Many an artist has tried to answer the age-old question of what it means to be a woman. Gwen Stefani sang "I'm just a girl" with sustained sarcasm, Britney Spears explored where the line is between girlhood and womanhood. And even now, in 2024, Charli XCX still hasn't found the answer to why it's so confusing to be a girl.
The Girls Instagram page is doing similar work, but through funny relatable content. A veteran meme account, created in 2015 and still going strong with more then seven million fans, it's proof that sometimes girls just want to have fun while scrolling through some funny memes.
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I hate face timing. The last thing I need is to be presentable just to talk to someone. But to each his own.
No texting. No FaceTiming. No emailing. No telephoning. No instant messaging. No letter writing. No visiting. Thank you.
What about smoke signals or via a tamtam( dont know the English word), or a pidgeon
Load More Replies...Face timing is a definite no, but texting I'll respond to (maybe) when I'm in the mood.
Character AI... that is as dangerous as real ppl. Remember reading a story about a kid who killed himself after the AI went full unhinged and possessive... Obviously he was troubled by many things but the AI DEFINITELY made it worse...
Load More Replies...2 and three are mine. Some days, talking to myself is my only means of having an intelligent conversation
Talks too much=just so I can hear a voice. Doesn't talk at all=because I am sick of hearing stupid people. Talks to myself=The only way to get ANY intelligent answers!!
Yeah, after a near death experience you appreciate life more..
Load More Replies..."First day" used to bed bad but at least predictable. When I went off the pill (on for period reasons not pregnancy reasons) ANY DAY could become "first day". Just like throwing a dart out of board, you never know when you're going to get cramps and all the other lovely things that go along with cramps (such a simple word isn't it? We could fill so much discussion if each woman just gave one other symptom description that goes along with her period. It would look like a medical text from hell.
Being on the pill saved me from awful, awful cramps. I used to have to take a prescription muscle relaxant…
Load More Replies...Yes, but it is a relief for me because it means the irrational thoughts and migraines are about to go away.
Sometimes, living with someone who just started their period is a near death experience.
Most of the people working for me are women. We all get along really well and they always tell me when their periods hit because complaining to friends is fun. My whole team synchronized so it's like, period tsunami. My wife is old fashioned and thinks gals should shut up about it but I think she's wrong. Periods are normal.
It's a normal part of everyday lives for roughly 30-40 years, for over half of the population. As a woman, I thank you for being educated and open about the subject.
Load More Replies...Sometimes death is preferable when you have severe cases of PCOS & Endometriosis 😩 Period pain all month every month!!
I am so sorry. Really hope *good* treatments become a thing soon.
Load More Replies...The first year was no pain. Then the cramping started. I was cool with the blood but panicked when told it would hurt like this until menopause! Women, if it hurts, hound your physician until they help you. It was NOT comforting to be told "it's not so bad after you have babies". I was 9 when I had my first cramps. We can do better for the pain.
So many things lately seem to be for girls: dinner, math, even the men we're collectively crushing on get the highest honor of being baby girls. The word "girl" has become a suffix online that one can use with almost anything: hot girl summer, hot girl walk, girlypops (as in friends), girl-coded, and so on.
However, some argue that these kinds of terms can be icky and infantilizing. Lillian Stone writes for the BBC that there's nothing inherently gendered about these things. Girl dinner is just snacks and side dishes thrown into a "meal." Hot girl walks are just that, simply talking walks.
When my child learns to do it... I'll have done my job as a parent 😌
My classmate once rolled his eyes to a teacher and got a behaviour note and his parents had to talk with the teacher and and got scolded so badly🤣
I was probably a tween when my mother smacked me for an eye roll response. I learned there and then that this was something to keep in my arsenal.
I have a work badge holder that says 'I'm sorry, did I roll my eyes out loud?'
Critics agree that "girly" trends can build community and drive positive conversation. Professor of marketing Shilpa Madan explains that they fulfill a need to belong. "As human beings, we have an innate desire to belong to social groups. When something is labeled as a 'girl' thing, it creates an immediate sense of relatability, fostering a feeling of community and shared sisterhood."
In that way. even the memes in this list labeled as relatable for girls are similar. Critics also warn that these types of trends reinforce harmful gender stereotypes. It's almost similar to razors and their pink tax or the giant Stanley Tumbler trend. If there's something "girly," capitalism is sure to jump on it immediately.
My husband is sick rn so I've been sleeping on the couch with the dogs so he can get some uninterrupted rest, and I slept so well last night.
Separate beds.....even separate rooms...can greatly improve marriages.
Load More Replies...Ironically since I retired my body wakes me every morning at 7 AM. I could never do that when I was working.
