womanhood

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The conversation shifts into a broader reflection on womanhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

"Your wild imagination, your brave untethered womanhood, your ferocious gentleness is a guiding light to me."

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Throughout the film, the director inserts shots of flowers that, though pretty and well-composed, don’t add much to her story of burgeoning womanhood for anyone who has seen a few Georgia O’Keeffe paintings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

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

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2025

Certainly she wasn’t putting in any effort on behalf of her future womanhood.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver