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more about #tomboys more comments → Shamrockette: I was definitely into Barbies as a kid, but I loved to play with KNEX, ride my bike, go rollerblading, play pretend Wrestling with the boys around the... more » kemperboyd: I was most definately a tomboy. My mother has a photo of me at aged 2 looking very unhappy in a tartan skirt, when ever she shows me it she always say... more » Red-headed bookworm: Well, I loved my Barbies, but I also played with the boy across the street. We played outside all the time in the summer, made up game involving comic... more » Green Goth Brit Chick - AlternatEve: Heheh, growing up was rather fun in this respect. I was a total tomboy, hated dresses and pink. My grandparents on my father's side were rather strict... more » meritxell: an erotic life: Ramona Quimby FTW! I just read a lot...a LOT. more » DexterHaven: I played soccer for years in mostly men's teams, and there were few other teams. And I have to say, a lot of men were freaked out by it. They liked pl... more » Glitterbug (likes life shaken, not stirred): I was a tomboy in activities and interest, but girly-girlish when it came to clothes, music, films and toys (*ahem*, Barbies). more » Helen Skor: . . . as another Girl Scout said, boys still expect girls to "to have a Coke-bottle shape and wear cute clothes and makeup." Sorry, but I'm just not b... more » shorty63136: I've been a tomboy all my life and still am at the age of 25. more » gobblegirl: My sister and I were looking through old photos the other day, and realized that not only did I mostly hang out with boys, but I pretty much looked li... more » bluebears: I'll say it. I was absolutely not a "tomboy." I was the prissiest kid around. I was forced to be in Little League and I hated it. I pranced around the... more » deitybox: I loved dressing up and putting on shows, but I also loved climbing trees and softball. And I thought that this was the best thing EVER: more » Tippi Hedren: I was a quiet, indoors, play by myself or read type. Not really boyish or girlish... but meek. I played Barbies, sure, but I also played with cars and... more » Fatwetdog: I wore a pink tutu AND a cape, and all y'all can keep your ideas about gender roles out of my closet. (Seriously, there's no room for them in there, a... more » whatsername: You know whats fucking irritating? That tomboy is seen as as pejorative. And that little girls these days MUST be princesses , I mean, no one WANTS to... more » -
#bugsandkarate
Is The Word "Tomboy" Obsolete?
The new, girlier incarnation of Dora the Explorer prompts The Minneapolis Star-Tribune to examine what may be a dying breed: the tomboy. More » -
#genderbending
Where Have All The Tomboys Gone?
This morning we received a tip about a piece published Saturday in the Guardian on the death of the tomboy. Writer Stephanie Theobald, a former tomboy herself, wonders what has happened to all the boyish little girls.