I am lucky. I can think of a random time (4:25) before going to bed and I will wake up within 5 minutes of that time. My superpower.
When I was small I used to sleep in my cramped bed and I slept for 14 HOURS. P.s I slept over lunch so I was really hungry🤣
The first year of retirement was a something I had to get used to. No alarm jolting me out of bed, no need to rush through my morning routine, and no plans with a time commitment.
There is a reason, I'm taking just afternoon-evening shifts. There is no alarm-clock stress. It helps a lot.
I just found out today, two of my friends that are married. They sleep in separate bedrooms from their spouse. Bur this is be cause of bodly problems.
I turned my render distance to max in minecraft and i still can't find who asked
Yeah Vanessa, you're lazy and disrespectful! I finally spoke up at work recently to an annoying coworker
"You're a self-deluded moron." He was, in fact, a self-deluded moron. And an a*****e.
I don't know guys, how are you with this, but I'm always saying what I mean, even in small-talk. If I say, I like your bag, I really do. If I don't like it, I won't mention.
I'll bite my tongue figuring we all have "those" days, but if I see a pattern, I'll let my opinions of someone fly.
Rebecca Jennings argues that these trends are not trends at all but marketing campaigns. She says women on social media dub things "girl dinner" and "hot girl walks" because they know it has the potential to go viral.
"In other words, women on TikTok are thinking like the marketing teams at Simon & Schuster, analyzing the data and determining which cute name for an otherwise uninteresting habit or aesthetic has the most likelihood of going viral," Jennings writes.
I do stretches while brushing my teeth instead of just standing there. Decided to try a squat instead of my usual lunges, couldn't get back up, had to roll onto the floor, and after way too long, managed to get back up.
I know it’s a Disney film… but why is she kinda built like a Pixar mom?
Being aromantic and with a touch of autism... yes, please. It doesn't happen often enough though
There is nothing wrong with enjoying your own company. It lessens the chance of your face saying what you are really thinking when someone says something foolish.
This question is annoying, because the questioner rarely believes the answer and thinks you're putting up a courageous front. No, b!tch, it's people like you that has me loving my solitary life.
Therapist: "We are meant to be social creatures." Me: "In what universe?" I am ADD and OCD and an introvert with agoraphobia. No Thank You!!
That's funny in a way. In my younger years, like in my 20-30's, I was more an extrovert... with time I learnt to appreciate being alone
Jennings also proposes an interesting idea: that being a "girl" means self-actualization. She draws from Robin Wasserman's 2016 essay "What Does It Mean When We Call Women Girls?" and suggests that in a lot of popular culture, women are "girls" when they're on the road to self-discovery. They're not yet wives or mothers, they're still transitioning from girlhood to womanhood.
As far as I know, there's never been a poor person who has said, "money doesn't buy happiness". Like all things in life, happiness definitely has a price.
I haven't even moved out yet and i'm already trying to plan. Hopefully $70 will cut it for the first year
You'll be amazed at how much info you can get when you use this correctly
It is my favorite interrogation technique. Just tilt your head to the side and say 'can I ask you a stupid question?' You get more info, or you can call them an idiot without calling them an idiot.
Load More Replies...I have thoughts that can and will be verbalized and that's not including the language. The language....
Similarly, in The Girl on the Train, the main character is, as Wasserman notes, "unmoored," just like the girls on HBO's hit show. She is a wife erased by marriage, and when she loses her identity as a wife, she's no longer a woman. Or, as Wasserman writes, "no one at all."
It's why you should never have a line of coke before bed.
Load More Replies...Way too true and it's not cringe. its literally when my mom embaresses me and also cringe
Me 2 every 2 weeks when half of my mortgage and other bills are drafted.
Only if you keep it to yourself. Some people will go to great lengths to make sure that no matter how miserable they are, everyone around them feels worse
Those are extremes. It would be nice if I'm annoyed and irritated that people just don't bother me when they notice. I'm not going to lash out at someone unless they keep asking stupid questions when I've told them 1. a few times already "not now please, later! Leave me for a bit. 2. I'm on the toilet/ in the shower 3. attending an emergency 4.I am in a hurry to get someone out of the door in time. 5. Am busy unloading the car with groceries. I don't want to or can't have a conversation then. (My kids are 10,12,13)... Oh I forgot: when i am working from home and in a meeting or in the office. NO, WHISPERING THE QUESTION IS NOT A SOLUTION. It goes both ways. Keep it to yourself but others can also be a bit understanding.
Load More Replies...We have a perfectly good reason to be irritated for the next four years.
