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A review by _darbi_
Girlhood by Melissa Febos
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
girlhood is both deeply personal and universally resonant.
febos pulls from a wide variety of memories, places, and professions to deliver nuanced reflections on adolescence and coming into one’s own body. girlhood is replete with media analysis, philosophical excerpts, greek allusions, light psychotherapy, and personal narrative.
snippets of girlhood:
febos pulls from a wide variety of memories, places, and professions to deliver nuanced reflections on adolescence and coming into one’s own body. girlhood is replete with media analysis, philosophical excerpts, greek allusions, light psychotherapy, and personal narrative.
snippets of girlhood:
- etymological examinations (should we reclaim the term slut?)
- our first intimate relationships (surprise! it’s with our mothers)
- examinations on voyeurism (consensual and not) and its presence in “romantic” plot lines in media
- what true consent (physically and mentally) means and looks like (it’s enthusiastic and allowed to flex often!)
- how judgement experienced while young shapes you in variable ways, re. large hands and lesbianism, respectively
my favorite essays include: wild things, intrusions, and thesmorphia.
already planning on returning to ‘thesmorphia.’ in fact, i spent 30 minutes reading it aloud to my mom on the phone!