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Origin of girlhood
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Born into a nominally liberated time for women, our Gen X girlhood was a specific kind of confusing: Yes, we were weaned on “Free to Be You and Me.”
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
Why has it taken her a decade and a death to get back to the place where all the pivotal moments of her girlhood took place?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
She was in and out of psychiatric wards throughout our girlhood.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026
Viewing all the bridal gowns inspires Seema to wonder aloud whether her wedding dreams are residual programming from her girlhood, or if she’s right to want to wear one of those dresses someday.
From Salon • Aug. 15, 2025
Mrs. Pontellier talked about her father’s Mississippi plantation and her girlhood home in the old Kentucky blue-grass country.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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