“As a teenage girl myself, I've gone through times in my life where I've felt insecure about who I am and have tried so hard to fit in with everyone else.” HardGirlFeltGoneFitWho I AmTeenageInsecureRough TimesTeenage Girl Author:Kelli Berglund
“I think girls are especially worried about being judged, and when you're in high school, everything seems like a bigger deal than it is. As soon as you're out, it feels like forever ago-zip-a-dee-doo-dah! So do what you want, and if people are going to judge you for it, who cares? You might not fit in, but that's okay.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantFeelsSeemsMightCareSchoolGirlDealsForeverJudgingFitHigh SchoolOkayBiggerWhat You WantWorriedJudgedWho CaresZipsBeing Judged Author:AnnaSophia Robb
“Got no place to go, but there's a girl waitin' for me down in Mexico. She got a bottle of tequila, a bottle of gin, and if I bring a little music, I could fit right in.” IfsLittlesGirlFitBottlesMexicoGinPlaces To GoTequila Author:Adam Duritz
“I try not to be but Im super-neurotic about diet. Im neurotic about trying not to be neurotic! Im like every other girl. I have to try really hard my whole life to try to be fit. And Im super-vain. And I want to wear cute clothes.” WantTryingHardWholeGirlFitClothesWhole LifeVainCuteDietsNeuroticOther Girl Author:Gwen Stefani
“CEOs of top companies could probably use a dose of not-asking-for-raise behavior and less self-entitlement, rather than us trying to change girls in order to fit into the common mold of what we think a CEO looks like.” ThinkingTryingLooksSelfUseOrderGirlCommonCompanyFitBehaviorAskingRaisesCeoMoldEntitlementDoseTrying To Change Author:Adora Svitak
“The aim of education is to fit children for the position in life which they are hereafter to occupy. Boys are to be sent out intothe world to buffet with its temptations, to mingle with bad and good, to govern and direct.... girls are to dwell in quiet homes, amongst a few friends; to exercise a noiseless influence, to be submissive and retiring. There is no connection between the bustling mill-wheel life of a large school and that for which they are supposed to be preparing.... to educate girls in crowds is to educate them wrongly.” WorldChildrenHomeSchoolGirlBoysInfluencePositionFitExerciseQuietDirectConnectionsAimCrowdsTemptationSupposed To BeWheelsRetiringEducatePreparingHereafterMillsBuffetsSubmissiveFew FriendsAim Of Education Author:Elizabeth Missing Sewell
“... the time will come when no servant will be hired without a diploma from some training school, and a girl will as much expect to fit herself for house-maid or cook, as for dressmaker or any trade.” SchoolGirlHouseFitTrainingTradeCooksServantMaidsDiploma Author:Lydia Hoyt Farmer
“When I was growing up, softball had stereotypes along with other female sports. But society is definitely changing since the WNBA and WUSA. Muscles on female athletes are OK now. Young girls can look up to beautiful, athletic, fit women.” LooksBeautifulYoungGirlSportsGrowing UpGrowingFitFemaleAthleteLook UpMusclesStereotypeAthleticSoftballFemale AthleteWnba Author:Jennie Finch
“I was wearing women's jeans way before it was cool for guys to wear them. I have a weird torso - it's incredibly short, and only girl-pants fit me properly.” WayGuyGirlFitPantsJeansTorso Author:Matthew Gray Gubler
“It is no religion to have for one's wife a girl who is fit only to sit in one's lap, it is the height of irreligion.” ReligionGirlWifeFitHeightLapIrreligion Author:Mahatma Gandhi
“I'd worked on a series of Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul books called The Real Deal for HCI books, which featured essays and poems from teens.Finding the right authors for the series has been no easy feat, mostly because I'm looking for a perfect blend of a teen girl with an interesting story or hook, fantastic writing talent, and the confidence to commit to writing a 30,000+ word book in a matter of months. It's a huge commitment and I recognize that, so the fit has to be there from all these different angles.” WritingHas BeensBookDifferentRealSoulMatterStoriesGirlEasyPerfectInterestingDealsTalentHugeMonthsFitFindingsCommitmentSeriesCommitFantasticChickensTeensAngleSoupTeenageHookEssaysFeatsDifferent AnglesInteresting StoriesChicken Soup Author:Deborah Reber
“You need good energy and you need to be fit because it's very tiring. A lot of the work is quite heavy and quite smelly. That's why girls drift out of the kitchen because they get fed up smelling like fish and vegetables and things like that.” NeedsGirlEnergyFitFishesHeavyKitchenFedsVegetablesTireFed UpGood EnergySmelly Author:Paul Rankin