“I think the most enduring lesson I was taught through my experiences of being a Girl Scout was that I was a member of a larger community. I out-grew my uniforms and badges years ago, but the memories of visiting nursing homes or organizing Earth Day tree plantings or my summers camping with girls from all different backgrounds will stay with me always.” ThinkingYearsDifferentHomeEarthGirlCommunityMemoriesTreeTaughtGrewLessonsMembersSummerYears AgoEndureBackgroundsUniformsNursingVisitingEarth DayBadgesCampingStay With MeSummer CampBeing A GirlDifferent BackgroundsNursing HomeTree PlantingGirl Scout Author:Natalie Merchant
“Recently, I wrote that feminism was 'finding a way of being a girl that doesn't hurt' a way for girls and women to re-negotiate our understanding of the world so that we can become a full and equal part of it rather than just a means of decorating it; to move towards a place where the mere act of being a girl isn't used against us as both a threat and an obligation. Through feminism, I have found a peace of sorts from the sense that my femaleness required a constant apology so that I might be given permission to pass through these narrow corridors.” WorldWayMeanMightMovingUsedGirlFoundGivenUnderstandingWomenHurtFeminismEqualFindingsConstantThreatMereObligationApologyPermissionCorridorsDecoratingBeing A Girl Author:Clementine Ford
“I think that the path that I took was normal in the American society where young women and men are not trained as to how to make the transition from being a girl to being a woman, from being a boy to being a man. And so I think that most young people in America live by trial and error, and not by parental instruction, community guidance.” PeopleThinkingMenAmericaYoungGirlCommunityBoysPathNormalMen And WomenErrorsTrialsGuidanceLive ByTransitionInstructionYoung WomenBeing A WomanParentalAmerican SocietyTrial And ErrorBeing A Girl Author:Sister Souljah
“My most prized possession was my lanyard of Lip Smackers I tore it out of the confines of the paper package, which read “all the flavor of being a girl.”.. In the car, I draped the black lanyard around my neck with a single green plastic balm dangling. I proudly dangled my girlhood in all its fruitiness. It cost only $2.99.” GirlBlackCarCostPaperGreenLipsPossessionNecksPlasticFlavorPackagesMy GirlGirlhoodBeing A GirlPrized Possessions Author:Janet Mock
“Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.” LittlesGirlWaitingBoysPhonesActressesStuckBeing A Girl Author:Zooey Deschanel
“I basically get stereotyped a lot in terms of being a girl and writing 'chick' music for teenage girls or something. I think, if anything, the press kind of, because of my gender and my age, tends to kind of relegate my work to this sort of special-interest group. It's part of the cultural dynamic, I guess.” IfsThinkingWritingKindAgeGirlTermInterestGroupsSpecialPressesGenderTeenageChicksSpecial InterestsTeenage GirlInterest GroupsBeing A GirlSpecial Interest Groups Author:Ani DiFranco
“You think that being a girl is degrading, but secretly, you'd love to know what it's like, wouldn't you?” ThinkingKnowsGirlDegradingBeing A Girl Author:Charlotte Gainsbourg
“Girls are trained to say, ‘I wrote this, but it’s probably really stupid.’ Well, no, you wouldn’t write a novel if you thought it was really stupid. Men are much more comfortable going, ‘I wrote this book because I have a unique perspective that the world needs to hear.’ Girls are taught from the age of seven that if you get a compliment, you don’t go, ‘Thank you’, you go, ‘No, you’re insane.” IfsMenWorldNeedsWritingWellsBookAgeGirlWomenDifferencesEducationAttitudeNovelSelf EsteemStupidTaughtPerspectiveComfortableUniqueTrainingMen And WomenSevenGenderActressesInsaneComplimentKind Of GirlReally StupidBeing A GirlStupid MenCompliments YouUnique Perspective Author:Lena Dunham
“I always feel that there are two choices for women. Either be totally confident about your non-size-zero body and say, 'I love what I look like and this is who I am,' or be the person who is obsessed with diet and exercise and keeping toned. What feels more realistic to me is that some days I wake up and think I love how I look. On other days I say, 'If I had real self-control, I would be 10 pounds lighter.' That contradiction is, to me, what being a girl actually feels like.” IfsThinkingFeelsLooksPersonsTwoRealSelfBodyWould BeChoicesGirlExerciseWake UpSizeWho I AmObsessedDietsContradictionPoundsZeroRealisticSelf ControlLightersReal SelfTwo ChoicesBeing A GirlDiet And ExerciseSize Zero Author:Lena Dunham
“You may try — but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's force of genius in you, and yet to suffer the slavery of being a girl.” MenTryingMayFormSufferingGirlLiteratureImaginationImagineGeniusSlaveryBeing A Girl Author:George Eliot
“I always look for roles that make me feel good about being a girl. I have to say that there are a lot of roles out there that make me feel really bad about being a girl. You can imagine what the things are and I shall not go into detail.” FeelsLooksGirlRolesImagineDetailsFeel GoodBeing A Girl Author:Summer Glau
“Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys.” MenBodyGirlFightingBoysShotsAshamedBe A ManBeing A Girl Author:Agnes Smedley
“The fun part of being a girl is that there are little beauty things you can do to make yourself feel special.” FeelsLittlesGirlFunCan DoSpecialBeing A Girl Author:Jennifer Love Hewitt