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Recent Examples of girlhood
Your music has been the soundtrack to generations of Black girlhood and womanhood.
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
There’s a difference between expressing one’s gender identity and participating in girlhood as a broader cultural condition.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
Her collection is a tableau of teenage girlhood through the lens of her adolescence in Lima, Peru.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 15 Sep. 2025
Nonfiction narratives that students both read and produce serve as counter-narratives to the oppressive and harmful tropes in media more generally about Black girls and girlhood.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
This novel also clicked for sympathetic girlhood reasons.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Still, for fans of the book who were excited to see its first on-screen interpretation, the movie helped raise a generation by treating kids like real people and celebrating different versions of girlhood.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Swift most recently explored girlhood and nostalgia with her record-breaking Eras Tour that ended in December and spanned each of her albums.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Shelby Stewart, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
There’s a difference between expressing one’s gender identity and participating in girlhood as a broader cultural condition.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
Her collection is a tableau of teenage girlhood through the lens of her adolescence in Lima, Peru.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 15 Sep. 2025
Nonfiction narratives that students both read and produce serve as counter-narratives to the oppressive and harmful tropes in media more generally about Black girls and girlhood.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
This novel also clicked for sympathetic girlhood reasons.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Still, for fans of the book who were excited to see its first on-screen interpretation, the movie helped raise a generation by treating kids like real people and celebrating different versions of girlhood.
—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Swift most recently explored girlhood and nostalgia with her record-breaking Eras Tour that ended in December and spanned each of her albums.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlhood
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If the Leafs go on multiple lengthy runs, or even do the unthinkable and win a Stanley Cup, without the boyhood Leafs fan?—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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My boyhood idols Howard Stern and David Letterman were very considerate and kind.—
Luciana Lopez,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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Even so, the belief in Mary’s life-long maidenhood is widely shared by members of the Eastern Orthodox Church and by some Lutherans.—
Rebecca Coffey,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2021
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When Ford was just 18 months old, he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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These scenes from Amar Shah’s childhood flash across the screen in a new film.—
Catherine E. Shoichet,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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The expansion of Fern's character, in particular should resonate with parents of children who are entering adolescence and starting to have different interests.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
1 Oct. 2025
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Equal parts hilarious and disturbing (puberty in a nutshell), Polinger melds body horror with a razor-sharp insight into the subconscious psyche of adolescence.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Girlhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlhood. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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