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Creative Writing: On Becoming Female

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When reading “On Becoming Female”, I could visuals the younger girls talking about their friends around the tables. In some cases, I think this is the age group where you start to find yourself, learn what you like about yourself, and how to be who you want to be. When the popular girls start to pick out your flaws or your family members start to pick on you even in a loving way it can torment you. I had several nicknames in middle school like “little missy grace” from my family because I always dropped stuff, in soccer I was “giraffe” because I was so much taller than the other girls and I always tripped over my feet, and my friends called me “Gonzo” because I was still growing into my nose. Those names still taunt me. When the girls in the

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