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10 Teen Girls Who are Toppling Dystopian Regimes
10 Teen Girls Who are Toppling Dystopian Regimes
By Victoria Law
January 10, 2014

Katniss Everdeen isn’t the only teenage girl toppling the power structure in some bleak far-off future.

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TV Methadone: The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl for Girls
TV Methadone: The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl for Girls
By Sarah Bennett
April 09, 2013

 When a beloved show is cancelled, often struggle to fill the void, sometimes for better, but more often, for worse. Here we decide whether what we're given now truly makes up for what we had then. 

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl as methadone for Girls (HBO)

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The Hobbit Goes Homeland: 10 Literary Legends Reincarnated on TV
The Hobbit Goes Homeland: 10 Literary Legends Reincarnated on TV
By Jake Flanagin
March 01, 2013

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Here are ten characters from today’s hit TV shows who take their cues from some classic literary characters.

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The Intrepid Intern: Who’s your "Girls"/"Little Women" Spirit Animal?
The Intrepid Intern: Who’s your "Girls"/"Little Women" Spirit Animal?
By BBP Intern
January 25, 2013

This week the Intrepid Intern is helping you almost get it kind of together with a handy personality quiz. The Girls/Sex and the City comparisons have been done to death, but where are the parallels between Dunham et al. and literature’s other famous female quartet: Louise May Alcott’s Little Women?

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Female Subcultures of the World, from Alay to Zoku
Female Subcultures of the World, from Alay to Zoku
By Kate Gavino
January 22, 2013

Female stereotypes have gotten a lot more involved since the days of dumb blonde jokes. As a testament to women the world over who choose to define femininity on their own terms, we present you with an alphabetical list of 26 female subcultures.

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