noun
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Origin of girlhood
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“East of the River” shows us what normal and unusual days from Rosales’ girlhood looked and felt like.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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
In the 1980s, animated Disney princesses were not the omnipresent texts of girlhood they became the following decade, but Cinderella stories were nevertheless everywhere you looked.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
She was in and out of psychiatric wards throughout our girlhood.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
It was less dramatic and far more practical than her girlhood had led her to believe.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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