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Whatever You Do, Don’t Call Me a Queenager
Women face the “never-right age” bias throughout their working lives. Cute catchphrases won’t fix that.
Unhelpful labels.
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When I first came across the term “queenager,” I knew I was supposed to be flattered. I wasn’t. Women have been leaning in for years. Now, here was another label we were supposed to embrace.
Coining a term to draw attention to a cause often comes with good intentions. But sometimes it falls flat.