Power confused with attractiveness
Sophie Gilbert’s book Girl on Girl vividly shows how 2000s pop culture shaped girls and young women — with sexualized advertising, reality TV, and an ideal of womanhood that confuses power with attractiveness. The New Yorker piece makes clear why this era still reverberates today. Smart, angry, and full of aha moments. Must-read: “[What Did the Pop Culture of the Two-Thousands Do to Millennial Women?](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/16/girl-on-girl-sophie-gilbert-book-review „What Did the Pop Culture of the Two-Thousands Do to Millennial Women?“)” by Dayna Tortorici. ...