ON CAMERA

Women in the Workplace: The Unfinished Fight for Equality (CBS, produced by Soledad O’Brien Productions; Leigh starts talking about the girlboss around minute 12)

RADIO/PODCAST

BookTok 101 (Sarah’s Bookshelves, 2024)

Breaking down the TikTok hype (NPR Morning Edition, 2023)

Girlboss or Bust (Terrible, Thanks for Asking, 2022)

Are MFA Programs Multi-Level Marketing Schemes? (The Unspeakable Podcast, 2021)

NPR Morning Edition (2021)

How Instagram self-help gurus have become pseudo-spiritual leaders (CBC Tapestry, 2021)

The Unspeakable podcast with Meghan Daum (2020)

Otherppl podcast with Brad Listi (2020)

writing

“Pale Fire (Tavi’s Version): Notes on Taylor Swift and the Literature of Obsessive Fandom,” LitHub

“Elizabeth Gilbert’s Self-Cancelation Sets a Dangerous Precedent,” UnHerd

“BookTok Is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform,” LitHub

“Sympathy for the Girlboss,” Airmail

“Influencers Are the New Televangelists,” The New York Times

“The End of the Girlboss Is Here,” GEN Mag

"Ultimate Bachelor Recap in the Post-Confessional Mode," The Cut

interviews

Commiserate, Vent, and Gawk Together: Leigh Stein Interviewed by Gabriel Dozal in BOMB Magazine

A Fairly Online Person: Leigh Stein Talks with Emily Gould

Interview in Fast Company

What Is Self Care Now, Anyway? The New York Times