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Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg, and the “feminist” advice that failed me - Vox

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In 2013, I was a Sheryl Sandberg superfan. When Sandberg’s book, Lean In, came out, I was a 29-year-old hard-charging New York social media strategist and editor. The manifesto felt like a cross between a playbook and a bible. I devoured its contents, and I decided to create my own Lean In Circle of women following a program created by Sandberg’s companion nonprofit, LeanIn.org. I documented the year-long experience at Slate and was even quoted in a later edition of the book, extolling the virtues of starting a circle. Fast-forward to today, when Sheryl Sandberg has been in the news for several storms of criticisms related to how she handled Russian election meddling on Facebook, where she’s the chief operating officer. A May 2018 Bloomberg Businessweek piece points out that five years later, Lean In may have helped with some incremental advancements for individual women in corporate America, but it doesn’t seem to have moved the needle at all on big issues like overall pay equity. Thi

Life / Gender I was a Sheryl Sandberg superfan. Then her “Lean In” advice failed me. The end of “Lean In” feminism, chronicled by a former evangelist. by Katherine Goldstein Dec 6, 2018, 4:00 PM UTC Sheryl Sandberg testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning foreign influence on the 2016 election in September 2018 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images In 2013, I was a Sheryl Sandberg superfan. When Sandberg's book, Lean In , came out, I was a 29-year-old hard-charging New York social media strategist and editor. The manifesto felt like a cross between a playbook

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