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 ...

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 ...

March 27, 2014— -- Teachers at Timberlake Christian Schools started asking Doris Thompson whether her granddaughter was a lesbian shortly after the little girl ... s a little tomboy, so ...

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 ...

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