An Observation

The profundity of my fondness for actual "girl talk"—that is, conversations with other women about our lives, bodies, sexuality, relationships, jobs, whatever—is inversely proportional to my regard for the snidey, dismissive, superficial way the phrase "girl talk" is typically used in the mainstream media.

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