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Recent Examples of girlhood
The idea was to reflect girlhood through different periods of American history, showing the changes and similarities in books and their accompanying dolls and historically accurate outfits.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
As can be found in the books, Laura Ingalls (played by Alice Halsey) and her older sister Mary (Skywalker Hughes) have very different ways of going about girlhood.
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Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Stressful texts aside, Zortea turns to the group chat for the girlhood.
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Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Repetition is composed of a novelist’s remembrances of her teenage girlhood, a tumultuous time no matter what.
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Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
Beyond its tartness, its specificity, and the sensuous, elliptical line work of its prose, the book serves as a vinegary corrective to the novel of nostalgic country-house girlhood.
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Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
This is not fusion, but testament to the world as one big town, as perhaps only a third-culture kid — with Filipino and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry, and a girlhood spent in the Deep South — would know.
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Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
The goal should be to help create a Black girlhood experience that Black girls do not have to grieve.
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Essence,
11 May 2026
The Claudine series is based on Colette’s girlhood and her days as a young bride, but Willy published them under his own name.
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René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
As can be found in the books, Laura Ingalls (played by Alice Halsey) and her older sister Mary (Skywalker Hughes) have very different ways of going about girlhood.
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Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
Stressful texts aside, Zortea turns to the group chat for the girlhood.
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Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Repetition is composed of a novelist’s remembrances of her teenage girlhood, a tumultuous time no matter what.
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Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
Beyond its tartness, its specificity, and the sensuous, elliptical line work of its prose, the book serves as a vinegary corrective to the novel of nostalgic country-house girlhood.
—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
This is not fusion, but testament to the world as one big town, as perhaps only a third-culture kid — with Filipino and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry, and a girlhood spent in the Deep South — would know.
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Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
The goal should be to help create a Black girlhood experience that Black girls do not have to grieve.
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Essence,
11 May 2026
The Claudine series is based on Colette’s girlhood and her days as a young bride, but Willy published them under his own name.
—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlhood
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While Casado is expected to leave his boyhood club this summer, and has been linked to the likes of AS Monaco and AC Milan, Torres should have his contract extended while Barça seeks another striker in light of Robert Lewandowski’s exit.
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There was Mendoza, where Godoy Cruz played; Bahía Blanca, home of Olimpo; Rosario, where both Ángel Di María’s Central and Messi’s boyhood club, Newell’s Old Boys, were crosstown rivals.
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Jamal Musiala spent much of his childhood in England, developing his game in Chelsea’s youth academy and playing for England’s youth teams with his close friend Jude Bellingham.
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Plantation police are investigating after a child was found dead inside a vehicle Monday evening at an early childhood education center.
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Like the real lives of American teens, the show made the everyday problems of high school and teen relationships feel like life and death, giving a gravitas to adolescence desperately needed.
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The World Health Organization’s definition of adolescence from 10-19 years of age is not a categorization routinely used for surgical decision-making.
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“Girlhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlhood. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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