“Empowerment” wasn’t always so trivialized, or so corporate, or even so clamorously attached to women.

How 'Empowerment' Became Something for Women to Buy

This consumption-and-conference empowerment dilutes the word to pitch-speak, and the concept to something that imitates rather than alters the structures of the world. This version of empowerment can be actively disempowering: It's a series of objects and experiences you can purchase while the conditions determining who can access and accumulate power stay the same.

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