Lizzie Harris's Stop Wanting is an unflinching book about a girlhood filled with violence, doubt, vulnerability, and loss. These gorgeously crafted and… — Rachel Zucker Copy Share Image
“Everything was brighter and more colorful in those years, as if my childhood was ending in an explosion of unreal passion that… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Womanhood is a whole different thing from girlhood. Girlhood is a gift...Womanhood is a choice. — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
“part. These elements, though small and insignificant to passersby, made up my girlhood,” — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“I guess I just thought that I was finally a real girl." "Hey! None of that!" She takes me by the shoulders.… — April Daniels Copy Share Image
One must always regret that law of growth which renders necessary that kittens should spoil into demure cats, and bright, joyous school-girls… — Abba Louisa Goold Woolson Copy Share Image
“Carrie was one of the ambitious yet common-place girls who wish to shine, without knowing the difference between the glitter of a… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Horror need not always be a long-fanged gentleman in evening clothes or a dismembered corpse or a doctor who keeps a brain… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
Girlhood ... is the intellectual phase of a woman's life, that time when, unencumbered by societal expectations or hormonal rages, one may… — Alice Kahn Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to write about upstate New York in the way in which a dreamer might have recurring dreams. My childhood and… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
My most prized possession was my lanyard of Lip Smackers I tore it out of the confines of the paper package, which… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
“Kelly and I saw a future (otherwise known as the sixth grade) in which we would remain invisible and unchanged while around… — Monique Truong Copy Share Image
“I found the world of the Little House books to be so much less confusing, not just because it was "simpler," as… — Wendy McClure Copy Share Image
