BOOK LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT: Sexy, Self Employed & Suicidal: The Secret Lives Of Female Entrepreneurs

Women’s work, it turns out, has never been more dangerous.

Record numbers of females are entering the global marketplace as entrepreneurs, for the first time outpacing men in the ranks of self employment.

This is good news, isn’t it?

On the surface, yes. Women in leadership positions and as their own bosses has been a longstanding goal of the gender equality movement.

Beneath the surface though, our best and brightest are suffering. One doesn’t need to look much further than the shocking suicide of iconic designer Kate Spade to begin to understand that our world’s most successful women are working under extremely dangerous conditions.

Working the equivalent of four jobs and getting paid, on average, for three quarters of one - magnified by screens, and amplified by the significant risks of self employment, many self employed women are fighting a silent battle for their very lives.

Overworked, underpaid, harassed, in debt, objectified, dysmorphic, gaslit, addicted, suicidal and exhausted, the very group that the Dali Lama said would save the world, must first save themselves. Before it’s too late.

In this unflinching investigation behind the mask of filtered selfies, boss babe conventions and lip-kit defined smiles, the hidden inner life of the self employed woman is revealed to be more difficult than was ever imagined.

Simultaneously relieving and frightening, female entrepreneurs will see themselves and their daily challenges accurately reflected for the first time in these pages.

In this groundbreaking examination of striving for success in a culture that undervalues women, entrepreneur Laurel Anne Stark illuminates the truth about women’s work in the age of screens and what must be done so women can reclaim the vitality and freedom self employment promised.