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girlhood

[gurl-hood] / ˈgɜrl hʊd /








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A decade later, we are deep in the latest girlhood panic cycle, and this time the antagonist is the phone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

In every decade, America rediscovers that girlhood is in crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

She was in and out of psychiatric wards throughout our girlhood.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Time and again, her poems land on faith as the fuel to catapult us to a yonder she’s dreamed of exploring since her girlhood in Knoxville and Cincinnati.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2024

My girlhood trails behind me like fading notes of music.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau




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