Is that gender pay gap getting you down?
Are your ideas drowning in a sea of morning meeting man-terruptions?
Are you all tuckered out from doing hour upon hour of unpaid emotional labour?
Well, here’s something to perk you up, women! An Arizona coffee chain is “empowering” its female staff with a robust new business model teaching them the age old art of bikini-clad barista-ing.
"As the first bikini barista shop in Arizona, we want to empower women to be, and feel good about, themselves," the owners of Bikini Beans Espresso declare on their website.
"Women everywhere have the right to vote, to be gay, to be successful community leaders and business owners, or even to run for president!
"We have the right to work with grace, confidence, and dignity, regardless if it's in a business suit, scrubs, or a bikini."
Feminism, yeah! Tastes a tad like late-stage capitalism, but OKAY.
The couple behind the stores — not to be confused with a Washington cafe of the same name — Ben and Regina Lyles have a simple dream, you see:
"To empower and inspire everyone to live life to the fullest— one visit at a time."
It's a noble goal and one they hope will result in "the first corporate, bikini barista drive-through" in America.
The Mamamia Out Loud team on Christie Brinkley's recent 'empowering' bikini shoot. (Post continues after audio.)