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Melissa Febos on the Unexpected Joys, Discoveries, and Sexiness of Celibacy

Melissa Febos on the Unexpected Joys, Discoveries, and Sexiness of Celibacy

The Author of “The Dry Season” in Conversation with Sarah Viren

By Sarah Viren | June 4, 2025

Finding the Wild Girls of Literature (and Following Them Into the Woods)

Finding the Wild Girls of Literature (and Following Them Into the Woods)

Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum Recommends Sarah Moss, Jamaica Kincaid, Carson McCullers and Others

By Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum | January 17, 2025

The Right Kind of Doll: Sarah Moss on the Prides and Pressures of Girlhood

The Right Kind of Doll: Sarah Moss on the Prides and Pressures of Girlhood

“You knew... that taste was indistinguishable from morality and yours wasn’t good enough.”

By Sarah Moss | October 24, 2024

Portal to a Forgotten Land: Finding Your Character’s Voice In Old Diaries

Portal to a Forgotten Land: Finding Your Character’s Voice In Old Diaries

Tyler Wetherall on Channeling Her Memories of Girlhood Through Fiction

By Tyler Wetherall | October 23, 2024

We Were Cyborgs: On the Construction of the Self As a Teenage Girl

We Were Cyborgs: On the Construction of the Self As a Teenage Girl

Olivia Gatwood Explores Conforming to Beauty Standards in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

By Olivia Gatwood | July 10, 2024

Their Own Promised Land: Halle Hill on Good Women and the Spirituality of Girlhood

Their Own Promised Land: Halle Hill on Good Women and the Spirituality of Girlhood

"Faith gave the women around me strengths and simultaneous burdens."

By Halle Hill | September 21, 2023

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Julia Serano on the Ramifications of “Sissy-Shaming” for Kids of All Genders

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Melissa Febos on the Long-Term Effects of Having a Stalker

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Marisa Silver Revisits the Golden Dawn of Girlhood

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By Jane Ciabattari | May 25, 2021

Melissa Febos on Reckoning with the Pain of Girlhood

Melissa Febos on Reckoning with the Pain of Girlhood

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Melissa Febos on How Patriarchy and Capitalism Conspire Against Women

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