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The ‘Pick Me Girl’ Is the New ‘I’m Not Like Other Girls’

Sarah Gudenau, Oakland University

The trend ravaging TikTok can trace its ancestry to another sexist archetype — and both are the result of internalized misogyny.…

July 19, 2020

The "Cool Girl" trope is problematic to women both on and off of the big screen. Megan Fox, pictured avove in a scene from 'Transformers' is one woman who has fallen victim to this label.

Breaking Down Media Tropes: The Problematic ‘Cool Girl’

Rose Younglove, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

What makes the 'Cool Girl' cool? Is it her appeal and convenience to men?…

March 25, 2020