Joyce Carol Oates

We Were the Mulvaneys' is perhaps the novel closest to my heart. I think of it as a valentine to a passing way of American life, and to my own particular child - and girlhood in upstate New York. Everyone in the novel is enormously close to me, including Marianne's cat, Muffin, who was in fact my own cat.

American Novelist

Jamila Woods

HEAVN' is about black girlhood, about Chicago, about the people we miss who have gone on to prepare a place for us somewhere else, about the city/world we aspire to live in. I hope this album encourages listeners to love themselves and love each other.

American Musician

Lucy Larcom

Girls especially are fond of exchanging confidences with those whom they think they can trust; it is one of the most charming traits of a simple, earnest-hearted girlhood, and they are the happiest women who never lose it entirely.

American Poet

Rachel Simmons

Girlhood is often marred by schoolgirl cruelty, a grim rite of passage in which parents sometimes cruelly collude. Mothers and fathers must take a stand against petty or protracted hostility between girls.

American Author

Barry Hannah

I had absolute freedom to create things on my own and in silence. No rush, the artificial rush by media. Certainly no rush to grow up. We had plenty of boyhood, plenty of girlhood.

Autumn Reeser

Wil Wheaton, Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Frakes were all the early formidable crushes of my girlhood.

American Actress

Molly Ivins

I spent my girlhood as a Clydesdale among thoroughbreds.

American Journalist

Focuses on the specific period of being a young girl, usually before teenage years.

Life Stage

Used specifically for female experiences, not for boys.

Not Gender Neutral

Indicates time before adulthood, often implying innocence or naivety.

Pre-Adulthood

Reflects on aspects of identity associated with being a girl.

Identity Aspect

Girlhood can be influenced by cultural or societal expectations.

Cultural Perspective

Can describe a personal journey of growth and self-discovery.

Personal Journey

Emphasizes the shared experiences among girls within a community.

Community Experience

Girlhood can vary greatly in different cultures and societies.

Diverse Perspectives

Girlhood can represent a bond or solidarity among girls.

Solidarity Theme

 and otherwise described, I am Jomama Jones. Some call me a soul sonic superstar, and I agree, though even in my past that was from the future. Let me take you back to girlhood.