But, alas, we may be looking too deep into things. Maybe Pedro Pascal being a "baby girl" and us labeling ourselves as "strawberry girls" is just a way to have some harmless, unserious fun. And maybe fight the term's misogynistic undercurrent? As the host of the podcast "Adulting" Oenone Forbat told USA Today, these types of trends can be a "reclamation of feminine energy."
My latest plot twist is my PSA level in my latest blood test puts me in the 25% chance of having prostate cancer. But the test is so inaccurate. It is like someone suddenly walks up to me with a six shooter pointed at my head and tells me there is a bullet in one chamber. But we don't know if the bullet is a blank or live. To find out we have to stick a needle up your a*s and take a dozen samples of your prostate gland. Positively primitive medicine.
Hoping everything goes well for you.
Load More Replies...Having a biopsy is vital as it's the only way to truly find out. I presume that you've had a scan done? I speak from experience but then again I am in the UK. 🇬🇧
I can't recall any of my migraine auras being in color but other than that I can relate.
Load More Replies...I can only use my right hand after that happens and when I try to move it, it hurts like it's broken
Seriously miss my favorite scent that they don't make anymore. Can't even find something I like as a distant second.
I don't have my own perfume, I just let my boyfriend's perfume rub off on me lol
I was taught, that if you smell your own perfume +5min after applying it, you used to much. o.o
Not really ... you have to smell your own perfume on your skin, but sure with an extent. If you give yourself 1-1 pump on the considered pulsing points, you are good.
Load More Replies...This is a list of memes for GIRLS. We don't wanna hear what men 'like' here.
Load More Replies...We're empowering ourselves through being lazy with "girlrotting" or looking for "lazy girl jobs." Gone is the aesthetic of the early 2020s where women showcased daily routines, healthy meal preps, and fashion inspo. "Reducing being a girl to a series of increasingly feral behaviors removes some of the term's baggage," Palmer Haasch writes for Business Insider.
Trying to process everything and while your friend is talking 100x speed
Crying is good for you under this circumstances. It helps relieve stress.
For the current generation on TikTok, "girl" might no longer be infantalizing, pejorative, or even empowering. "As self-described girls online assert ownership of Pilates and iced lattes as well as 'Ulysses,' irritable bowel syndrome and tinned fish, so-called girl culture might just be the ruling order," Marie Solis writes for The New York Times.
Such a simple act and yet such enormous satisfaction. Then comes the anticipation! Then comes..."Oh God, I hope it fits!!"
You can put it in the cart, leave it for a few days, go back, delete the cart items, and start all over again—fantasy shopping.
Why am I supposed to be happy some random person remembered something about me? Never felt this way in my life. I have felt it's weird and manipulative when people try to bring this stuff out. That I'm familiar with.
Why does the one on the left look like she's got a real nostril but a prosthetic nose. And before you start downvoting, just zoom in on the nose - you'll never unsee it.
You're right, I'm guessing it has to do with either the angle of the picture or a rhinoplasty gone bad. Maybe both?
Load More Replies...For those of you reading this meme and saying 'yeah, I hate it when this happens', remember that a secret is only a secret when two people know it...and one of them is dead. There are very few people who can really keep a secret told to them in confidence - pretty much everybody will tell somebody else...who will tell somebody else...
I knew a couple now EX friends like this. Why? Its so hurtful. Then to try guilt trip me when I ask. Mind fudge.
But we here at Bored Panda don't discriminate. We cover girl memes and men's humor, we showcase hilarious boyfriends and husbands and funny wives and girlfriends as well. Don't forget to upvote your favorites here and then head over to the other posts to see more!
Being unwilling or unable to apply tact in your social interactions is the *definition* of being rude.
Load More Replies...This reminds me of when I was walking past the bakery section and a random lady was hollering at an employee about the donuts not having enough frosting "like they used to!!" She literally stepped in front of me and demanded I join in by asking "dont you agree these skimpy a******s are cheaping us out!?" I ACTUALLY, LITERALLY and LOUDLY said "No one gives a s**t." And walked off feeling annoyed and justified.
Agreed. I got paid today and it's mostly gone already. And yet, I need a new jacket.
Skip a bill, get the jacket. You're broke anyway, no reason to be cold
Load More Replies...And I need a $800 brake job. *Sigh*. Just gonna have to stay parked for a while.
The amount of times in a week I quote Jennifer Coolidge’s character in this movie is actually unhealthy
Load More Replies...Anytime you say 'I don't care', all it does is CONFIRM how much you DO care
In my next life, I’m coming back as a house cat. I can sleep all day and nobody expects anything more than that from me
I have a personal rule. I type out the text so I can see it laid out in words, then wait a full 24 hours before I hit send. This way I give myself the opportunity to cool down before blowing things up, or having given myself enough time to re-read it several times and make sure that there is justification to what I wrote..... also, on occasion, to sober up , heh....
