A Battle Over Female Ambition
IdeasA Battle Over Female AmbitionWhat the case of Alix vs. Alex reveals about the type of woman we tolerate onlineBy Annie Joy WilliamsIllustration by The Atlantic. Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty; Stephanie Augello / Variety / Getty.July 28, 2026, 11:03 AM ET ShareSave Whose side are you on?
- ▪IdeasA Battle Over Female AmbitionWhat the case of Alix vs.
- ▪Alex reveals about the type of woman we tolerate onlineBy Annie Joy WilliamsIllustration by The Atlantic.
- ▪Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty; Stephanie Augello / Variety / Getty.July 28, 2026, 11:03 AM ET ShareSave Whose side are you on?
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IdeasA Battle Over Female AmbitionWhat the case of Alix vs. Alex reveals about the type of woman we tolerate onlineBy Annie Joy WilliamsIllustration by The Atlantic. Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty; Stephanie Augello / Variety / Getty.July 28, 2026, 11:03 AM ET ShareSave Whose side are you on? You have to choose—Alex or Alix—even though you don’t know what the fight is about. Even if you don’t even know who these women are.If the words “What is up, daddy gang?” mean nothing to you, a brief primer: Alex Cooper is the host of the podcast Call Her Daddy; Alix Earle is a TikToker and the founder of a skin-care line. They may be the two most talked-about women on the internet right now, and they’re in an argument, and no one knows why.
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