Phoebe Robinson talks girl boss burnout in new special
Los Angeles Times
|November 06, 2025
Comic muses about modern-day woman in I Don’t Wanna Work Anymore.’
ANDREW MAX LEVY
PHOEBE ROBINSON is tired of the hustle, she makes clear in her sophomore stand-up special on YouTube.
Phoebe Robinson could see the potential appeal of being with a 72-year-old man. Not really, but kind of.
It was a casual semi-joke she made to a friend months ago when her schedule was chaotic between traveling, moving to a new apartment, writing and more. An older, wealthy man could be her ticket to the promised land of ease, away from the deadlines and demands of work.
Her friend called her crazy, but Robinson, 41, realized she was onto new material to explore for her stand-up stage.
"I think this notion of women becoming these girl bosses and having all this sort of financial independence and autonomy, we were told that this was going to set us free, and this was going to make us the happiest we've ever been," Robinson said. "I just really wanted to analyze, is just working all the time and achieving and having success, is that really the thing that's going to set people free?" In Robinson's new comedy special "I Don't Wanna Work Anymore," which premiered last month on YouTube, she muses about the adventures of the modern-day working woman, aging, the horniness of the 40s, sugar-daddy aspirations and why women shouldn't be called gold diggers.
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