This social code, dramatized famously by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in “The Yellow Wallpaper,” dictated ... “The passing of the tomboy is complete… The girl of to-day at her American best ...

The tomboy conjures an image of a girl in overalls and baseball hats, wearing short hair and nondescript shoes. She probably isn’t into Barbie. When the term “tomboy” first appeared ...

So what's the problem with calling a little girl a tomboy? Shouldn't we be embracing the strong, bandaged-knees, doll-hating tomboy girl as a feminist icon? Or is the issue a much deeper one ...

You look great as a girl.” It’s fun to watch the transformation; the film’s pleasure comes from allowing Laure the room to be whom she chooses. (“Tomboy” contains little objectionable ...

Whereas the tomboy’s counterpart, the “sissy,” carries the homophobic and misogynistic warning to boys: Don’t be like a girl. Ms. Davis spoke with In Her Words about the complex history of ...

I intend to show the book to my six-year-old daughter, who recently announced: "You might not know this about me, but I am a tomboy." What does that mean? "It means a girl who does boy things and ...

Once a devout tomboy, Mowry admits that she is finally ... "I feel like I've always been that girl, just maybe afraid to ...

I was always a bit of a tomboy as a kid. I'm autistic. My mother tried to dress me as a girl. I wasn't keen on dressing like that. I started rejecting everything girly.' According to Pew Research ...

Impact: The Berlinale discovery has been winning awards for her gender-bending role in “Tomboy.” Imagine “Boys Don’t Cry” with 10-year-olds. In “Tomboy,” a girl uses her family’s ...