womanhood

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Her unsteady ascent toward womanhood coincides, hysterically, with the theater company’s descent into chaos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

When “Frankenstein” was first published without Shelley’s name, and chatter about its author began to spread, an early commentary in the British Critic scorned the dissonance between Shelley’s womanhood and the novel’s monstrous narrative.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

While she has since embraced her womanhood, she says she still lives with the irreversible effects—including chronic pain, a low voice, excessive hair growth and the inability to breastfeed her child.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

The way I wanted to reflect Cécile’s interiority was of those detailed moments that you commit to memory that change how you perceive womanhood, or love, or intimacy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025

Gravely, the parents stepped over these, to show that they accompanied their daughter on her journey to womanhood.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer