girlhood
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Since girlhood, Padilla has loved to write, which was valuable once she joined the Groundlings, doing seven shows a week.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
In the place of this media ecosystem, a new girl-world has emerged, only this time it exists in a weird, perpetual limbo between girlhood and grown-up life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
In the 1980s, animated Disney princesses were not the omnipresent texts of girlhood they became the following decade, but Cinderella stories were nevertheless everywhere you looked.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026
She was in and out of psychiatric wards throughout our girlhood.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
Lillian knew about marshes from girlhood summers spent on the Georgia coast.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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