I have shut up way to long!! I was bullied all through school, a very abusive marriage, and now my housemate is trying to bully me. NO MORE!! It is about time I stood up for myself. I will tell you what I think when you are trying to tell me what to do and if you don't like it, there is the door. I am 60 years old and I am not going to take it any more!!
Or just keep a notebook with you at all times and instead of spreading hatred and toxic sh1te online you just write it in the notebook and keep it to yourself. You'll still get the bs out of your system but also I won't have to read it. AND an extra bonus is that if you do this often enough you may even see your handwriting getting better. 😁 (I know that those who want to spread bs online will not actually write it in a notebook instead.... but I still think it'd be an awesome solution).
How dare you insult the sponge messiah! Shame on you!
Load More Replies...What would you like... I don't understand the question, I just want everyone else to be happy, please stop putting me on the spot!
I do it all the time. I'm retired, I'm flexible (date, time), and happy with whatever you want to do.
I would say that this looks like the blind, leading the blind, but I can't quite make out what's going on in this, due to my lack of vision.
Again... being 100% blonde makes you look rediculous in pics where your hair is back. My sams club photo looks like a bald old man.
Thank god for eyebrow pencils. I've got super skinny brows due to over tweezing.
Load More Replies...What? Mascara, etc. hasn't been in my house for over 20 years. My philosophy is I don't have to look at me, you do, and I don't care what you think.
I feel this. I have always had white blonde hair. Including my eyebrows and lashes. I feel like, without makeup, I look like Santa clause minus the beard.
Literally told my boss once when I was stressed about a project “let me just lie face down on the floor and scream for 15 mins, then I’ll solve it all.” And I did. Although the screaming face down on the floor was more just pouting in the corner while my favorite coworker showed me pictures of his dog. The floor didn’t look all that clean…
Pretty much means, right back at ya.
Load More Replies...Where? *She said wiping off and reapplying mascara once again*
Load More Replies...Very hurtful when u find out your new friends were faking it and talking about you behind your back
I am at the age where unless its necessary i know, dont tell me or involve me. Please & Thanks.
It's tough because gossiping brings people together, but it's toxic and usually mean. So when you stay out of it you're generally left out in general, I found this at work anyway. Guess it depends on the quality of the people sadly
Load More Replies...I think it's conveying that moment when you unleash the sticky sides, which then stick everywhere but where they should.
Load More Replies...And if you don’t get them right on the first try, may as well toss that pad and start over
Whoever thought "intelligent design" created women clearly didn't take this into account.
Hell yeah, girlie, say it louder for those in the back
Load More Replies...I'm so sick of forever being the person who remembers, and having no on vother reciprocate. After years of this I now have to smother the side of me that takes notes of things and cares, and remembers important dates to people until someone finally bothers to do it back, hmph
No thank you. Getting locked in towers isn't really my kink. I am a queen. I rule.
Be careful your peasants dont make lies up then demand your head on a spike
Load More Replies...My girlfriend dumped me when I treated her like a princess. I say dumped me - we were on a break in Paris and she went out for a drive...I haven't seen her since.
And me, realizing that spending all my money to impress people that don't pay me is not as valuable as rent or groceries.
God, yes. I'm an old feminist and can't stand the whole "girl" tropes
Load More Replies...I was in the middle of this list and it said "continue reading with bored panda permium" what the f k
Why do you think womens memes resonate with so many people? Because the majority of people on the planet are women.
I admit that I like bored panda in spite of its excessively liberal bent. And I would turn my ad blocker off to support the site if I could actually read even a single article when its ads are running without constant glitching and reloading. But I’m not going to pay to see memes and silly cat pictures. I can’t believe they want a subscription now. What product exactly am I buying? Most of the articles are just reposted from Reddit directly it’s not even original content except all the conservative-bashing comment sections. I didn’t really want to try and find a new time killer website, but it looks like it’s finally time I’ll have to.
God, yes. I'm an old feminist and can't stand the whole "girl" tropes
Load More Replies...I was in the middle of this list and it said "continue reading with bored panda permium" what the f k
Why do you think womens memes resonate with so many people? Because the majority of people on the planet are women.
I admit that I like bored panda in spite of its excessively liberal bent. And I would turn my ad blocker off to support the site if I could actually read even a single article when its ads are running without constant glitching and reloading. But I’m not going to pay to see memes and silly cat pictures. I can’t believe they want a subscription now. What product exactly am I buying? Most of the articles are just reposted from Reddit directly it’s not even original content except all the conservative-bashing comment sections. I didn’t really want to try and find a new time killer website, but it looks like it’s finally time I’ll have to.
