The makeup mogul, Kylie Jenner, graces the cover of Forbes Magazine as the youngest self-made billionaire. Since the announcement, many readers have questioned the term 'self-made'. Personally I was a bit bothered by the use of the word. No hate, no shade... I'm not knocking her success by any means but I view self-made as not inheriting a great deal of wealth or platform. Although some agree with the language, I do think it was a great conversation starter for pop culture.
What do you think? Peep the discussion below.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Self-made means having succeeded in life unaided. <br><br>Used in a sentence: Forbes says that Kylie Jenner is a self-made woman. <a href="https://t.co/sr8Ncd7s5A">https://t.co/sr8Ncd7s5A</a> <a href="https://t.co/ehEL7Cf6KV">https://t.co/ehEL7Cf6KV</a></p>— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dictionarycom/status/1017035779623841793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">calling kylie jenner a ‘self-made billionaire’ is like claiming you made soup from scratch because you opened a can and reheated it.</p>— gulab jamun (@PedestrianPoet) <a href="https://twitter.com/PedestrianPoet/status/1017059257722732544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She is self made. She took the money she already had and flipped it. There’s a lot of people that are born into money and are do-nothing people so y’all can stay mad if you want. <a href="https://t.co/GSlJvjNcr2">https://t.co/GSlJvjNcr2</a></p>— Omo (@mizzomo) <a href="https://twitter.com/mizzomo/status/1017067063402115077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">See a lot of shade being thrown <a href="https://twitter.com/KylieJenner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kyliejenner</a>’s way because of the Forbes cover.<br><br>Whatever your personal feelings may be about her, building a 900M at 20 years old is goddamn impressive. A lot of credit to the team around her.<br><br>Instead of hating, use that time to build your own.</p>— Everette Taylor (@Everette) <a href="https://twitter.com/Everette/status/1017058981234212864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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