The cult of being confident and why it doesn’t help women
By making women solely responsible for their own empowerment, the culture of confidence masks the true causes of inequality
by Rosalind Gill & Shani Orgad
Rosalind Gill is professor of social and cultural analysis at City, University of London, and is the author of several books, including Confidence Culture (2022) with co-author Shani Orgad. Her latest book is Perfect: Feeling Judged on Social Media (2023).
Written by Rosalind Gill