What does being a girls girl mean to you?
ForNoa Bruser,a 25-year-old content creator in Vancouver, its simple.
When Bruser first saw the term onTikTokabout a year ago, she related to it immediately.
These relationships mean everything to her.
I deeply value the understanding that female friendships provide, Bruser says.
Healthy relationships between women can enhance life so much, and I truly believe friends can also be soulmates.
My friends support me and never judge me while being honest and open.
I hope to do the same for them.
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Your best friend may be a girls girl.
Your sister is a girls girl.
Your favorite TV character is a girls girl (see this clip?
Heres the proof).
Calling someone a girls girl is nothing new.
As someone who favors friendships with women over men, Ive described myself as such for years.
But the term has taken over the zeitgeist in a newand interestingway.
We are, after all, in the continuation of theyear of the girl and girl culture.
What was next but literally girl squared?
(She notes that she doesnt particularly like calling a woman a pick-me.)
The term is also not an original concept (it originated from this iconicGreys Anatomyscene).
Video after video explores how pick-me girls are annoying, desperate, and ultimately, the antithesis of feminism.
She looks back at her own pick-me moments now and cringes.
The girls girl trend is meant to be counter to that.
After all, the problem isnt other women.
The term girl’s girl challenges this notion by promoting collaboration over competition.
It encourages women to celebrate each other’s successes and achievements rather than viewing them as threats or rivals.
Bruser says shes also glad to see more girls girl than pick-me content on her For You page recently.
The pick-me girl is motivated by shallow thinking and it makes her bitter and passive-aggressive, she says.
Shes also quick to note that these designations are not for life.
In fact, thats the goal.
I think its easy to fall into selfish behaviors especially when youre young, she says.
But with growing up you realize how valuable your friendships and relationships really are.
She adds: Anyone can become a girls girl in my opinion!
Stephanie McNeal is a senior editor atGlamourand the authorofSwipe Up for More!
Inside the Unfiltered Lives of Influencers.
