Angelica Malin on girlboss culture, women-only clubs and female entrepreneurs
03/10/20 • 44 min
Angelica Malin is an entrepreneur who runs a six-figure business including the About Time magazine and the She Started It Live Academy. She is also a writer and podcast host and has interviewed many successful women including Cherie Blair, Melanie Whelan and Natasha Devon.
So, there is really no better person to discuss 'girlboss culture'. It's had a bit of a backlash recently. Is it outdated and patronising? Or is it time we reclaimed the term to define the viewpoint of women entrepreneurs? We also discussed how Angelica built up her business, why she offers free childcare at her conference and why she's reluctant to answer specific questions, mostly from older men, about how much she earns and how many people she employs.
Hayley Millhouse from OpenMoney also shares some tips on how to start your own business!
LINKS
Read Angelica's article about the term girlboss here:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/business/patronising-maybe-need-girl-boss-culture-ever/
More info on the next She Started It Live weekend of events, with free childcare!
Contact:
Twitter: @honest_account_ / @jellymalin
Email: [email protected]
Angelica Malin is an entrepreneur who runs a six-figure business including the About Time magazine and the She Started It Live Academy. She is also a writer and podcast host and has interviewed many successful women including Cherie Blair, Melanie Whelan and Natasha Devon.
So, there is really no better person to discuss 'girlboss culture'. It's had a bit of a backlash recently. Is it outdated and patronising? Or is it time we reclaimed the term to define the viewpoint of women entrepreneurs? We also discussed how Angelica built up her business, why she offers free childcare at her conference and why she's reluctant to answer specific questions, mostly from older men, about how much she earns and how many people she employs.
Hayley Millhouse from OpenMoney also shares some tips on how to start your own business!
LINKS
Read Angelica's article about the term girlboss here:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/business/patronising-maybe-need-girl-boss-culture-ever/
More info on the next She Started It Live weekend of events, with free childcare!
Contact:
Twitter: @honest_account_ / @jellymalin
Email: [email protected]
Previous Episode
Bridie Jabour on the great millennial malaise
Before New Year, my mum sent me an op ed by Bridie Jabour, opinion editor of the Guardian Australia, called 'The Millennials at 31: Welcome to the Age of Misery'. It is about the distinct loss of ambition, wondering whether we should be defined by our jobs, our houses, whether we should have children and thinking for too long that we're special.
The article saw a massive reaction and I knew I had to interview Bridie about it. We talked about everything from the fact that it's even harder to get on the property ladder in Sydney than London, why we are trying to stop reading books for the sake of it and realising that you can be loyal to your work, but your work isn't loyal to you.
Hayley Millhouse, from our sponsor OpenMoney, also dives in with a few practical tips on how to deal with financial uncertainty.
LINKS
If you're into this topic, I also really enjoyed these articles from other publications:
'How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation' in BuzzFeed, 'Workism is Making Americans Miserable' in the Atlantic, and 'Why Do Corporations Speak The Way They Do?' in Vulture
Bridie's debut novel is called My Not So Functional Family.
Inspired by Bridie's article, I wrote a newsletter topic on my malaise -- https://mailchi.mp/92c7fcaf239b/thinking-youre-special
Contact
Tweet us @honest_account_ / @bkjabour
Instagram: @an_honest_account
Email: [email protected]
Next Episode
Nell Frizzell on money, motherhood and her new book
Nell Frizzell is a journalist, Vogue columnist and the author of an upcoming memoir, The Panic Years - about the period of your life which has no name, somewhere between adolescence and the menopause. Nell calls it The Flux.
In the book, Nell talks about financial uncertainty, the cost of nursery fees, the gender pay gap, parental leave and more. She writes honestly about how she 'lay out the financial arguments' to help persuade her partner to have a child.
She says she wrote the book not only to document her own experience but also to help other people going through the same period of turmoil, and so they might find it easier than she did.
I also spoke to Hayley Millhouse of OpenMoney, who shared some practical insights on financial preparations if you're expecting a child.
LINKS
Nell's book, pre-order here!
https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-panic-years/nell-frizzell/2928377005818
Nell's column in Vogue
https://www.vogue.co.uk/profile/nell-frizzell
Twitter: @honest_account_ / @NellFrizzell
Email: [email protected]
This is the last episode of series 3. Thank you so much to everyone who listened, all my guests and my fabulous sponsor OpenMoney. If you have 20 seconds to spare, please give us a review / rating and subscribe, so you don't miss any future episodes!
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