out after. But on this trip, I decide I won’t sit in the front row and won’t praise her after each event. It’s one of my tiny acts of resistance. It feels rebellious. I know it aggravates her. Autonomy disturbs a certain kind of powerful person, and Sheryl has never accepted independence among her advisers. Even those she is icing out. Her team races to be the first to craft complimentary comments on her Facebook posts even after we’ve drafted them ourselves, to share any positive feedback from “important people” after a public appearance, and to be as obsequious as possible about her events.
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