But watching this admittedly absurd conflict play out provides something even more interesting than that: a view into exactly how people react to female ambition. “All the girlies love Alix Earle,” Dave Portnoy, Cooper’s old boss and the founder of Barstool Sports, said in a TikTok video summarizing the dispute. They want to “hear about what Alix Earle was partying on at Coachella.” [Helen Lewis: What going on ‘Call Her Daddy’ did for Kamala Harris]Obviously, there’s a difference between being an influencer and a CEO—even for Alix Earle. The post A Battle Over Female Ambition appeared first on The Atlantic.