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Margaret Murphy's avatar

The first substack post to almost bring me to tears.

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rachel moss's avatar

<3 <3 <3 (that's me giving you a hug and thanking you for reading)

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Elisa's avatar

Ahhhhh I’m so glad you referenced that video essay! It inspired my thought daughter essay :)

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rachel moss's avatar

omg I'll have to read your essay! I love that video. It got me in my thoughts fr.

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Cynotypical Magazine's avatar

I wrote an essay in girlhood for my university magazine and this really resonated with points I was trying to make in 2023! Thank you - a likeminded girl

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rachel moss's avatar

aw thank you for reading! I’d love to read your essay if you have a copy!!

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Crimson's avatar

Being a girl is more dangerous now because parents let their sons be tormented by “porn” from the age of 13. For 20 years and counting. While screaming denial at the top of their lungs that it’s causing this explosion in misogyny.

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annie in your pocket's avatar

This is great. I am so happy that I wasn’t the only 11yo obsessed with Running Out of Time!

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𝐿 𓂃˖ ࣪⊹'s avatar

Thank you for writing this. I feel seen, honestly.

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Tori O'Campo's avatar

“They were girls in the way their mothers did not want to be girls.” This quote really stood out to me and captures something I’ve been struggling to articulate in conversations of girlhood. Thank you writing this!!

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