show up in person to present at the Globes. We're not the only ones. This is why HFPA's house is on fire.They lit the flame w/their own ignorance. https://t.co/RPZaCa4ty3
"[T]hink of all the great talent and shows out there that never even got a chance," she tweeted.
And I'm the lucky one. More important: think of all the great talent and shows out there that never even got a chance.
