"I'm Just a Girl": Girlhood as a Queer Digital Subject Position.

I examine the current rise of social media trends that feature the term "girl," such as the "I'm just a girl" trend. I read these trends as theorizing "girl" as a digital subject position that social media users of various embodied age-based and gendered identities can claim. On social media, "girl"...

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Publicado en:Girlhood Studies Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 67 - 83
Autor principal: Doermann, Hannah
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Berghahn Books Summer2026
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