Girls
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Ministers to provide towels and tampons from early next year to tackle period poverty
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Biggest research into young people’s mental health for 13 years shows one in 10 boys also affected
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From Channel 4’s Derry Girls to RTE’s Nowhere Fast, female-led Irish comedies are coming thick and fast. We talk to the people behind them, and ask if they can help drive societal change
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Why is Mad Men’s second season the most important, how come Buffy’s fourth outing was its best? We asked our critics to define TV’s best seasons
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Girls went out with a whimper, Twin Peaks needed a book to explain it and The Leftovers was a cryptic time capsule. When did endings become so unsatisfying?
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Teachers, parents and pupils have their say on what needs to be done to encourage more girls to enjoy physical education
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We want to look at the idea of perfectionism and online pressures among girls and are keen to hear your stories
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A period emoji could help girls talk about menstruation. That would be a big deal
Caitlin FigueiredoThe gender gap becomes pronounced when a girl first starts menstruating. Ending the shame around a girl’s period starts with being able to talk about it
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It’s Peter Capaldi’s last hurrah as the Time Lord, while Veep returns to a new political landscape and Broadchurch makes a dignified exit
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What does it mean to be a girl today? These letters shed light on the challenges facing young women across the globe, and the power of collective action
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Get ready for the return of Twin Peaks, Stranger Things and Line of Duty – plus an explosive Idris Elba drama, an epic Game of Thrones and the last ever Girls
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Recalling evenings spent with friends reading out advice from Dolly Doctor, I’m provoked to profound respect for the writers and editors. Where do girls learn about being normal today?
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Young women – do you feel the pressure to be perfect?
Sarah Marsh and Guardian readersStudies show that perfectionism – in education, looks, work and relationships – is largely a female affliction. What is your experience of this? And does social media make things worse?
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Peter MacNicol was forced out of the Emmys race for appearing in more than 50% of the show’s fifth season. He has been replaced by Peter Scolari of Girls
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Music video for the 1996 Spice Girls track Wannabe, created by Project Everyone, an initiative which aims to eradicate poverty and injustice1:22
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Juggling both children and work can be difficult but if we warn girls off it from an early age, we’ll never change the workplace
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Yasmeen Ismail’s new book I’m A Girl celebrates the joy of being who we are. Here she shares family photographs from her childhood and illustrations to inspire us all to be who we want to beGallery
Sex and the City is too good to be written off as just ‘dated’