Prism & Pen<p>There’s a quiet expectation that tomboys will eventually “grow out of it.” That girlhood, if done right, leads to womanhood, and womanhood means softness, polish, desirability. When girls resist that path — when we climb trees instead of wearing dresses, when we speak too loud or take up too much space — it’s tolerated as a phase. But phases are meant to pass.<br><a href="https://medium.com/prismnpen/the-tomboy-was-never-a-phase-6dca9f0eaab9?sk=391d6ffc07f4b94146b7f3bc3a0be41d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/prismnpen/the-tombo</span><span class="invisible">y-was-never-a-phase-6dca9f0eaab9?sk=391d6ffc07f4b94146b7f3bc3a0be41d</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stranger.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gender</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/Femininity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Femininity</span></a></p>