girls

How do we, as parents, counter this deeply ingrained message that our girls and young women are supposed to look a certain way to be accepted?

Over the years, Girls has been both praised and skewered for its niche portrayal of urban twenty-something life. I binged all the episodes last week and came to a weird conclusion. The lack of girls who physically looked like me, a Chinese girl, on the show made me feel — good.

I felt unique in my passion for martial arts, my affinity for Call of Duty, my go-with-the-flow attitude toward boyish adventures. I wanted to be “one of the guys,” while still retaining the distinction of my sexuality. I longed to be the quintessential cool girl — desirable yet approachable. But in retrospect, all that really amounted to internalized misogyny.

In honor of the juggernaut's return, we've asked the question: Who has the best style?