We do know that her captions have declared “ every day is a self care day” and celebrated the “ acts of service” she’s able to do for her boyfriend (as well as the money she’s able to spend). We know nothing of her educational or health status that might impact her ability to work outside of the home. It could just be something she tries to romanticize on TikTok while she works on her next endeavor, or maybe she has passive income streams. We don’t know if being a stay-at-home girlfriend, dependent on someone who isn’t legally liable for her, is her life dream. Kay did not return BuzzFeed News’ request for comment, and she hasn’t responded to the criticisms. We’ve entered the era of the sleepytime girlfriend. We’d rather be “ snug as a bug” or making the “ honk shoo mimimi” noise or emulating the well-rested Celestial Sleepytime Tea bear mascot than working. We need more than to be just stay-at-home girlfriends. Perhaps it’s even enough to make a person not want to work anymore - so much so that when Beyoncé suggested people quit their jobs in her song “Break My Soul,” people listened.Īs hot girl summer grays into sleepy girl winter, a yearning for rest - and, more specifically, sleep - has reared its head in memes. It’s a Sisyphean task, going to work every day knowing wages can’t keep up with the cost of living. In the past year, we’ve seen stories about the “ Great Resignation” and “ quiet quitting” attempt to explain how rising inflation and the agony of nearly three pandemic years have bred a desire to escape work as we know it. Though many found her statement to be out of touch - a billionaire reality mogul probably has a very different understanding of labor compared to the average worker - she was kind of onto something. “It seems like nobody wants to work these days,” Kim Kardashian said in a March interview with Variety about women in business.
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