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The Thing About All These New TV Shows About Girls

What 'Girls' Doesn't Say About Women In Their 20s
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Fashion Editor, The Huffington Post

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I keep seeing myself everywhere - on billboards, television shows, magazine covers, and websites. And I know I am not the only one. Every time I read an article or trend piece about what it means to be a 20-something female right now, I feel a little cynical. It's probably nothing I haven't heard before, but it's still kind of annoying. The general sentiment is that we can all be summed up by television shows with the word "girl" in their titles and/or female bloggers who encapsulate everything it means to be totally lost while simultaneously caring about nail art. "Girls! They have such strange priorities! They have no idea what they're doing!" Seems to be the overarching theme.

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