![]() ![]() Now girls that exhibit traditionally masculine traits are butch or trans or gender fluid, possibly a budding lesbian. The word tomboy has all but disappeared from our lexicon, and Selin Davis explores where it’s gone and why. Those horrid horizontal striped shirts and Toughskin jeans were equal-opportunity garments. Our parents raised us during the height of second-wave feminism, during a time where the Sears catalog marketed many styles of clothes to both boys and girls. ![]() What’s clear, after reading Selin Davis’s book, is that most girls of the 70s were tomboys of one kind or another. ![]() The book refers to “always tomboys” as never wanting to wear traditionally feminine clothes nor wanting to associate much with other girls. I was also happy to dress up in a frock for special occasions. This means I generally eschewed girly things like dolls and dresses, preferring to wear pants and T-shirts so I could climb trees, ride my bike, get dirty. More of a “sometimes tomboy” by the definitions in Lisa Selin Davis’ new book, Tomboy. ![]()
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