Kim Kardashian and the Self-Made Billionaire Myth
glamour.comBy Kim Kardashian—who inherited a rumored $100 million , shared with her siblings—gave some financial advice this week. “I have the best advice for women and business,” she in an interview in Variety. “Get your fucking ass up and work.
It seems like nobody wants to work these days.” Gather 'round, everyone! Kimberly “ by her house cleaners and maintenance workers for alleged wage theft” Kardashian has something to say about making money. (“These workers were hired and paid through a third-party vendor,” a spokesperson said at the time.) Kardashian, who grew up in Beverly Hills and went to a high school that has a current of over $39,000, thinks we should quit our whining and try a little thing called hard work.
This content can also be viewed on the site it from.Look—if this sounds bitter, maybe it's because I believe the people Kardashian is trying to school are also likely the ones who have been defending her for years.
The people who found themselves at a party or dinner with some dad or uncle or boyfriend, arguing back against sexist, creepy insinuations that Kardashian is only famous because of her body, or that she's a bimbo. “She's actually really smart,” I can hear us insisting. “She built an empire!” The public backlash against Kardashian's comment has been swift.
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