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Author Febos, Melissa, author.

Title Girlhood : essays / Melissa Febos with illustrations by Forsyth Harmon.

Publisher New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.

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 Cable adult nonfiction  818.6 FEB    AVAILABLE
Descript xii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Scarification -- Kettle holes -- The mirror test -- Wild America -- Intrusions -- Thesmophoria -- Thank you for taking care of yourself -- Les calanques.
Summary "When her body began to change at eleven years old, Febos understood immediately that her meaning to other people had changed with it. By her teens, she defined herself based on these perceptions and by the romantic relationships she threw herself into headlong. Over time, Febos increasingly questioned the stories she'd been told about herself and the habits and defenses she'd developed over years of trying to meet others' expectations ... Blending investigative reporting, memoir, and scholarship, Febos charts how she and others like her have reimagined relationships and made room for the anger, grief, power, and pleasure women have long been taught to deny"--Publisher marketing.
Subject Febos, Melissa -- Psychology.
Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.
Women -- Psychology.
Girls -- Psychology.
Women -- Identity.
Women -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Girls -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Coming of age.
Genre Autobiographies.
Essays.
Alt Author Harmon, Forsyth, 1979- illustrator.
Container of (work) : Febos, Melissa. Scarification.
Container of (work) : Febos, Melissa. Kettle holes.
Container of (work) : Febos, Melissa. Mirror test.
Container of (work) : Febos, Melissa. Wild America.
Container of (work) : Febos, Melissa. Intrusions.
Container of (work) : Febos, Melissa. Thesmophoria.
Container of (work) : Febos, Melissa. Thank you for taking care of yourself.
Container of (work) : Febos, Melissa. Calanques.
ISBN/ISSN 9781635572520 (hardcover)
1635572525 (hardcover)