womanhood

While she has since embraced her womanhood, she says she still lives with the irreversible effects—including chronic pain, a low voice, excessive hair growth and the inability to breastfeed her child.

For Collins, “Shirley Valentine” was more than just an ode to womanhood, self-love and self-discovery.

Her breezy, layered menswear in that film became a cultural touchstone, symbolizing a new kind of womanhood — intellectual, self-assured and a little eccentric.

It is also an important force in formulating a new model of womanhood: one that incorporates strong religious identity, a specific feminine aesthetic, and far-right ideas.

In this case, the right’s notions of “good” versus “bad” womanhood reveals a deep sickness.