
For many, “girlhood” isn’t a finite period.
The new art book GIRLS: On Boredom, Rebellion and Being In-Between recognizes just that, proving how much what we consume, observe, and experience in our youth can shape us—how playground rites of passage, and iconography like bows and barrettes, or dollhouses and fairy wands, can inform our memories and carry weight and connotations more complex than misogyny may lead us to believe.