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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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Where did the idea originate to bring together some of Scorsese’s boyhood pals for conversations with him for the film?—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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And that touchdown wasn’t just an exciting moment for the team, or a big play to widen the gap against New Mexico, but also an unforgettable moment for a boyhood Boise State fan.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
15 Oct. 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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Recently that ranged from a man in his 70s who lost his childhood sweetheart to cancer to a woman who was burying her beloved horse.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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The film captures Springsteen's complicated relationship with his father, Douglas (Stephen Graham), who suffered from mental illness and was distant throughout his childhood.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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While the change in how pediatricians approach allergen exposure began with the LEAP trial, subsequent long-term follow-up studies, including the LEAP-Trio study published in 2024, confirmed that this protection extends into adolescence when early exposure is sustained.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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One cultural role of child stars, after all, is to embody for their moment the ambiguities of approaching adolescence.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Girlhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlhood. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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