Too Smart For This.

Too Smart For This.

Smart Girls Don't Want a Man, They Want Money

And meaning, of course. Welcome to the era of the Ambitious Material Girl

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Alexis Barber
Nov 20, 2025
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OG Ambitious Material Girls

On Christmas morning in 2008, I woke up ecstatic in the way only a nine-year-old can be, sprinting downstairs to unwrap presents with my siblings. Context: I’m the eldest of eight kids (only four at the time!) and the eldest granddaughter (like… don’t play with me, ok?), which meant that the night before, I’d been deputized to…

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