Join writers/friends Maggie and Marin as they discuss depictions of girlhood in film, literature, and other media. Girlhood Movie Database is a celebration of pop culture, the audacity of youth, and the ways we grow away from and into our bodies and dreams for ourselves and each other.
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Join writers/friends Maggie and Marin as they discuss depictions of girlhood in film, literature, and other media. Girlhood Movie Database is a celebration of pop culture, the audacity of youth, and the ways we grow away from and into our bodies and dreams for ourselves and each other.
Today we’re discussing a formative text from Marin’s childhood/Girl Scout days: TROOP BEVERLY HILLS (1989). This movie was critically shredded upon release—mostly due to its humane depiction of the upper class—and, well, do we have a newsflash for the critics of 1989: the rich characters in this movie are nothing compared to the 1% ruining everyone’s lives in 2025! We also have a lot to say about expressions of femininity, queer coding, the trad wife movement, and professional critics slinging ad hominem attacks against child actors.
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Girlhood Movie Database
Join writers/friends Maggie and Marin as they discuss depictions of girlhood in film, literature, and other media. Girlhood Movie Database is a celebration of pop culture, the audacity of youth, and the ways we grow away from and into our bodies and dreams for ourselves and each other.
