girlhood
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She’s a poet, and I think she really understands girlhood — the pining and the wanting to be accepted — and she does it in such a beautiful and majestic way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Born into a nominally liberated time for women, our Gen X girlhood was a specific kind of confusing: Yes, we were weaned on “Free to Be You and Me.”
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
Why has it taken her a decade and a death to get back to the place where all the pivotal moments of her girlhood took place?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
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
Mrs. Pontellier talked about her father’s Mississippi plantation and her girlhood home in the old Kentucky blue-grass country.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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