Tomboy

four I had vehemently demanded my hair be lopped off, but by sixteen I felt restricted by that same decision. It didn’t matter what age I was or whether I was opening my mouth to discuss Pokemon or PreCalculus, I had already been stereotyped. As a tomboy, gay, trans, weird, or whatever they knew about me that I clearly hadn’t realized yet. It didn’t matter what I said, my words could never quite catch up with the impact my appearance had already made. I was confined in that appearance, created…

rumors of wars, and the hiring and training of blacks tradesmen kept the white population down; allowing the black to encompass 88% of the total population. The leaders included Court (Tackey) “King of the Coromantees” and Creole Tomboy.17 Court an Akan speaker and a Tomboy were assisted by…

Having lost her mother at an early age, Scout does not fret over her lack of femininity; however, her Aunt Alexandra does not approve of her unladylike behavior. While Atticus shows indifference towards Scout’s tomboy-ish behavior, Aunt Alexandra makes it her mission to decimate Scout’s tomboy tendencies. Scout shares resentment towards being called a “girl,” always taking the word as an insult. By describing femininity as a penitentiary suggests that girlhood is like a prison that keeps her…

times, but for the most part she is a sweet and sassy girl. When describing Laine her family often refers to her as a Minnie Beau. She is the ultimate tomboy, always ready to help dad with the animals or in the garden, she loves her dog, loves to ride horses, plays softball, and doesn’t mind a bit helping butcher the chickens. She isn’t just a tomboy though, she loves to dress up and put her hair up. She loves superheroes, sketching her own and watching every movie she can. Her favorite super…

Lorber states, “…gender is constantly created and re-created out of human interaction, out of social life, and is the texture and order of that social life” (Lorber 64). I grew up in a religious background where my parents were both Catholic at first but then converted to Christianity, so growing up I was in a Christian household, but with some Catholic ties in it as well. That being said, when I started to take this class I started to realize how my “doing gender” has been socially constructed…

The films The Adventures of Félix, directed by Oliver Ducastel and Jacques Martineau, and Tomboy , directed by Céline Sciamma, each cause viewers to question the identities of the characters within the films and maybe even their own identities. Due to the directors’ use of similar styles of self-discovery and equivalent identities , connections can be found between the main characters of both films, Félix and Mikäel. Additionally, varying styles of narration communicate numerous complimentary…

be compared to ones gender or sex. We are given a name before we are born with no say in the matter, similar to our gender. Just as sometimes a name doesn’t fit with ones psyche, so can ones gender not fit the way one feels inside. The 2011 film Tomboy highlights a young…

harder at having a pleasing appearance, through learning how to apply makeup and having more feminine choices of clothing. The social pressures to fit in with the crowd were especially prevailing during this time. I did not completely discard of my tomboy identity though, and played for my high school basketball team for three years. This is a better example of what Butler called gender trouble. I chose to play a masculine sport, but I did not see myself as being any less valid as a female.…

also dealing with a somewhat tomboy princess who makes remarks about how men and marriage are not necessary and rather puts energy in their family’s love. Min’s article said that Harlynking said, “There’s no doubt that most recent Disney films portray women as stronger individuals like Elsa and Merida. Disney has realized that times are changing, and women are able to save themselves. They don’t need no man!” Merida has an image of a strong, independent rebellious tomboy who refuses to give…

1926. She passed away in her sleep on February 19, 2016. Nelle Harper Lee was the youngest of four children. She was a tomboy who lived in a small town. Her father was a lawyer, a member of the AL State Legislative and owned part of a newspaper. Her mother rarely left the house. Her mother was mentally ill and some have said to have been bi-polar. Nelle Harper Lee was a tomboy, and was said to be tougher than most boys her age. She was a protector of her close friend Truman Capote who was…