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Girls

The Sporting Scene

Élite Gymnasts Are Aging Up

It used to be assumed that a gymnast’s peak came around sixteen years of age. So why will the Olympic team be stocked with women in their twenties?
Cultural Comment

Sympathy for the Schoolgirl

Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” explores a vexed archetype.
Photo Booth

A Turkish Photographer’s Tribute to the Girls of Quranic Schools

In the book “Hafiz,” Sabiha Çimen depicts young Muslims forming their own “playground of the imagination.”
Annals of Medicine

Why More and More Girls Are Hitting Puberty Early

A pandemic-era rise in early puberty may help physicians to better understand its causes.
Dept. of Symbols

“Fearless Girl” Gets Taken to Court

Kristen Visbal, the creator of the financial-district statue that has become a feminist icon, is fighting for her right to create and sell other versions of the art work to cities around the world.
Shouts & Murmurs

Remembrances of Being at the Mall

You stood in a glass elevator next to a man with a fat mustache and a turquoise knapsack who looked at you angrily.
The Great Outdoors

Zosia Mamet Is a Horse Girl

Post-“Girls,” the actress is starring in “The Flight Attendant,” an HBO Max mystery series, and spending quality time with her six-year-old mare.
Fiction

You Are My Dear Friend

Dept. of P’s and Q’s

Broadway’s New Emily Post Is a Fifth Grader

Why Donna Murphy and Bebe Neuwirth are talking about Sadie Markowitz, a nine-year-old from Westchester, and her guide on how to behave at the theatre.
The Boards

Shin Guards and Tampon Talk at Lincoln Center

Sarah DeLappe’s “The Wolves” takes teen-age girl talk to a soccer field at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre.
Flash Fiction

Hook

Letter from Mogadishu

The Fight Over Women’s Basketball in Somalia

Despite threats from extremists, a league tries to stay on the court.
Cultural Comment

Goodbye “Girls”: A Fittingly Imperfect Finale

Culture Desk

The Cunning “American Bitch” Episode of “Girls”

Culture Desk

Everything I Learned from Mary Tyler Moore

In trying to create a television show about the messy business of femininity, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” became a master class.
Page-Turner

The Feminist Legacy of the Baby-Sitters Club

Sarah Larson

The Human Comedy of Adam Wade

Culture Desk

A Video Postcard from Japan

Extra Credit Dept.

Protest U